I find GOG's forums not only a place where I talk with awesome people about games and many other stuff, but also a place where I polish my English at the same time. I know there are many people who aren't fluent English speakers here and learn some useful words/phrases/grammar structures while reading/writing here.

So I'd like to propose an idea of English Word of the Day. If you learned some new English word, phrase, saying etc. which isn't perceived as well-known by not native English speakers, please share it here. It doesn't matter if you found it on GOG's forums earlier or you learned it somewhere else - the idea is to share the words, so we can learn something new and useful! :-)

Let me start:

incessantly - constantly, nonstop :-)

to ball up (v. tr., slang) to ruin, to make a mess of

e.g. I really balled up my game by giving my sorcerer high intelligence instead of charisma. Now I have to start all over.

The vibrant snowkatt:)

I'd like to propose the word "definitely", one of the most misspelled words of all times. Especially by native English speakers.

Things got so bad there's even a website about it:

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

*lol* I'm glad I'm not the only one who googled that incest-thing today ;P

scallywag
n
1. a scamp; rascal
2. (Historical Terms) (after the US Civil War) a White Southerner who supported the Republican Party and its policy of Black emancipation. Scallywags were viewed as traitors by their fellow Southerners

e.g : Damn you, you scallywags ! You stole all of my platinum pieces and my Lightning Axe of Disruption +2 !

I peeked at the hall of shame, it made me realize how spread this is. The weird thing is that I am sure nobody mispell 'infinity'.

Edit : A word I like in english that I think could be more used is 'scrumptious' (synonym of delicious). It definitely has a unique vibe, and for once, it's not a stolen latin word ;-)

Most peculiar word I came across recently was:

leotard

a close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, that covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors

exasperated
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exasperated

vexed
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vexed?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scallywag?s=t
scallywag

or in your case
scoundrel
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scoundrel?s=ts

a rambunctious one even
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rambunctious?s=t

delectable
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/delectable?s=t

a word i feel is on par with scrumptious in being somewhat off kilter that is to say unique
basically means the same thing

A polish, polishing their english. http://www.instantsfun.es/badumtss/ I thought that for a spanish speaker it would be quite easy because "incessant" is really similar to "incesante".

It's latin !

delectable (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French delectable, from Latin delectabilis "delightful," from delectare (see delight (n.)). Related: Delectably.

ftaghn !