cant remember a fucking word

[Anonymous No.20491026]

this is an admittedly stupid thing to make a thread over but I can't remember a certain word.
I know it's often used in context of relationships with other people. I can't think of a good definition but an example would be like if two friends sit and constantly tell each other to kill themselves or tell them they're worthless it may seem harsh on the outside but in the context of their relationship there's a certain yin and yang quality to how they speak.
Some phrases you associate with bad things are their way of communicating positive feelings and whatnot. An understanding that certain qualities take on different meanings under different circumstances with different people.

Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.20491038]

Idiosyncracy?

[Anonymous No.20491042]

jargon?

[Anonymous No.20491046]

Ribbing, raillery, bantz

[Anonymous No.20491058]

>>20491038
>>20491042
>>20491046
no, none of these. I don't know if this helps but it may have started with a c (though i always say something like that and then it's something totally different)
Maybe a different example: two homeless drug addicts on the street that abuse each other but still love and get along with each other despite their outwardly harsh behavior. That type of intense, dire relationship I guess

[Anonymous No.20491069]

>>20491058
camraderie?

[Anonymous No.20491091]

>>20491058
Codependency? It doesn't really fit your examples but I can see how people would mistake it for those examples

[Anonymous No.20491096]

>>20491069
Not it either. Maybe it wasn't a c lmao.
I think I'm putting too much focus on the 'aggressive words that mean something nice' angle. When I think of camaraderie I think of guys busting each others balls for fun.

Maybe think Gomez and Morticia Addams. It's easy to condemn them based solely on their outward appearance and likes but, when you get to know them, they're kind and loving people.

The word I'm thinking of is sort of the opposite of a black and white condemnation of someone/thing. Like looking at the Northern Lights where they're not really one concrete shape and it fluctuates a lot.

[Anonymous No.20491098]

>>20491058
Well, unless it's slipped your mind already for a few days, it'll probably come back shortly. Usually the mind manages to sort these things out without your conscious meddling, somehow, so maybe in a couple hours you could remember it. Come tell us when/if you do because I always enjoy these. It's usually so far off the mark, as you pointed out, that it's its own little comedy, and I do enjoy them.

[Anonymous No.20491112]

>>20491091
>Codependency
I think that's too material of a word in the sense that it relates solely to person to person things. I'm 90% sure it's used often used with relationships but not intrinsically related to that.
The word I'm thinking of (I'm pretty sure) can relate to really anything: machines, a certain places weather/people/mood, nature
I believe the concept I'm trying to describe is that of an adjective lmao

[Anonymous No.20491122]

>>20491098
>Well, unless it's slipped your mind already for a few days
I've been thinking about this for a while now lmao
It sucks because it's right on the tip of my tongue and I can visually see the idea it describes but the word just escapes me.
Honestly a form of torture

[Anonymous No.20491126]

>>20491112
I can think of an antonym to that with a c: cloying

[Anonymous No.20491133]

>>20491096
well, shit. any of these, or am i swerving way off track?

[Anonymous No.20491145]

>>20491133
Similar concept, yeah. I think multi-faceted is an ok synonym but also kind of flat.
FUCK this is killing me

[Anonymous No.20491165]

>>20491112
complementary?

[Anonymous No.20491172]

>>20491133
Kaleidoscopic is a great visual representation of what I'm thinking of, similar to the Northern Lights example I mentioned. A lot of shapes and colors that may not always stay the same but the general shape is always there

In the relationship context: sometimes they do awful, aggressive things to each other with little to no regard for the others' safety/feelings (destroying the idea of a normal relationship) but also turning around and caring for each other when need be. It's still a relationship, just in a very unorthodox and peculiar way

[Anonymous No.20491175]

>>20491165
not it, all I can think of it geometry lmao
pretty sure it's a shorter word as well

[Anonymous No.20491184]

>>20491175
compatible?

[Anonymous No.20491194]

>>20491184
not it either
maybe it begins with ch?

[Anonymous No.20491199]

>>20491172
could you perhaps place it in an example sentence or two for us? might help other anons hear the music

[Anonymous No.20491220]

cynism
ce la vie

[Anonymous No.20491244]

>>20491194
chemistry?

[Anonymous No.20491291]

>>20491199
Damn this is gonna be hard lol

>I said to my estranged brother "We have a very [BLANK] relationship where it's always giving and taking, whether that be giving each other headaches or taking the time to talk to each other."

>When I think back to that time frame, it's a constant wave form, [BLANK] in the way it sways downwards for a few days and then up the next, over and over again with no real pattern.

[Anonymous No.20491317]

>>20491026
Synchronistic?

[Anonymous No.20491319]

>>20491244
not it. I think even shorter words than that.
maybe this helps? >>20491291

[Anonymous No.20491325]

>>20491317
no dice

[Anonymous No.20491355]

>>20491291
That's not a constant wave form...

[Anonymous No.20491367]

>>20491291
Inchoate?

[Anonymous No.20491382]

>>20491355
Anon I'm posting on 4chan, I'm not exactly grade A material lmao
I don't even know what a constant wave form is in the sense you mean, I was just trying to describe a wave that keeps moving continuously

[Anonymous No.20491388]

>>20491367
nope
it's going to end up being something so stupid simple I swear...

[Anonymous No.20491409]

/lit/ I thought your smart
Why don't you want to help

[Anonymous No.20491421]

>>20491026
The first word that come to mind are:
>vitriolic (filled with bitter criticism or malice)
Friends who are constantly nasty to each other and seem extremely quarrelsome are often describe as "vitriolic best buds," to the point that this is the trope's name on TVTropes.

Others include:
>quarrelsome ("a quarrelsome duo")
>bellicose ("bellicose buddies")
>pugnacious ("pugnacious pals")
>cantakerous ("a cantankerous friendship")

[Anonymous No.20491426]

symbiotic

[Anonymous No.20491434]

>>20491291
Contentious? That would work in the first example:
>I said to my estranged brother "We have a very contentious relationship where it's always giving and taking, whether that be giving each other headaches or taking the time to talk to each other."

[Anonymous No.20491436]

>>20491058
commiserate

[Anonymous No.20491440]

>>20491388
...is it sarcasm?

[Anonymous No.20491524]

>>20491434
i feel like this satisfies the first part of what i was talking about but not the ebb and flow of going from nice to mean/appearing nice or mean at different points

[Anonymous No.20491528]

>>20491436
not it, i feel that's really off the mark
maybe not a c word?
>>20491440
no lol

[Anonymous No.20491573]

Fractious?

[Anonymous No.20492101]

>>20491172
Unconditional?

[Anonymous No.20492171]

Capricious?

[Anonymous No.20492178]

>>20492171
yeah this was my bet anon.

[Anonymous No.20492190]

Banter lul

[Anonymous No.20492196]

>>20491026
Dynamic.

[Anonymous No.20492202]

sneed

[Anonymous No.20492309]

>>20492101
Omg this is it, thank you anon

[Anonymous No.20492324]

>>20492309
fucks sake

[Anonymous No.20492329]

>>20492309
If it is, you give really shitty examples where you probably shouldn't use the word

[Anonymous No.20492333]

>>20492309
I feel like you're using it wrong

[Anonymous No.20492340]

>>20492324
>>20492329
>>20492333
Omg this it, thank you anon

[Anonymous No.20492692]

>>20492309
>>20492324
>>20492329
>>20492333
>>20492340
OP here, not the word I'm thinking of lol

[Anonymous No.20493381]

bump

[Anonymous No.20493698]

>>20491388
Brotherhood

[Anonymous No.20493704]

>>20491026
Comiserate

[Anonymous No.20494022]

bump i still wanna know

[Anonymous No.20494161]

>>20491026

See:

https://www.powerthesaurus.org/of_one_mind/synonyms

[Anonymous No.20494180]

Rapport

[Anonymous No.20494430]

>>20494161
none of these. I don't know if this makes sense but they're too material, like I said before.
Fuck man, I don't even know if what I'm thinking of even has a word lol

[Anonymous No.20494445]

>>20491026
Fuck you asshole. It's not my job to research whatever positive/negative connotation you're looking for

[Anonymous No.20494464]

>>20494445
dumb frogposter

[Anonymous No.20494480]

>>20491291
Fluctuating.

[Anonymous No.20494489]

>>20494445
wasteposting

[Anonymous No.20494496]

>>20494464
>>20494489
Go fucking open a dictionary or thesaurus dude
You think I'm gonna waste my time

[Anonymous No.20494502]

Perchance

[Anonymous No.20494507]

Rant?

[Anonymous No.20494510]

?

[Anonymous No.20494527]

>>20494496
>open a dictionary or thesaurus dude
ok now what

[Anonymous No.20494584]

>>20494510
simpatico sounds similar to it in the sense that it's a foreign word. maybe what I'm thinking of is?
The synonyms here seem too cut and dry knowing their definitions.
The Northern Lights example where I said it can't be fully confined to one thing and is always moving I think is my best foot forward with this.

I swear this is not a joke or a meme and I'm not trying to yank your collective chains for fun, I'm legitimately in an almost moral panic over this

[Anonymous No.20494590]

>>20494584
Nebulous

[Anonymous No.20494618]

>>20494590
no, but this is the first word that's really been on a strong track. a science-esque term describing something as vague that can also be applied to relationships.
FUCK it is right on the tip of my tongue

[Anonymous No.20494625]

>>20494618
Ambiguous.

[Anonymous No.20494635]

>>20494618
Amorphous

[Anonymous No.20494639]

>>20494590
>>20494625
Cryptic. Enigmatic. I really want to crack this motherfucker now.

[Anonymous No.20494641]

transgender

[Anonymous No.20494789]

>>20494625
not it. ironically too "ambiguous" of a word for what I'm thinking of
>>20494635
not it either but closer than above
>>20494639
both are too Bela Lugosi (ironic considering I'm the one who brought up The Addams Family)

[Anonymous No.20494816]

>>20494789
Gaseous. Vaporous. Ethereal.

[Anonymous No.20494849]

>>20494816
>Gaseous. Vaporous
Too scientific
>Ethereal
Too happy of a connotation

[Anonymous No.20494889]

>>20494849
Ambivalent.

[Anonymous No.20494905]

>>20494889
Too wishy-washy in its meaning

I may have to cut my losses and just convince myself it was nebulous lmao

[Anonymous No.20494910]

>>20494905
You mean to tell me that you sent me on a wild goose chase and in the end you’re gonna go with my first entry? That’s some trifling shit.

[Anonymous No.20494923]

Retarded

[Anonymous No.20494925]

>>20494905
like hell you do. too late to stop now. we're seeing this one through

[Anonymous No.20494937]

>>20494910
it was a joke relax lmao
I'm a little low on hope at the moment
>>20494925
fuck it then, let's keep going

[Anonymous No.20495089]

>>20494937
Questionable. Dubious. Equivocal. Wavering. Dithering.

[Anonymous No.20495119]

>>20495089
None of these.
I think you really had something on that science route with nebulous

[Anonymous No.20495144]

>>20495119
Opaque?

[Anonymous No.20495237]

>>20495144
no, definition is too rigid and doesn't allow for the ebb and flow i mentioned before

[Anonymous No.20495455]

OP here, just wanted to say you've been TROLLED hahahaha, I'm not searching for any word

[Anonymous No.20495473]

>>20495455
Okay, Mr. Anonymous (32).

[Anonymous No.20496460]

friendly bump
(this thing is starting to drive me insane too)

[Anonymous No.20496476]

Abstruse?

[Anonymous No.20497668]

bUMP

[Anonymous No.20497682]

>>20491026
Connotation.

[Anonymous No.20498296]

>>20497682
Lololololol thank you thank you thank you so much.

[Anonymous No.20498305]

>>20498296
>>20497682
not it.
>>20496476
not it either

I'm beginning to think it's gotta be some word that I just now realized I've been using horrifically wrong my entire live

[Anonymous No.20498366]

Crepuscular

[Anonymous No.20498509]

Minutiae

[Anonymous No.20498676]

>>20498366
no
>>20498509
no

[Anonymous No.20498906]

fuck you 4chan, you're useless

i've found it myself

[Anonymous No.20498928]

>>20498906
stop pretending to be me moron

[Anonymous No.20498933]

>>20498928
>>20498906
use a trip next time faget

[Anonymous No.20499109]

>>20491026
mercurial

[Anonymous No.20499328]

Gave you the damn word a day ago but you never replied. Just attention seeking at this point.

[Anonymous No.20499565]

>>20499328
This. I've sent OP a private message,.why he still pretends to not know the word is beyond me.

But seriously OP, I think sociologists would know the word you seek.

[Anonymous No.20500074]

>>20499565
>But seriously OP, I think sociologists would know the word you seek.
i can't tell if this another joke or not lol
I mean, I'll try anything at this point

[Anonymous No.20500163]

>>20491026
Cheeky?

[Anonymous No.20500313]

>>20500163
nope

[Anonymous No.20500459]

>>20491291
colloquial, oscillating, or undulating. thosr are my three guesses

[Anonymous No.20500463]

sparring, brawling, hyperbole?

[Anonymous No.20500523]

Acrimonious

[Anonymous No.20500807]

>>20500463
none of the above
>>20500459
oscillating is the closest in meaning of the three, but not it
>>20500523
no, but the definition is close. maybe something that can oscillate between "acrid; corrosive" and the opposite, while still having good intentions underneath the both

[Anonymous No.20501055]

>>20500807
>close
>begins with a C
Caustic.

[Anonymous No.20501074]

>>20501055
no, but on track with the science-esque term like nebulous was.
the actual definition has half of what I'm looking for. is there a fancier word for oscillating with the other requirements I've been mentioning?

[Anonymous No.20501078]

>>20491194
>>20491184
Chompatible?

[Anonymous No.20501088]

>>20492692
This word does not exist. You made it up in your delusional head. You are searching for a needle in a haystack but the needle isn't there

[Anonymous No.20501114]

>>20501088
or I've been using a word completely wrong for my entire life and I'm describing it horribly. that, or I'm remembering using a certain word when in fact I used something else

[Anonymous No.20501428]

are you sure it’s not capricious

[Anonymous No.20501435]

Acerbic

[Anonymous No.20501446]

>>20491058
Codependent?

[Anonymous No.20501459]

>>20494618
Chaotic?

[Anonymous No.20501471]

Fuliginous

[Anonymous No.20501523]

>>20501435
this, along with nebulous and caustic, are front runners to the right track. Acerbic fits syllable wise in my head but that doesn't mean anything. I only vaguely remember hearing this word before
>>20501471
not it
>>20501459
not it

[Anonymous No.20501551]

Erratic

[Anonymous No.20501610]

Protean

[Anonymous No.20501616]

>>20501551
>>20501610
neither

[Anonymous No.20501623]

>>20501616
Where did you hear it first?

[Anonymous No.20501628]

Posting to help this SHIT THREAD hit bump limit sooner

[Anonymous No.20501698]

Dialectical, muddled, versatile?
Of course not.

[Anonymous No.20501771]

>>20501623
the word I'm thinking of or one of those two?
the answer for both is I don't know. I'm still almost certain it's a science-esque word
>>20501698
sadly, no

[Anonymous No.20501820]

>>20501074
Cyclic

[Anonymous No.20501824]

international

[Anonymous No.20501836]

Esoteric

[Anonymous No.20501850]

>>20501820
exactly what I asked for and I applaud you for that, but not the word. that's impressive though

[Anonymous No.20501922]

>>20501824
>>20501836
no and no

[Anonymous No.20501930]

>>20491026
Are you describing a symbiotic relationship, one that may not necessarily always incorporate agreements?

[Anonymous No.20501954]

>>20501930
by looking at the definition, yes it appears that's exactly what I'm describing. symbiotic isn't the word though

[Anonymous No.20502016]

comorbidity?

[Anonymous No.20502054]

>>20502016
no. when I think of that I think of illnesses. although, it is vaguely science related

[Anonymous No.20502097]

is op still here i don't want to shout into the void
if so, please turing test yourself and draw something in ms paint so i know you're not a bot. actually, draw it in photopea.

[Anonymous No.20502160]

>>20502097
that was harder than I anticipated.
I don't like technology

[Anonymous No.20502184]

>>20502054
codependence
reciprocity
euphemistic
symbiotic

[Anonymous No.20502200]

>>20502184
>>20502097
Actually, OP, I found the exact word you're looking for, although it's used in a social context, not scientific. The word is dysphemism.

[Anonymous No.20502207]

>>20502160
lol, thanks
can you answer these questions? You don't have to do all of them if you don't feel like it but I think they'd help.
> what does the word describe specifically? A situation, a feeling an outsider gets looking in, a feeling an insider gets talking to an outsider, a visual quality, a trope, etc

> Is the relationship actually good or bad? Hobos abusing each other is bad but the Addams are a good family

> What part of speech is it most commonly used as? Is it usually an adjective, adverb, noun?

> The word I'm thinking of (I'm pretty sure) can relate to really anything: machines, a certain places weather/people/mood, nature
> Can you describe what kind of these things it would be used in relation to? As in give an example that isn't a relationship

> What context is it heard in? Formal, informal, fiction, etc

> What made you think of it?

> Is it any of these? Counterintuitive, unconventional, insider, complex, chaotic, mosaic, misleading

[Anonymous No.20502249]

>>20502207
>> what does the word describe specifically? A situation, a feeling an outsider gets looking in, a feeling an insider gets talking to an outsider, a visual quality, a trope, etc
to my knowledge, and I've said this before, it describes (or can be used to describe) a relationship between two things that, although aggressive on the surface, can easily fade to other, more 'regular' forms of relation that would be positive, all the while remaining positive in nature regardless. My brother and I tell each other to fuck off and go kill ourselves among other things because that's how we understand 'love' but we also have moments of 'normal' interactions like talking about our emotions
>question 2
see above
>part of speech
I'd venture to say adjective, though I'm not entirely sure
>example that isn't relationship
it rains in Seattle a lot and is known for being rainy and drab and dreary to outsiders. it also can be sunny and warm and inviting. To people who live there, it's still Seattle with it's quirks and eccentricities exclusive to the city that can't really be contained to just one thing. Whether it rains or is sunny, it's still Seattle's weather 'talking' so to speak. One source, different tones of voice.
>context
almost certain it'd be formal.
>what made me think of it
was having a long convo with my brother and he asked me to describe our relationship
>any of these
closest would be mosaic in definition on a purely artistic level but no, it's none of those. they sound too common so to speak. I wouldn't consider the word I'm thinking of to be commonplace

[Anonymous No.20502285]

>>20491291
Oscillate

[Anonymous No.20502324]

>>20501523
Ascorbic.

[Anonymous No.20502340]

>>20502324
i've actually never heard of this word. still not it, but neat

[Anonymous No.20502350]

>>20502200
>dysphemism
damn, that's really close definition wise. I've never heard of this word either. I'll check out synonyms

[Anonymous No.20502385]

>>20502249
So it's like getting to know someone/thing and developing your own "language," your own "signals," that are offputting to outsiders, but comforting/appealing to those in the know?
This seems to be what you're describing, but it's not at all like words you've said are similar, like nebulous. Or "dysphemism," that one makes me feel like you're trolling or don't really understand the meaning of words. If I could describe it in a phrase, maybe I'd say "one big inside joke," "way of life,"
Maybe customs, conventions, shibboleth, coded/secret code, acclimation? Reaching, maybe "mutually destructive?"
Moar info please

[Anonymous No.20502398]

Colloquial ?

[Anonymous No.20502400]

>>20502385
>Or "dysphemism," that one makes me feel like you're trolling or don't really understand the meaning of words
How so? It basically perfectly describes a relationship where negative phrases and terms are used as a form of endearment.

[Anonymous No.20502410]

Ball busting

[Anonymous No.20502423]

>>20502400
Maybe we're using a different dictionary. Mine says:
> a derogatory or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one, such as “loony bin” for “mental hospital."
As in, it refers to a class of words. It means "words that are euphemisms, but rather than making a thing sound better, it makes it sound worse."
I'm probably going to give up now because you're probably just thinking of some dumb word like coitus that we're never gonna guess cause you've misunderstood its meaning.

[Anonymous No.20502456]

>>20502385
>or don't really understand the meaning of words
i wouldn't doubt it.
Nebulous was close for me because I think visually and have to/always attach a physical picture to a word or phrase to get it. When I think of a nebula I think of a wide reaching body of "stuff" more or less that shifts and changes shape while still remaining a nebula.
It's entirely possible I fucked this from the start this way, and I apologize. I'm not trolling, but maybe I didn't go about it the best way to get an answer
>>20502423
I'm probably going to give up now because you're probably just thinking of some dumb word like coitus that we're never gonna guess cause you've misunderstood its meaning.
completely understandable. thank you for your time. lot of sharp minds on lit

[Anonymous No.20502472]

>>20502423
Webster-Merriam says: "the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one"

Which is the opposite of a euphemism. Ie, using a bad word to obscure a meaning which is good. In other words, what is going on with OP as he stated in the original post.
>words that are euphemisms
Euphemism is the antonym of dysphemism, that's how I found it to begin with.

[Anonymous No.20502720]

WE NEED TO FIND THE WORD. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.20502757]

indeterminate

[Anonymous No.20502789]

intricate
sinuous
impenetrable
incomprehensible
indiscernible
baffling
inconceivable
foreign

[Anonymous No.20502954]

balanced
entropic
syntropic

[Anonymous No.20503415]

>>20501074
Congruent

[Anonymous No.20503520]

Miasma

[Anonymous No.20503684]

>>20502789
none of these
>>20502954
no, but the last two are on the right track with the science stuff
>>20503520
no

[Anonymous No.20503707]

Tumultuous

[Anonymous No.20503721]

scintillating? acerbic?

[Anonymous No.20503752]

capricious????

[Anonymous No.20503785]

>>20503707
>>20503721
>>20503752
none of these

[Anonymous No.20503790]

What context did you hear the word in? Did you read it, did someone say it to you, and what were they talking about?

[Anonymous No.20503802]

misconstrued????

[Anonymous No.20503812]

>>20503790
WE NEED MORE INFO OP

[Anonymous No.20503820]

I would go with ambivalent

[Anonymous No.20503821]

chameleonic

[Anonymous No.20503825]

>>20491026
based isaak poster

[Anonymous No.20503827]

contradictory

[Anonymous No.20503830]

contrarious

[Anonymous No.20504017]

>>20503790
If I don't know for sure what word it is, how would I know lol
Like I said, I'm 90% sure I heard it in some science context, most likely in high school but I'm guessing
>>20503802
no
>>20503821
no, but it's close in meaning and general science-ishness (in that it's describing biology)
>>20503820
i feel like this is kind of like the word but with the edges taken off
>>20503827
>>20503830
back with the c words lol. i don't think it's these

[Anonymous No.20504045]

>>20504017
CONGRUENT

[Anonymous No.20504060]

Combative
Sinusoidal

[Anonymous No.20504072]

Cholic

[Anonymous No.20504096]

>>20504045
not it
>>20504060
neither
>>20504072
no

[Anonymous No.20504140]

Bi-polar

[Anonymous No.20504145]

>>20504096
Well you're outta luck. Just coin a new term. It almost sounds like a familial relationship, you fight your siblings but you back em up as well. Constans contra agon

[Anonymous No.20504147]

Idiolect

[Anonymous No.20504215]

>>20504145
>It almost sounds like a familial relationship, you fight your siblings but you back em up as well.
it's a stretch, but is there a specific word for this?

[Anonymous No.20504510]

>>20504215
Love Without Anger - Devo

[Anonymous No.20504987]

Confluence

[Anonymous No.20505618]

>>20504510
nice song lol i like devo
>>20504987
no

[Anonymous No.20505704]

>>20504072

[Anonymous No.20505715]

youre morons, 4chan. you dont even know the word i'm seeking. fucking losers. go jerk off to the greeks fucking nerds

[Anonymous No.20505730]

please give me the fucking word. i'm writing a book. you motherfuckers

[Anonymous No.20505734]

scatological

[Anonymous No.20505743]

just to recap: according to OP, the word is NOT among the following

>abstruse
>acclimation
>acerbic
>acrimonious
>ambiguous
>ambivalent
>amorphous
>ascorbic
>baffling
>balanced
>banter
>bellicose
>bipolar
>brawling
>brotherhood
>c'est la vie
>camaraderie
>cantankerous
>capricious
>caustic
>chameleonic
>chaotic
>cheeky
>chemistry
>cholic
>chompatible
>codependency
>colloquial
>combative
>commiserate
>comorbidity
>compatible
>complementary
>complex
>confluence
>congruent
>connotation
>contentious
>contradictory
>contrarious
>conventions
>counterintuitive
>crepuscular
>cryptic
>customs
>cyclic
>cynicism
>dialectical
>dithering
>dubious
>dynamic
>dysphemism
>enigmatic
>entropic
>equivocal
>erratic
>esoteric
>ethereal
>euphemistic

(1/2)

[Anonymous No.20505749]

>>20505743
>fluctuating
>foreign
>fractious
>fuliginous
>gaseous
>hyperbole
>idiolect
>idiosyncracy
>impenetrable
>inchoate
>incomprehensible
>inconceivable
>indeterminate
>indiscernible
>insider
>international
>intricate
>jargon
>kaleidoscopic
>mercurial
>miasma
>minutiae
>misconstrued
>misleading
>mosaic
>muddled
>nebulous
>opaque
>oscillating
>perchance
>protean
>pugnacious
>quarrelsome
>questionable
>raillery
>rant
>rapport
>reciprocity
>retarded
>ribbing
>scintillating
>shibboleth
>simpatico
>sinuous
>sinusoidal
>sneed
>sparring
>symbiotic
>synchronistic
>syntropic
>transgender
>tumultuous
>unconditional
>unconventional
>undulating
>vaporous
>versatile
>vitriolic
>wavering

(2/2)

[Anonymous No.20505765]

Oh shit, I think I know what word you mean OP. You still here?

[Anonymous No.20505803]

>>20501114
Are you a native English speaker? Perhaps you;re thinking of a word in a different language which doesn't exist in English?

[Anonymous No.20505807]

Agathokakological?

[Anonymous No.20505838]

>>20505807
>A wild Alexander Theroux appeared!

[Anonymous No.20505840]

>>20505765
yes lol I've been checking in. please tell me I'm going to go insane

[Anonymous No.20505984]

>>20505765
OP here, yes.
>>20505803
I am a native English speaker and don't know enough words in another language for this to be a problem lol
>>20505743
>>20505749
...yeah. I feel like an asshole that you all have gone through this with nothing. On the plus side, nebulous, caustic, and acerbic were the closest in feel and requirements

[Anonymous No.20506031]

>>20505984
It can't be "toxic" relationship... can it?
Please tell me that's now what you're looking for, OP...

[Anonymous No.20506059]

>>20506031
toxic isn't it lol rest assured

[Anonymous No.20506082]

>>20506059
Thank fck. I detest that expression.
It seems to to be indicative of this board's merit that it took so long for someone to propose it.

[Anonymous No.20506101]

>>20506031
Would have killed him for that.

[Anonymous No.20506117]

>>20506101
It could have been a cosmic troll, but OP decided not to abuse his power in this way.

[Anonymous No.20506121]

>>20506082
>>20506101
lol

[Anonymous No.20506420]

Kismesissitude?

[Anonymous No.20506461]

>>20506420
never heard of that lol. no

[Anonymous No.20506522]

>>20491026
OP, I've found the word you've been looking for, but if you want it, it will cost you a pretty penny. Payment should be arranged in Monero.

[Anonymous No.20506788]

>>20504017
>If I don't know for sure what word it is, how would I know lol
Because if you cannot remember the context in which you've heard it, then it might be the case that you never heard it and were stuck for words that you never had. Most of the time when blanking on a word, people do not blank on all the contexts they've heard it in, because that is a different part of memory.

[Anonymous No.20507644]

>>20506788
huh, never thought of that. in that case, maybe it is a case of a fake memory

[Anonymous No.20507659]

chromatic

[Anonymous No.20507698]

>>20507659
negative

[Anonymous No.20507732]

>>20491026
Fraternal? In any case it's a lot like what close siblings do, with their private references, lexicon, assorted modes of telepathy. Had a lot of that with my closest sister, and a guy I did a lot of nightclubbing with. The exclusivity of cliques & cults & camp follows a similar pattern of family-feeling when it comes to highly specific social context in shades of meaning. There are even poets whose whole manner is highly connotative, which is also to say intimate. Intimates, co-conspirators, confederates, etc.

[Anonymous No.20508331]

>>20491026
Tease or teaser?

[Anonymous No.20508644]

>>20506082
it seems to be indicative of how fucking stupid you think OP is for describing the word "toxic" as being related to seattle weather >>20502249

[Anonymous No.20508660]

>>20508644
Not him, and plenty of terms itt wouldn't be applicable to weather, but acid rain in Washington state was a huge deal since the 80s because of the heavy reliance on the timber industry

[Anonymous No.20508698]

Organic

[Anonymous No.20508769]

>>20508660
what op means is a word that describes something hard to grasp; something that seems one way to outsiders, but is actually very complex and multifaceted on the inside

[Anonymous No.20508891]

>>20508769
Is Seattle weather hard to grasp and seems one way to outsiders but is actually very complex and multifaceted? Because >>20508644 was talking about those things and raining half the year is not really multifaceted no matter what a meth head hipster from Seattle tried to convince you of to buy his shitty chapbook

[Anonymous No.20508916]

Guys maybe we should contact and ask an expert at this point. A professor of, I don't know what.

[Anonymous No.20508919]

A complicated relationship
Involuted

[Anonymous No.20509433]

this word may not even exist

[Anonymous No.20509498]

>>20491026
Is the word you're looking for "dynamic"?

[Anonymous No.20509524]

>>20491291
Complicated

[Anonymous No.20509525]

>>20507732
i feel like fraternal has a very positive connotation, not it though
>>20508331
no
>>20508698
no, something more negative. I don't know if this helps but the syllables of this word ring a bell a little bit, the way the syllables flow off each other and end on a hard consonant
>>20508769
Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking for
>>20508916
know any? lol
>>20508919
no
>>20509433
i'm starting to come around to that idea
>>20509498
no.

[Anonymous No.20509609]

>>20494502
You can't just say perchance.

[Anonymous No.20509633]

>>20509525
Congenial?

[Anonymous No.20509638]

I just want to know the word. Please remember OP

[Anonymous No.20509687]

Antagonistic
Agonistic

[Anonymous No.20509761]

>>20509633
too nice a word
>>20509687
neither
>>20509638
So do I lol

[Anonymous No.20509959]

you know what? unironically ask reddit. ask everybody you know. set up a group chat with all your relatives, college friends, and high school classmates. get as many people as you can. we need all the power in the world. offer a reward for the word.

[Anonymous No.20509981]

Sucessful bait thread. Congrats.

[Anonymous No.20509992]

>>20509959
It's going to be like that picture of the guy that people saw in their dreams and send out fliers with a hotline under it lol

[Anonymous No.20510755]

we might have to gather the board's biggest brains and invent this word…and send someone back in time to plant it in OP's past

[Anonymous No.20510932]

>>20510755
i'm all for it lmao

[Anonymous No.20511382]

>>20510755
We're here. The word is "opisafag," pronounced /ope-IZ-uh-fag/, an adjective used to describe something that is nebulous, vague and incomprehensible; something whose complexity is only understood in its entirety by a very small few who are intimately familiar with it.

[Anonymous No.20511914]

>>20511382
guys close down shop i think we got the word

[Anonymous No.20512090]

persiflage

[Anonymous No.20512165]

>>20512090
not it

[Anonymous No.20512186]

Aufheben

[Anonymous No.20512252]

>>20512186
no

[Anonymous No.20512357]

Covalent

[Anonymous No.20512461]

>>20511382
Do you really say 'Ope' instead of 'Oh-Pee'?
Am I the crazy one here?

[Anonymous No.20512688]

>>20512357
not it
>>20512461
lol

[Anonymous No.20512847]

scornful? sardonic? choleric? irascible? copacetic? bickering? carping? caviling? uh...contumely? (shoutout to Shakespeare for having taught me that one long ago)

[Anonymous No.20513427]

>>20512461
i say ope. what's wrong with you? have you unrionically been sounding out the letters? oh no no no no

[Anonymous No.20513785]

Pic related?

[Anonymous No.20514072]

>>20513785
pretty much, yeah. almost exactly what I'm looking to describe

[Anonymous No.20514084]

one of the best /lit/ threads in a long time

[Anonymous No.20514083]

>>20512847
none of these

[Anonymous No.20514122]

idiomatic

[Anonymous No.20514159]

bump

[Anonymous No.20514222]

>>20514122
not it

[Anonymous No.20514406]

>>20514222
>>20514222
Mordant/Mordancy
ADJECTIVE
•(especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting:
"a mordant sense of humor"
•Bitingly sarcastic:
"mordant satire."
•Incisive and trenchant:
"an inquisitor's mordant."

[Anonymous No.20514444]

>>20514406
no, but i like this word

[Anonymous No.20514465]

What a stupid fucking thread

[Anonymous No.20514472]

>>20514465
what a stupid fucking reply

[Anonymous No.20514487]

i thought you meant dichotomal at first, but now im not so sure

[Anonymous No.20514499]

Just to clarify OP, is it strictly a positive word? or can it generally be used to describe a relationship or situation that is changing/context dependent/altered by circumstances, that can ultimately be either positive or negative?

[Anonymous No.20514542]

>>20514499
I would say it's more of the latter. Pretty sure it can describe something across many contexts and the positive/negative connotation is all in what you're talking about

[Anonymous No.20514571]

>>20514487
yeah, not it

[Anonymous No.20514589]

Parasitic? Virulent? Serpentine?

[Anonymous No.20514604]

Acrid, Elliptic

[Anonymous No.20514647]

Homogenous, Complementary, Reciprocal, Mutual

[Anonymous No.20514648]

Eccentric

[Anonymous No.20514652]

>>20514589
>Virulent
this is a strong contender. it relates to diseases (which my brother and I had a class about in school) and can be used as a word for 'hostile or malicious' behavior. There's nothing about the opposite (looks one way but is actually multi-faceted on the inside) I keep talking about but as another anon suggested, that may've been a false memory on my part.
I'll see what some other anons say but this may in fact be it
>>20514604
neither

[Anonymous No.20514659]

>>20514647
>>20514648
none of these

[Anonymous No.20514665]

>>20514652
is it a word that would 'pop' as unusual or tryhard if it appeared in the sentence examples you posted upthread, or would it 'flow' with the sentence?

[Anonymous No.20514684]

This is the funniest thread I've ever seen on /lit/.

[Anonymous No.20514687]

>>20514652
Virulent guy here, it seems pretty right to me or its something like miasmatic or pernicious, pestilent and infectious seem too disease related

[Anonymous No.20514697]

>>20514652
>I'll see what some other anons say but this may in fact be it
Pretty gay thread of it's gonna end with "this is probably it"

[Anonymous No.20514700]

invidious

[Anonymous No.20514728]

>>20514652
Really nigga. Virulent.
>Boy, I sure love meeting up with the bros and getting up to some splendid, mmmmm, virulent behaviour..
Kys

[Anonymous No.20514792]

Glib, haphazard, invective, vituperation, fulmination, obloquy, scurrility, acrimonious, corrosive, caustic, sardonic...vitriolic?

[Anonymous No.20514879]

>>20514652
how the FUCK is virulent anything like your descriptions? fuck you OP

[Anonymous No.20514940]

>>20514728
>>Boy, I sure love meeting up with the bros and getting up to some splendid, mmmmm, virulent behaviour..
lmao that is the funniest thing i've read on /lit/
>>20514665
it would definitely pop as tryhard. our friendgroup are a bunch of nerds
>>20514879
i told you, i think in pictures. in the way i was trying to use this word i think my wires got crossed in trying to visualize this word and trying to visualize my relationship with my brother. some anon called it early on saying it would probably end up being something stupid lol
>>20491098
>It's usually so far off the mark, as you pointed out, that it's its own little comedy,

[Anonymous No.20516138]

saving this from page 10

[Anonymous No.20516157]

I can't be bothered to read all of this.
Did OP find his word?

[Anonymous No.20516164]

>>20516157
not yet!

[Anonymous No.20516174]

>>20516164
Just sleep on it or its amazing bait

[Anonymous No.20516177]

My try : homoerotic.

[Anonymous No.20516225]

>>20516157
Right now 'virulent' is the strongest contender

[Anonymous No.20516262]

I'm starting to think the word will turn out to be some relatively obscure proper noun that's turned into an adjective.

[Anonymous No.20516265]

>>20516262
i wouldn't doubt it

[Anonymous No.20516294]

OP, is this word how you could describe when that guy in the movie Predator says "bunch of slack jawed faggots 'round here!"? Friendly verbal jousting?

[Anonymous No.20516320]

I think it's time for OP to rewrite his paragraph.

[Anonymous No.20516427]

>>20491026
rowdy?

[Anonymous No.20516459]

horseplay, mischievous, puckish, romping frolicking?

[Anonymous No.20516494]

>>20516427
>>20516459
none of these

[Anonymous No.20516564]

>>20514652
I thought it was right on the tip of your tongue? Shouldn't the word you're looking for get a more assured reaction out of you than "this is a strong contender ... this MAY in fact be it"?
>>20514697
It would somehow be more disappointing and lame than him not finding the word at all.

[Anonymous No.20516569]

>>20516494
playful
scrappy
snappy
rough and tumble
waggish
bantering
whimsical
lighthearted
genial
kindred
flippant
insouciant
sanguine
affable
chummy
zany
giddy

[Anonymous No.20516596]

Copacetic :))))):)):)):))

[Anonymous No.20516598]

>>20516569
Supposedly it is “science-like”

[Anonymous No.20516613]

The negation of the negation.

[Anonymous No.20516619]

OP, is it a sociological or psychological word? Or what type of science are you referring to?

[Anonymous No.20516626]

HOW THE FUCK IS IT NOT SYMBIOTIC??

[Anonymous No.20516650]

>>20491026
volatile???

[Anonymous No.20516688]

choleric
protean
mercurial
turbulent
fickle
fluid
wayward
mutable
labile
flighty
fluctuant
volcanic
tempestuous
transitional
transitory
transient
fitful
vacillating
permutable
skittish
transitive
prismatic
motley
heterogenous
discrepant
ephemeral
fugacious
evanescent

[Anonymous No.20516766]

>>20516688
>>20516650
>>20516596
>>20516569
none of these
>>20516564
you make a good point. i also made similar remarks about nebulous, acerbic, and caustic, none of which are near virulent so I probably don't know this word as well as I thought I did
>>20516619
to my knowledge it wouldn't be either of those

[Anonymous No.20517563]

Commensalistic/commensalism/commensal, coniferous, lethologica

[Anonymous No.20517589]

duplicitous

>Duplicity comes from a Latin word meaning "double" or "twofold," and its original meaning in English has to do with a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions.

[Anonymous No.20517701]

>>20491026
lecherous?

[Anonymous No.20517762]

>>20491026
salacious?

[Anonymous No.20517863]

Terms of endearment

[Anonymous No.20518477]

>>20491058
>>20491026
may God, Jesus and The Bear forgive me for typing this but you're looking for "tsundere"

[Anonymous No.20518892]

This is clearly a demonstration to prove you can drive /lit insane by vaguely describing a word and insisting everybody offering a guess is wrong.

[Anonymous No.20519684]

facetious

[Anonymous No.20519698]

>>20518477
I puked in my mouth a little. Please stay in your containment board.

[Anonymous No.20519727]

>>20501820
>>20518477
Lmfaoo, you just might be right.

Thoughts OP?

[Anonymous No.20519733]

>two friends sit and constantly tell each other to kill themselves

You watch too much weebshit. People don't do this in real life. There's light ribbing and ballbusting between friends but humans aren't cliche anime archetypes.

>>20501074
Cosine

[Anonymous No.20519743]

>>20516320
It's telling OP would waste all this time looking for a fancy *adjective* rather than just develop the characters by describing an actual situation using plain nouns and verbs.

[Anonymous No.20519770]

vicissitude

[Anonymous No.20520042]

>simply invents the word

[Anonymous No.20520141]

>>20491367
I would beat you up if you used this word irl

[Anonymous No.20520158]

>>20504072
I would rape you if you said that shit irl

[Anonymous No.20520544]

OP is a faggot.

[Anonymous No.20520733]

I got it OP, the word you're looking for is Niggers. You're welcome

[Anonymous No.20520756]

bros, we're falling off..sorry to let you down op. it's been a wild ride, and i'm sure i speak for op and everyone itt when i say one couldn't ask for a finer buncha fellas when on the raging waters of language

do check back with us if you ever find it

[Anonymous No.20520842]

>>20520756
I agree. Thank you all for your help, this was a wild ride and a lot of fun

[Anonymous No.20521072]

>>20520544
>>20520733
checked and checked

[Anonymous No.20521349]

casmalrickeniumdesellia

[Anonymous No.20521353]

>>20521349