Esa es una palabra dominguera

English translation: That's a $64 (dollar) word

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Spanish term or phrase:	Esa es una palabra dominguera
English translation:	That's a $64 (dollar) word
Entered by:	Henry Hinds

19:37 Jun 5, 2008

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Other / Jargon - coloquial phrase

Spanish term or phrase: Esa es una palabra dominguera

Una palabra no comun, una palabra no usado mucho.

Michael Purscell KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 08:40

That's a $64 (dollar) word

Explanation:
From the $64 dollar question, from many years back.

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29-56 DCM_085576.inddEscalation is no longer a $64 word, uttered to stump the audience. ..... The phrase ‘a $64 word’ refers to the television game show The $64000 Question, in ...
dcm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/2/1/29.pdf

But I think it was only $64 back then, not $64,000.

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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 06:40

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Summary of answers provided

5 +3

That's a fancy word

Karin Kutscher

That's a $64 (dollar) word

Henry Hinds

Woooooh, swallowed a dictionary have we?

Lisa McCarthy

3 +1

That's a highfalutin or la-di-da way of saying it

Lucy Phillips

that's a pompous / extravagant / pretentious word

Salloz

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

That's a fancy word

Explanation:
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Karin Kutscher
Local time: 10:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: What I'm looking for is a word that carries the same colloquial register in English

4 mins confidence:

That's a $64 (dollar) word

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 714

Notes to answerer

Asker: This is exactly the idea I'm looking for; some colloquial equivalent in English.

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

That's a highfalutin or la-di-da way of saying it

Explanation:
I think 'highfalutin' or 'la-di-da' might fit here - depends on the context. I know exactly what highfalutin means but I'm not sure that I would ever say it - write it, yes!

Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:40
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

5 hrs confidence:

that's a pompous / extravagant / pretentious word

Explanation:
Opciones.

Salloz
Mexico
Local time: 07:40
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: What I'm looking for is a word that carries the same colloquial register in English

19 hrs confidence:

Woooooh, swallowed a dictionary have we?

Explanation:
That's the expression I'm used to hearing! (not directed at me though :)

Lots of hits on Google as it's a common colloquial expression.

To Basingstoke vb. The act of adding Tomato Ketchup to a meal. So named after the town in Southern England UK where people mainly add ketchup to their food. However it is refered to as “Red sauce” Reason?: They arn’t allowed to use words as ‘posh’ as ‘ketchup’ in case the studio audience in their head goes wooooooh or someone says, “**Woooooh, swallowed a dictionary have we?”** You might ask why the alternative and dumbed down name is red sauce rather than simply “Tomato Sauce”?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Basingstoke

Colloq. phr. to have swallowed the (or a) dictionary: to use long or recondite words.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/resources/oed/50063589(2).htm

Iron Council is a breathtaking book. It is many-layered and dense -- and dammit, the man has a habit of using words I've never even read, and you know, they make perfect sense where he has casually tossed them. People have accused me of having **swallowed a dictionary** when I was five years old, because of a similar proclivity -- but Miéville not only swallowed four dictionaries, but also at least two comprehensive thesauri.
http://www.sfsite.com/10a/ic185.htm

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 14:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 153

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