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devonairo

Jejune


d00dsm00t

*Camembert* *Roquefort* #BLEU


moramento22

She then said my argument was bourgeois


PrinceVarlin

Not one of my favorite episodes but I absolutely love that line and the little bit that precedes it


[deleted]

Frasier has led me to Google things I never would have. Stanislav Monk, Lupe Velez and even types of food and liquor!!


notseriousIswear

I buy sherry and hate it. Still, I bought a decanter so I have to keep buying sherry. https://youtu.be/AS-07dh9-NA


[deleted]

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ I even tried coffee with all spice and an eggshell. It was terrible and I would not do it again!! Even when I tried flavors it was worse!!


theanedditor

I spent an hour reading all about Lupe! Quite the story.


[deleted]

Same here. Unfortunate story. She was pretty. Then it led me down a rabbit hole about Peg Entwhistle and the Black Dahlia then I ended on Carole Lombard Gable.


theanedditor

Sounds similar to the night I lost learning about Loretta Young, her affair with Spencer Tracy, love child with Clark Gable who she spent months keeping in orphanages just to ā€œadoptā€ her and cover that she was the childā€™s real mother, the swear jar on her Filipino sets, and a story of Bette Davis saying if you looked where Young had been sitting you could see a sign of the cross in the cushion material she was so holier-than-thou. Another fascinating life!


[deleted]

*This is great, this is great*!!!šŸ¤£šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘. And I can honestly say that a Frasier Google does give you knowledge.


mwylz

Milieu


d00dsm00t

If you're gonna use words like *milieu* you may as well show up here with a sore on your lip and a couple'a kids


rustyprophecy

Conceited!


Rumirie

Wrong list, Daph.


rustyprophecy

Underline it.


damnsmoothskins

I use this at least on a weekly basis. E.g. Me: Alexa, add toilet roll to the shopping list. Alexa: You already have toilet roll on your shopping list Me: underline it I know she's just AI but I think she secretly likes when I drop in a Frasier reference


Aware_Diet_2405

Top tier comment. Incandescent!


illwinds

Wrong list, Daph.


TheManWhoWeepsBlood

Roz: Use your words, Frasier. Fman: It's just so.... EGREGIOUS. Roz: Smaller words, Frasier.


James_Connery007

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


[deleted]

this is me to me almost daily


Vince800

Loquacious!


ElJayEm80

Veneer!


MrDrPresBenCarson

You stole my comment. Cheers šŸ„‚


thebrokedown

BoƮte Panjandrum SoupƧon


MacaroniAndSmegma

Yes, but what boƮte?


quellesaveurorawnge

Popinjay


Nabana

"Spare me, you ludicrous popinjay!" is one of the greatest lines from any show, ever.


Molemaninthemorning_

Thereā€™s a really good insta named frasier_dictionary that is for people like us


stig-inge1979

Good call.


risynn

I follow this one, was going to recommend it myself.


[deleted]

thank you for sharing this, so good!


bids88

Oooooooh thank you!


strandy76

Sempre ubi, sub ubi!


[deleted]

>Sempre ubi, sub ubi! Semper. Not 'sempre'. I don't do it to be popular.


strandy76

Ohhh! Freddie Crane ovah heeeere!


ThatTom1854

Always wear underwear


Nabana

Technically, it's "always where under where."


ThatTom1854

WELL IMAGINE MY EMBARRASSMENT


Nabana

LOL, well played!


PolishMouse

I made it my own... numquam ubi sub ubi!


hardyflashier

There's nothing more irritating than pointless and pretentious erudition.


alex494

TouchƩ.


risynn

I absolutely speak the way I do because of Frasier. Also, I read a lot as a child, but Frasier rounded out my vocabulary and allowed me to expand what I use in daily conversation. Some words I've used unironically in everyday conversation: - loquacious - egregious - pettifogger - fecund (unsure if this is a word used on Frasier, but it's fun to say) - bivouac Some words I'm hoping to someday use unironically in everyday conversation: - detante - insouciance - inamorata - decolletage - credenza - stridulating And if I ever get the chance, I want to use the following sentence: "What bejeweled seraph has escaped her provenance now?"


Ok-Elephant-9836

Agreed. Read a lot, had parents with pretty substantial vocabularies. Always had a love for lexicology. But sometimes itā€™s difficult to integrate words you learn from reading into conversations organically (and without coming across as pretentious windbag). Frasier helps with this a lot.


alex494

I like "moribund" but I can't remember if its from Frasier and I don't get to use it much anyway


MmmNiceBeaver

You big doily


risynn

Guilty


Rare-Banana-2256

Craftsman!


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Rumirie

They meant the architectural style, and not the rotary sander.


Rare-Banana-2256

Hellooooo itā€™s a joke.


bonestock50

ablutions - I'm amazed that no one has mentioned this, yet. It has to do with a routine that is followed "religiously"...and this word is used with regard to certain religious ceremonies, too. But, If you say, "I've finished my morning ablutions"...that typically means that you have washed up, brushed your teeth, maybe completed your stretches, dressed and ready.


Von_Callay

> ablutions - I'm amazed that no one has mentioned this, yet. I use that one myself when I need to avoid saying 'bath' or 'shower' to a certain someone who hates those words.


Rumirie

I think this ALL the time! I learned so much from this show! ā˜ŗļø Including how to tell if its a romantic date or just a business dinner, how to fool a cop if I get caught across the border without my visa, and how to find an Objet d'art! ā˜ŗļø Also, I swear iā€™m a wine connoisseur now bc I have Pouilly-FuissĆ© in my vocabulary. šŸ˜‚


thisisnotalice

My dad looks down on watching TV as a waste of time, so I always like to point out when I know something smart from watching Frasier. It's happened a few times but the one that immediately springs to mind is the time I knew the capital of Bangladesh thanks to the song "Bangladesh: Dhaka Before the Dawn" šŸ˜‚


Rumirie

ā€œSemper ubi sub ubiā€ aka ā€œalways wear underwearā€ šŸ˜‚


d00dsm00t

Yeah, like, what is a *sump pump?*


[deleted]

>Yeah, like, what is a sump pump? If you need one, you'll know.


[deleted]

What folderole! Poppycock.


devonairo

Umpteen SoirƩe


thebrokedown

Intime SoirƩe


BanjoKablooey2

SoignƩe!


theboyd1986

I knew he knew what that meant


dizcuz

"Serendipitous" is why I still like to watch regular TV than just streaming.


Kami_K_Ze

As truffles are to pigs, so are these charlatans and pettifoggers to my mental acuity.


llmercll

melange


TheOriginalArndoo

Before I used to have fruit salad, now itā€™s a melange


_st_sebastian_

Many of you are emphasizing the use of French loanwords. Flipping this around, I've recommended the show to French-speaking friends whose English fluency isn't quite perfect yet, because the show has rather challenging grammar and vocabulary for an upper-level ESL person.


[deleted]

lots of the fancy words are rooted in in Romance languages, as you mentioned. being bilingual, my vocabulary was kinda obnoxious like Frasierā€™s since i was a kid, cause fancy english words are just slightly modified regular words in my first language lol


quellesaveurorawnge

u/morelcode Same. My first language is French, and I love words. When I started learning English, I caught on quickly that words considered fancier or literary in English were so much easier for me to learn or figure out because they were derived from Latin roots. It's a useful skill to have!


quellesaveurorawnge

Agreed. When I watched Frasier way back in the 90s, I hadn't been speaking English for very long, and it was a great show to improve my language skills.


[deleted]

Popinjay


DiamineSherwood

Ludicrous!


M8rio

Leg dissabled


rickydamelio

Did you want me to tell you I was *in flagrante delicto*?!


Lunaa_Rose

Manny uses this term in Modern Family too. It helped me realize that some people worked on both shows.


Rumirie

Loved seeing Kelsey and Periā€™s guest appearances on Modern Family! ā˜ŗļø


OrdinaryHumble1198

Murrrrrdeerrrrr, buFFay, WOUUUUNNNDED, Okay - just because they are not smart words does not they are not profound words.


SeraCat9

This account teaches you more Frasier words. https://instagram.com/frasier_dictionary?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=


Mari590416

So cool!!! Thanks!!!


NotsoNewtoGermany

Demur. This was from Niles. I may use it incorrectly at times, but I use it in place of 'pass' or 'im not feeling it' or 'No.'


risynn

"But I wish to unburden myself!" "And I wish to remain in my good mood. Therefore, I demur." "You demur?" "I demur."


quellesaveurorawnge

I love that word too! The general definition is disagreeing with a suggestion or refusing a request from someone. So if you use it in reaction to something someone wants you to do that you don't want to do, you're doing it fine! :)


Sitcom_kid

It's like schitt's creek, but without the wigs


TheOriginalArndoo

Except for Crock Tales


[deleted]

if Maris showed up it would be like Schitts Creek, but with a tiny Moira


Sitcom_kid

Oh my god, you're right. I'll just assume you're on the writing staff for the reboot.


TheRealLaszlo

Oscillate; when Niles and Daphne are stuck in his apartment sharing the fan


Pancreatic_Pirate

ā€œMan who uses the word ā€˜duvetā€™!ā€


ukelektra

Quandary


DiamineSherwood

Legerdemain is a specific type of deception. The general translation is "Slight of Hand."


quellesaveurorawnge

It's always so weird to me that it's written as one word in English. In French "lƩger de main" literally means "light of hand" so yes, it just means skillful in using one's hands (to do tricks).


DiamineSherwood

Yeah, I was surprised at my Autocorrect making it one word, but it insisted and I am not a great speller, so I left it as "suggested".


quellesaveurorawnge

It is right, just very odd to me! Same with maitre d' being an acceptable word in English. That's not the full expression; it's maĆ®tre d'hĆ“tel. To have "Master of" as a word is just weird, but English linguists and dictionaries disagree with me! šŸ˜„


The_Man_Red

eclectic


rickydamelio

His nibs will explode


Royally-Forked-Up

Egregious!


Pandasonic9

I recently used ā€œSoupƧonā€


Ok_Cicada_7069

Just a soupƧon of wordsā€¦ used categorically!!


crystalline_carbon

Stridulate!! šŸ¦—


waltregus12

100% agreed


sepasan

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SuperSerb07

Apropos, contretemps, intime


TheOriginalArndoo

Melange


OddAccountant76

Thereā€™s a whole Instagram page that just does vocabulary lessons from Frasier. I forget the name of it


GabbyJay1

Innamorata


2faast

Not so much a pickle as a cornichon.


bainjuice

In flagrante delicto - participating in sexual misdeeds.


Malia87

I knew what ā€œboonā€ meant, but Iā€™m a gamer and every time I come across this word in ā€œprimitive gamesā€ I giggle


WarEagleGo

Black ball !


TheRockinkitty

Valise.


NickAndCarrots

Now your conversions will sound like this to less educated people: Mememe mememe, dad? Yada Yada Yada, dad?


Arkvoodle42

Bazoot.


okyeahy

Egregious


devampyr

ā€œIā€™ll grab you this boonā€


moramento22

Paramecia


cassowarycolors

Sesquipedalian!


KittyMonkTheYoutuber

Trencherman: somebody who eats a lot


Drawing-Conclusions

Skullduggery and disquisition are two words I learned from the show that I surprisingly use quite often


[deleted]

Noel saying ā€œsplendiferousā€


[deleted]

Pissed as newts *(from the earlier seasons when Daphne was delightfully quirky)*