The following words [and their various manifestations] should be used more often.
flummox
cattywampus
flabbergast
hoosgow
dreadnaught
oaf
poxy
simulacrum
sepuchral
winsome
maleficent
malfeasance
mallard
gander
discombobulate
rhetaphorithetically [yeah i made that one up. you could also try hypotoriphorically or metathetatorically.]