Increase your word power

Marmight, I like Circumlocutory, it has a melodic sound, far better than prolix, that is an unpleasant sound. Verbose is a word I use quite commonly , it was a term commonly used in computer programming.

The synonym 'Circumlocutory' appeals to me; I do a lot of that.
When I first read Prolix, I had just woken up and saw it as prolapse

Good word pompa. I can be meandering and verbose when I want to be too.

Perhaps Gadzookery would have been a good title for this thread.

Nesh is a good Yorkshire word. It means a bit wimpy, particularly someone who feels the cold and needs to wear a coat just because it's freezing.

I may just try a spot of that the next time I've got the GDCs out by the riverside.

I like fossicking.

Thanks Pompa, I'll try to use that one.

Mine isn't terribly obscure, it's just a favourite word

Gadzookery - noun

(British, dialect) the use of archaic words or expressions, especially in historical novels.

I'll kick us off with a word I used everyday (well today !) that is perhaps related to the origin of this thread :-

PROLIX