Let's get smarter!
Ran across a link for these fine words today on my morning go-round of blogs I tend to read. Pretty much can say I didn't know any of these. Still couldn't pronounce a few to save my life...
But here are twenty fun words that might get you looked at funny should you actually use them in public...
1. Erinaceous
Like a hedgehog
Like a hedgehog
2. Lamprophony
Loudness and clarity of voice
Loudness and clarity of voice
3. Depone
To testify under oath
4. Finnimbrun
A trinket or knick-knack
A trinket or knick-knack
5. floccinaucinihilipilification
Estimation that something is valueless.
Estimation that something is valueless.
6. Inaniloquent
To babble
To babble
7. Limerance
To be in love
To be in love
8. Mesonoxian
Pertaining to midnight
Pertaining to midnight
9. Mungo
A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash
A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash
10. Nihilarian
A person who deals with things lacking importance
A person who deals with things lacking importance
11. Nudiustertian
The day before yesterday
The day before yesterday
12. Phenakism
Deception or trickery
Deception or trickery
13. Pronk
A weak or foolish person
A weak or foolish person
14. Pulveratricious
Covered with dust
Covered with dust
15. Rastaquouere
A social climber
A social climber
16. Scopperloit
Rude or rough play
Rude or rough play
17. Selcouth
Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful
Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful
(For example: Marcum Memoirs is such a selcouth blog!)
18. Tyrotoxism
To be poisoned by cheese
To be poisoned by cheese
19. Widdiful
Someone who deserves to be hanged
Someone who deserves to be hanged
20. Zabernism
The abuse of military power or authority
The abuse of military power or authority
:::WHEW::: I feel smarter now. Don't you? (Apparently my spell-checker doesn't since it didn't recognize a single one of the words...)
1 comment:
tyrotoxism would be a good way to kill me off because I love my cheese! :) Great words- it's amazing how many words there are in the English language that you would never ever hear of unless you hunted for them...or find them in a random crossword puzzle- I found a unique one that way: yegg- a safecracker!
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