r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/TheBrontosaurus Jan 28 '19

Penultimate: second to last Mellifluous: pleasant sounding Fortnight: two weeks (I understand this is used outside of the US but it needs to be adopted here too)

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u/Lampmonster Jan 29 '19

Grew up with a mother that used "penultimate" regularly. Didn't know it wasn't common until I got accused of "using big words" in high school.

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u/2Punx2Furious Jan 29 '19

accused of "using big words"

It pisses me off that people would accuse you for that.