When an Aubergine is Banal.

Recently, a linguistically-oriented friend and I discussed words that are under-used in conversation.

Here's a sampling of these $10 words. Try to use one before noon!

* Ruinous
* Aubergine
* Slattern
* Dodgy
* Cache
* Anomaly
* Sylph
* Tertiary
* Banal
* Fiasco
* Abyss