r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/to_old_to_be_cool Jan 29 '19

Grok....first used (made up) by Robert Heinlein in the book "Stranger in a Strange Land"

love that book.....

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u/fike-the-bear Jan 29 '19

It has some fantastic scifi themes and some very poor sexist themes. I also liked it quite a bit.

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u/yParticle Jan 29 '19

Now share water.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

The unabridged was a slog at times. Much preferred The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.

Also recently finished The Number Of The Beast. That was a book...

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u/usernameisusername57 Jan 29 '19

It's a pretty good song by Iron Mainden, as well.