Underused words

Ok - For those that have been living under a rock, I'd like to come out of the closet and let you all know that I love... words. I collect unabridged dictionaries, especially old ones. I get the Word-of-the-Day emails every morning. I love that musty smell of an old book. If I have spare time, I love to wander through used book stores looking for old reference books. I have been known to look up new words and try to use them for a week. I even have one specific dictionary that I used to mark words off in. One quirk, of many, folks.

At any rate, I've found that there are several words that we just don't use enough. So here are a few of my favorite off-the-wall and underused words:
- absurd
- super
- great (but you have to drag it out like a slightly medicated Tony the Tiger)
- kibitzer (that guy that keeps popping his head over the wall of your cube while you're trying to work...)
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia (but only applicable a few times a year)
- ridiculous
- hirsute
- rancid
- gastronome
- flippant
- ergo
- appalling
- sacrosanct
- stodgy
- spry
- chortle
- fascinating
- obstreperous (think terrible two's...)
- bailiwick
- rotund
- milksop (think Fab Five)
- preternatural
- wiseacre (a nice alternative for wise-ass)
And just for the holidays - tintinnabulation.

A silly list, I know, but something to pass the time. As opposed to the homework that I should really be done with already. But aren't random words more fun than stringing them together for a homework assignment? Let's be honest...