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Dasha Dayter

Is there a word in English that you’ve always wanted to use but never found a chance?

I’ll go first: mellifluous

(And that’s me who manages to regularly use things like “artifact” or “onomatopoeia” in non-academic conversation)

@Coocho

> (And that’s me who manages to regularly use things like “artifact” or “onomatopoeia” in non-academic conversation)

Is that not normal? What else are you going to call those things?

@kechpaja “stuff” is universally applicable!

@Coocho "rugose" is mine. I've used it when I've been demonstrating its use, but not in "real" speech or writing.

@DrHyde I had to look it up! Now I know how to describe a mushroom cap