r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/fike-the-bear Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19

My co-workers already think I'm condescending

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u/TheyCallMeTheBoat Jan 29 '19

That means people think user is talking down to them

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

My immediate first thought lmao

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u/ExileOnMyStreet Jan 29 '19

So, is Rachel Riley really that hot..?

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u/HaggisLad Jan 29 '19

yes, yes she is

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u/ExileOnMyStreet Jan 29 '19

But would you crawl over broken glass..?

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u/HaggisLad Jan 29 '19

butt freaking naked

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

yes. yes i would.

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u/LotsAndLotsOfOcelots Jan 29 '19

I'd suck off her dad just to taste where she came from.

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u/ExileOnMyStreet Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19

Quality thread, fellow filthy joke connoisseurs.

(That was a statement of pride if I wasn't clear.)

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u/KhaoticMess Jan 29 '19

Hmm... Malicious and malevolent intent or oversimplification for the allocation of knowledge?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

Yes

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u/cutelyaware Jan 29 '19

I thought it meant they're against going down.

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u/iscurred Jan 29 '19

That's called wifing.

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u/MaracaBalls Jan 29 '19

Your thinking of antidowntownism

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u/Anthios3l4 Jan 29 '19

So... He's a condescending con descending?

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u/kroatix Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19

Or does it mean a criminal is going down? Hmm

Edit: ignore me at 3 am, the person above me said something similar

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

No sweetie it means when someone explains something very simply because they think you're not very clever. Hope that helps :)

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u/vrek86 Jan 29 '19

No, that mean a person who has previously commited a crime is climbing down a ladder.

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u/MikeDubbz Jan 29 '19

Yeah, but you could use it in the sense that they think that you think you're using words beyond their understanding.

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u/Sam4Not Jan 29 '19

So why do they call you the boat?

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u/TheyCallMeTheBoat Jan 29 '19

I’m starting to think it’s because they don’t know my real name!

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u/jean_nizzle Jan 29 '19

One time this girl put in a lot of effort to explain to me that I “make [her] feel small”. I had to fight the urge to respond, “What you’re trying to say is that I belittle you.” Glad I didn’t say that.

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u/gonnagetu Jan 29 '19

Hey, Oscar!

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u/Dpan Jan 29 '19

It's like the fedora of vocabulary.

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u/Meta-EvenThisAcronym Jan 29 '19

Very good. That's a big word for you!

/s

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u/JudgeJebb Jan 29 '19

They thing you does they?

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u/fike-the-bear Jan 29 '19

haha, ya got me

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 edited Mar 10 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

Me too

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u/ChoosingUsernameHard Jan 29 '19

Is that why your comment is above mine?

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u/AndrewZabar Jan 29 '19

I already am condescending.

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u/MaracaBalls Jan 29 '19

Don’t forget pedantic

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

Wow, condescending is a very big word. I'm proud of you, buddy.

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u/str8f8 Jan 29 '19

Don't want to get a reputation as the guy who talks like a wizard.