Had a random epiphany, but intrigued…
What word would you use in almost every conversation in a given day?
And what word would you most likely not even speak in a week?
‘And’
There’s plenty of words I don’t use for weeks/months/years on end.
What about…vexatious…can’t say I’ve used that in a while.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
It’s a supposed lung disease
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Are you able to name one of these? I’m interested.
From memory I didn’t use the word Disestablishmentarianism once in 2007.
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“A” “The” “And”
I’ve been working with men of construction recently, so my regular-use lexicon has become a bit fruity - but luckly I can balance that with some buzzword bullshit talking to people about strategy, hollistically has got a good run over the past week or so
Been a while since i’ve used the word doyen - I can never find a good opportunity to drop that into a bit of prose
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And probably the intervening period up until today - shame you’ve had to break that streak
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Taking the piss would seem a logical phrase so far with this thread 
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Do you work on one of the construction projects i’ve been working with? Thats a favourite
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Haven’t used perspicacity for a while.
Meanwhile, take a squiz or is it a butche’s at this. You may find interesting.
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Use far too much every day
- how
Can’t remember ever using
- thus
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“Goblin mode” — a slang term referring to “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations” — has been named Oxford’s 2022 Word of the Year.
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Can’t say I’ve heard that being used in 2022.
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Well you have now - I have been in goblin mode pretty much ever since I took a redundancy in July.
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I think it’s a great term to describe this stage of the ratings year - TV network programming is definitely in goblin mode.
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I think you can say that for the whole year pretty much - free to air TV isn’t what it used to be.
Well it’s 2025 and I think it’s safe to say ‘goblin mode’ died in the ass.
(Just like this thread).
But getting back to Sully’s question. I’d say the word I use most frequently is ‘love’. It’s at the tip of my lips all the time. I love to use it. I love to over-use it.
As for a word I might not use in a week, ‘iambic’ comes to mind. As in ‘iambic pentameter’.
In daily chats, the word ‘love’ flows, In every talk, its presence shows. A gentle touch, a heartfelt phrase, In love’s embrace, we spend our days.
Yet ‘iambic’ hides, a word so rare, In weekly talks, it finds no share. Its rhythm lost, its beat unseen, In conversations, it stays serene.
On MediaSpy the news unfolds, with stories new, and tales retold. But ‘iambic’ stays in shadows deep, While ‘love’ in every heart does leap.
In every chat, love finds its way, A word we speak both night and day. But ‘iambic’ waits, a silent beat, In conversations, it stays discreet.
That’s a substantial number of teenagers. I know of which I speak, people.