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Top 60 VOCABULARIES Ever Used By Patrick Obahiagbon & Their Meanings by ClassicNG: 8:26pm On Sep 21, 2016


The Chief of staff to the Edo State Government, Mr. Patrick Obahiagbon, has been described by Nigerians as one grammarian known for his command of the English Language and ways of usage of the vocabularies.
The Nigerian number one grammarian has carved a niche for himself at several occasions with the use of jaw breaking words to mesmerize his listeners.
Here, according, is a compilation of the top 50 Jaw breaking words ever used by the grammarian and their meanings:
WORDS AND MEANING
1. Razzmatazz – Ambiguous or Meaningless language
2. Bugaboo – an object of fear
3. Pooh-pooh – Dismiss as being foolish or impractical
4.Perfidy – deceitful or untrustworthy
5. Repugnant – extremely distasteful an unacceptable
6. Insalubrious – unwholesome an unhealthy
7. Odoriferous – having an odor.
8. Sardonic – Scornfully mournful or cynical
9. Lugubrious – mournful, sad, dismal
10. Obfuscate – To make something less clear and more difficult to understand.
11. Cascading – a large amount of something hanging down
12. Malodorous – smelling very unpleasant
13. Termagant – a woman who is very strict and who tries to tell people to do things in an unpleasant
14. Paraplegic – A person who suffers from paraplegia
15. Crinkum-crankum – Elaborate or detailed (archaic)
16. Empyrean – literary relating to Heaven
17. Conundrum – A confusing problem or question that is too difficult to solve
18. Alacrity – great willingness enthusiasm
19. Tinge– to add a small amount of color to something
20. Braggadocio – Boost full or arrogant
behavior
21. Megalomania – a mental illness or condition in which somebody has an exaggerated belief in their own importance or power.
22. Mendacious – Not telling the truth
23. Mores – the customs of a society
24. Rosicrucian – a member of a secretive society concerned in the study of metaphysical, mystical and alchemical lore.
25. Hierophants – A person especially a priest who interprets sacred or esoteric mysteries
26. Objurgates – rare and severe
27. Indubitable – impossible to doubt and unquestionable
28. Egregious – Outstandingly bad and shocking.
29. Vaudeville – a type of entertainment popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,that includes singing,dancing
30. Audacious – lacking respect, impudent
31. Ratiocination– The forming of judgment a process of logical reason
32. Ballyhoo – extravagant publicity
33. Quagmire – a complex or difficult situations
34. Phantasmagoria – a sequence of imaginary images
35. Plummeted – to fall from a high level or position
36. Sui Generis – Unique
37. Ferocious – Fierce, cruel or violent.
38. Miasma – an unpleasant smell
39.Apotheosis – the highest point in the development of something
40. Excrescence – an unattractive or superfluous feature
41. Mobocracy – rule or domination by the masses
42. Proclivities – An inclination or predisposition
43. Kakistocracy – Government under the control of a nation’s worst or least-qualified citizens
44. Lampoon – public satire or ridicule
45. Déjà vu – a feeling of having already
experienced the present situation(FRENCH)
46. Recumbent – Inactive, Idle.
47. Terminus – The end of something
48. Grandiloquent – pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
49. Mephistophelean – wicked
50. Jiggery-pokery – Tricky, misrepresentation
and manipulation.
51. Umbrageous – Irritable, easily upset, shady
52. Imbroglio – a complicated situation, an entanglement
53. Kakistomoboplutocracy – government by the worst
54. Genalogy – a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
55. Elliptic – of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
56. Polyvalent – having many different functions, forms, or facets.
57. Acclimatize – Acclimate
58. Gargantuan –extremely large
59. Logomachy – Argument about words
60. Donkey years: a long time

Source: http://classicng.com/2016/09/21/top-60-vocabularies-ever-used-patrick-obahiagbon-meanings/
Re: Top 60 VOCABULARIES Ever Used By Patrick Obahiagbon & Their Meanings by thesicilian: 8:48pm On Sep 21, 2016
Nice. What of "pitiable dismal pismal"?

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Re: Top 60 VOCABULARIES Ever Used By Patrick Obahiagbon & Their Meanings by tripoli007(m): 2:54pm On Sep 22, 2016
What of crinkum crankum
Re: Top 60 VOCABULARIES Ever Used By Patrick Obahiagbon & Their Meanings by drewsman: 2:55am On Feb 04, 2017
chai

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