10 words to steal from Shashi Tharoor’s vocabulary

Sep 17, 2024

Aakanksha Sharma

Words to use and learn

Shashi Tharoor, the Indian wizard of words, has always helped Vocab enthusiasts pick out some new, difficult, and engaging words to know and use. Here we mention 10 words from Tharoor’s vocabulary and how you can use them in the simplest possible ways.

​Floccinaucinihilipilification

One of the most twisted and difficult words used by Tharoor is ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’. The word refers to an act where someone considers something as worthless and shrugs it off. For example, ‘His floccinaucinihilipilification of my hard work made me feel upset.’

​Farrago

A ‘Farrago’ is a confused mixture and hodgepodge of things that leads to random ideas. For example, ‘As soon as the microphones were turned on, the meeting turned into a farrago of random ideas’.

​Parturient

‘Parturient’ refers to the act of giving birth to something, or producing something new, and is used mostly metaphorically. For example, ‘During the book club meet Anagha was parturient with ideas.’

Esurient

‘Esurient’ refers to the feeling of hunger and greed’. For example, one can say, ‘After the light meal before my jog, I was esurient throughout the day’.

​Snollygoster

A ‘snollygoster’ is an unprincipled, shrewd human, and is especially used to refer to politicians and people in power who love to exploit it. For example, ‘The snollygoster needs to be dealt with, lets make sure he does not come back to power’.

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​‘Puerile’

Usually used to refer to behaviour or jokes, ‘Puerile’ refers to something that is childish, silly, and quite immature. For example, ‘Her puerile behaviour wont take her a long way in this field’.

​Lalochezia

‘Lalochezia’ is the feeling of relief that one feels after using vulgar language, usually to defame or insult someone. For example, ‘After a hard day at the office, Ravish found lalochezia letting out a few curse words during his travel’.

Calumny

A ‘Calumny’ is a false statement that is made to damage a person’s reputation. For example, ‘Since the election season started, the calumny spread by his rivals has hurt his chances of winning.’

Rodomontade

A ‘Rodomontade’ is used to refer to a boastful or bragging talk, mostly a monologue. For example, ‘He kept rodomontading about his money and cars, and when we interrupted he got offended!’.

​Ostentation

To excessively display your excessive wealth is to engage in ‘Ostentation’. For example, ‘Her ostentation at the event, with all her expensive jewellery and fancy gifts, was impossible to ignore.’

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