Comments on: Scintillating Words To Use http://www.rnningfool.com/10751/scintillating-words-use Burning Money Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Tom Stortz http://www.rnningfool.com/10751/scintillating-words-use#comment-4821 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:28:37 +0000 http://www.rnningfool.com/?p=10751#comment-4821 I actually forgot to add the word that spurred this post, stymie.

Stymie – prevent or hinder the progress of.

I like to use it when watching football and talking about the defense stymieing the offense.

]]> By: Sam http://www.rnningfool.com/10751/scintillating-words-use#comment-4820 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:44:11 +0000 http://www.rnningfool.com/?p=10751#comment-4820 Facetious – treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor;

Pronunciation: Fa-see-shes (way easier to understand that than – fəˈsēSHəs)

An exec used this in a meeting yesterday. I didn’t know what it meant, but I definitely wasn’t going to ask as I would have felt dumb. I already know he’s smarter than me though.

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