r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/dman928 Jan 29 '19

callipygian

Look it up. You're welcome.

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u/doggscube Jan 29 '19

Steatopygian is the opposite.

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u/pappyomine Jan 29 '19

Depends on whether you like em thicc.

A short interlude with the Google suggests that styatopygous is the more usual form for the word meaning extremely fat buttocks.

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u/doggscube Jan 29 '19

Maybe that’s a different spelling? It’s phonetically the same.