Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

  • themadcodger
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    322 months ago

    Borborygmus I use often enough, but it’s not widely known. It’s the gurgling sound produced by the movement of gas through your intestines.

    Limaceous I almost never use, but I enjoy it anyway. It means characteristic of or pertaining to slugs.

    And lastly, tawdry is one of my favorites meaning showy but cheap and poor quality.

    • @Zorg
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      The are all great, but tawdry is fantastic!

      Rolls of the tongue, and we all come across several tawdry things/people in a given day.

    • Drusas
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      I don’t think tawdry is archaic. A little uncommon, but still in use.

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      At least 20 years of having slugs as a special interest and I never heard the word limaceous?? Thank you for correcting this!

      Now to find out if it actually has specific academic usage and the biologists will execute me if I use it regarding slugs outside the superfamily Limacoidea.