ameliorate
egregious
lobotomize
perfunctory
sardonic
succinct
tête-à-tête
The rules are simple. Write a single sentence using as many of the words as you can (forms of the words can also be used, ie. succinctly or sardonically). We will read your sentence and enjoy the results.
Special Cliff Rule(s): You can't use the word incorrectly, and then say the word that you meant, you should punctuate properly, have no more than one parenthetical comment, and for goodness sake, don't use the word(?) 'anyways'.
So get to thinking and come up with your own original sentence. This would be a great time for any of you who might, by chance, read this blog, to speak up.
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The perfunctory post-operative tête-à-tête in the doctor's antechambers took a sardonic turn as he succinctly told his lobotomized patient that this egregious medical error could only be ameliorated by a brain transplant.
This is fun!
In my succinct efforts to ameliorate my lobotomized friend's sardonic mood in our tête-à-tête, she perfunctorily shakes her head and assures me that her situation is indeed egregious.
(Can we get some more positive words next time? I hope I never have to use some of these in a real sentence.)
Great sentences so far!!!
Sorry for the word selection Karen, I guess I was having my normal workday. I will try to come up with more lively and optimistic words in the future.
But really, what is the point of knowing all of these words, if we aren't ever going to use them? (or, in Cliff's case, misuse them?)
It's morbid, but here it is:
Felicia complained loudly and bitterly about her migraines, which turned out to be an egregious mistake, as her husband (who up 'til now had perfunctorily listened to her whining, but had started to go quite crazy) sardonically decided that a full lobotomy was the answer, and he succinctly chopped off her head, thus quite literally ending their late-night tête-à-têtes.
I really like the direction that you have taken Lydia, it has a real Poe-ish feel to it, but I will not be able to give you full points. You can ameliorate this situation by using all of the words. (I know I said to use as many of the words as possible, but everyone else used all of them.)
Aw dang! Well, the idea was in there, even if the word was not. Here is the revised sentence:
Felicia complained loudly and bitterly about her migraines, which turned out to be an egregious mistake, as her husband (who up 'til now had perfunctorily listened to her whining, but had started to go quite crazy) sardonically decided that a full lobotomy would ameliorate the problem, and he succinctly chopped off her head, thus quite literally ending their late-night tête-à-têtes.
How about a limerick?
A sardonically succinct neurosurgeon,
“To ameliorate an egregious condition”,
perfunctorily he said,
in a small tete-a-tete,
“There’s nothing quite like lobotomization!”
Steve! I think you win your own contest! I can't hope to compete with a limerick of that bodacious loquaciousness!
I still don't like these words.
Bodacious Loquacious Barham. We call the name for our firstborn! You guys can't have it!
@mab - Kind of late for the whole firstborn name thing for us, (or lastborn for that matter), but I will endeavor to use all the influence within my power to prevent our children from using that name for any future grandchildren. Although I still think that Jeff and Laura's baby (they should have another one about this time next year, I imagine), should be Loquacious Z. Cockerham.
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