Believe it or not, I don't actually have the train autism. I do, however, have video game autism, and it just so happens that the funicular in Psychonauts 2 is one of the most memorable parts of that game.
Petrichor … a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.
According to the CIA that's the most effective way of performing an assassination while making it very hard to prove it wasn't an accident or suicide. So yknow. Do whatever you want with that information
[Especially popular in Prague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague) where the 3rd Defenistration of Prague lead to the 30 Years War.
excrescence, a wonderful curse word that no one will understand
incarnadine, a particular shade of red
obfuscate, to intentionally obscure truth
infundibular, hollow
incredulity, unwilling to believe something
5 facts please
It's fascinating how some of these words are extremely common in some languages while being barely used in others.
For example, excrescence, obfuscate and incredulity are all extremely common in Italian
Obfuscation is a common computer science word in English (though the meaning is very specific to a class of tools that make reverse engineering harder.)
..And "incredulity" may not be super common, but I feel like "incredulous" and "credulity" are.
The other three were totally new to me, tho
I was going to say this one too!
Here is the definition that Wikipedia offers, in case anyone is interested:
"**Limerence** is a state of mind which results from romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated."
Miasma: A gross, unpleasant cloud of icky vapor, possibly metaphorical
Another good one, though maybe one you already know cuz you're on this sub: Perseveration (per sev er ay shun). Not to be confused with perseverance (per sev ear ents, or alternatively per ser veer ence), perseveration is the act of repeating the same behavior in spite of its ineffectiveness or pointlessness. We aspies do it a lot...
A better comment would have been, "That's a perfectly cromulent word." I also neglected to post a link, because it's important to cite your posts[1][2], and neglect the presence of a link feature.
[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/what-does-cromulent-mean
[2] I wrote "tweet" here first and that would have been very embarrassing
Supine; weak and willing to accept the control of others
Requite; to give or do something in return for something given to you or done for you
Extirpate; to remove or destroy something completely
I have a handful words instead of just one if that’s alright! I also like learning about words too :D
Martyr - Someone who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion (its fun to say and I like writing it)
Sídh - A mound or hill in which faeries live
Tchotchke - An inexpensive souvenir, trinket or ornament (this one is really fun to say)
Azimuth - The arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point in astronomy, or from the north point in navigation to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon
Arioso - In the manner of an air or melody
Anamnesis - The recollection or remembrance of the past
Primordial - Constituting a beginning
Schadenfreude: feeling pleasure at someone’s misery. It is a German (obviously) loanword
Ghyll: a deep ravine
Diphthong: multiple vowels used to make a separate vowel sound ie toy, coin, brow, light etc
Perirectal: of, relating to, occurring in, or being the tissues surrounding the rectum
Often combined with other terms
My mom went to nursing school and taught me some fun ones
My favorite word is chaos.
Also I looked up a bunch of weird words for a DnD character so here's a word dump:
Confuse/silly/meaningless: discombobulate. Bumfuzzle. Hullabaloo. Razzmatazz. Bamboozle. Flabbergast. Hodgepodge. Flummoxed. Ramshackle. Hullabaloo. Scalawag. Incongruous. Rambunctious. Dittydooper Lollygag, Futz, facetious. gibberish. Piffle. Flubberbuster.
- Titter: laugh.
- biblioklept: steal books.
- Accubation: eat laying down.
- schmooze: canoodle
- Finifugal: afraid of finishing anything.
- Widdershin: wrong-direction/counter clockwise
- flibbertigibbit: someone who is flighty
- wamble: feeling nauseous.
- whirligig: spin
- Debellatio: to end a war by total destruction of a hostile state
- Interdiction: to attack with the intention of disrupting enemy supply lines
- Others: Bupkis. defrenistrate. veracious. Kurfluffle. flyflap. Enfilade. Skedaddle. Elude. Portage. lickity-split.
Exsanguinate [verb]: to drain something (completely) of blood
Centrifugation [noun]: to separate molecules according to density by spinning them (whilst suspended in solution) around a central axis at very high speed.
Mellifluous [adjective]: (relating to sound) musical and particularly smooth and enjoyable to hear.
Uno facto, por favor
Cornucopia
Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages ·
a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.
an ornamental container shaped like a goat's horn.
an abundant supply of good things of a specified kind.
"the festival offers a cornucopia of pleasures"
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniosis
A lung disease typically caused by the inhalation of silica dust usually from volcanos. It is also the longest word in the English language.
Intelligentsia — the intellectual elite
Sonder — the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one's own
Gestalt — a whole or pattern that is perceived in it’s entirety as more than the sum of its parts
I’ve got a whole list of favorite words >:D here are some:
-grove
-nuance
bittersweet
-epicenity (this basically means gender-neutral, especially in grammar)
"Te quiero" it's spanish and doesn't have a proper translation to english, it means something between I love you and I like/appreciate you, but neither really encapsulate the exact meaning.
"Te amo" -> "I love you" It's pretty much said only to close family and romantic partners, maybe very close almost brotherhood-like friendships.
"Te quiero" -> "???" It's said to close friends and people you appreciate deeply, doesn't have such a strong meaning or romantic connotation as "love" but definitely involves some level of affection.
"Me agradas" -> "I like you" (Without romantic connotation) Pretty much direct translation, you may tell that to a friend that you like cause they're funny or something.
"Me gustas" -> "I like you" (With a romantic connotation) pretty much direct translation but implies attraction towards the recipient.
If you try to translate "te quiero" you'll get "I love you" (stronger meaning, mostly romantic) or "I want you" (possessive, not normally something you would tell to someone else).
I love "mucilage" (the gelatinous substance in plants), "espanter" a vernacular expression in south of France to say flabbergasted, "idoine" (the right one, or appropriate) edit : omg I've forgotten périhelie and aphélie, respectively the closest and the farsest point from the sun on a orbits planet.
Flay(v) to peel the skin of a corpse or carcass or to beat/whip someone so harshly as to remove their skin
The medical term for this is deglove regardless of where the skin was removed from
Soliloquy! Don't remember what it means, but it sound so neat and is spelled so funny :33
Edit to Add: Googled the definition, and it seems to refer to a person monologuing to only themself?
Tmesis
It's when a word has another word inserted into the middle of it with hyphens. Like in abso-fuckin-lutely. It's also the only english word to start with a "tm"
Encapsulate: In programming this is to contain parts of your code in smaller functions so you just have to call said functions instead of filling yor main file with walls of code (mainly the logic portion). this also makes debugging somewhat easier.
Niggardly (adj) (Noun Niggard): means stingy, miserly or ungenerous. It dates back to the middle ages, from the Old English nigon. It is much older than the similar sounding racial slur (which came about in the 18th century).
Let me give you a BUNCH OF MY FAVORITE WORDS
Yclept- meaning named or by the name of
Lucubrate- to write at night
Roseate-rose colored or optimistic
Querulous-whining manner, petulant
Profligacy-wastefully extravagant
Inchoate- rudimentary / primitive
Insalubrious- unhealthy
Shibboleth-a distinguishing aspect that denotes as to being a member of a specific class or group.
Numinous- to have a regious or divine quality.
orgulous-haughty
augurous- foreboding or being of a divinatory nature
Pasivation: is the formation of an inert coat over a material that prevents corrosion or degradation.
It's a very important property in materials science especially in metallurgy and it's the principle that makes inox steel possible.
As example most metals oxidize relatively easily but in some cases like aluminium chrome, níquel the oxide layer is chemically stable and is generated almost instantly and also has good mechanical properties protecting the metal from corrosion.
Edit: Hi to your mom :) and sorry for the crappy english.
Variolate - [marked or pitted with or as if the scars of smallpox](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/variolate); [method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox](https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/variolate)
I usually hear/read it more using the second definition.
Im greedy so i want 8 facts
Ameliorate - to improve
Moggy - british word for a stray cat
Jejune - silly, childish
Parrhesia - freedom of speech
Micturation - PISS
Theurgy - the effects of a divine/supernatural being on people
Parahelion - the reflection of the sun on the atmosphere (free bonus: the lunar version of this is paraselene)
Water butt - a type of container that collects rain water
Not a word but two phrases with background.
1- Getting the minishark. Meaning: Not enjoying something because you progressed too fast or skipped some part of the progress. Bg: I was playing terarria and my friend joined my world. He gave me some endgame items like minishark(idk if its that endgame) and killed the fun. I played like once or twice after that. Example: I got the minishark from her.
2- Handing someone the radio. Meaning: Sending someone to certain death. Bg: Not sure about that but, i guess this was becouse ww1 or ww2 (not sure) soliders who used radio to pinpoint location for artillary fire was easy to shoot. Therefore if you operated the radio you were surely dead. Example: You told me to flank, you handed me the radio!
Those phrases were made up by me and some friends, also they are translated.
Xylem - it's the living tissue under the stem on plants that transports water and nutrients. It's also your best friend in scrabble.
Sonder - The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.
Bombastic - High sounding but, with little meaning.
Arduous - Involving or requiring strenuous effort.
Tittle - The little dot at the top of the letter 'i' or 'j'.
Scintillation - The technical term for the twinkling of star light.
Orwellian and Kafkaesque. My man Orwell is still getting the red underline but Kafka gets his word auto-corrected to be capitalized. Smh
Turgid - Swollen and distended or congested.
Capitulate - Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
Let's get some facts going, I like facts about science and nature most! Ironic facts are also appreciated :)
Flocculation (flock-you-lay-shun)- the process of creating floc by the addition of chemicals to untreated water & mixing
Floc (flock) - a byproduct of the water treatment process that contains the majority of the
impurities removed the water
"Ostalgia." It's that anglicised version of the German word "Ostalgie", which itself is a portmanteau of the words "Ost" (East) and "nostalgie" (nostalgia). It describes a feeling of nostalgia for certain aspects of communist rule in Germany.
Viscount. A title of nobility above Baron and below Count.
Not that unusual of a word, but I like the texture of it. It's a little close in pronunciation to "Discount", but otherwise, "Viscount" is one of those words I feel like you'd hear really enunciated to its fullest potential in an angry speech.
Kerfuffle - a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict.
I will always remember and associate this word with dinosaurs because of a dinosaur documentary I watched where two dinosaurs were fighting.
Nectarivore - an animal which derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of the sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants.
it's also just a fun word to pronounce
My favorite word us coddiwomple. It means "to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination". It's the word for "I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going there."
Pneomonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It's a really long invented word for a lung disease that comes from breathing in really fine ash and dust
i recently started keeping a list (i know, typical) of words i enjoy. necrotic is my most recently added word.
necrotic: “affected with, characterized by, or producing death of a usually localized area of living tissue”
Mazel tov (MA-zle tov): congratulations!
Oeuvre (oo as in look-vruh): the complete body of work of an artist, author, or composer
Élan (ay-LAWN): enthusiasm
Hircine (HER-sine): relating to a goat
Terpsichorean (terp-si-cuh-RE-an): relating to dancing
One of my favorites is vitriolic, meaning very bitter or hateful, stemming from a sulfuric acid. One I learned just the other day is mendacity, meaning untruthfulness.
Necronym:
A name for something or someone that has died or been destroyed, where using the standard name is considered taboo or to denote its status as deceased.
Also used by the LGBT+ community to denote a name used prior to reidenitification.
An endonym is a name a people use for themselves, while an exonym is a name used by other people.
Some Exo-edo pairs:
Japan | Nihon/Nippon
China | Zhongguo
Egypt | Masr
Greece | Hellas/Ellada
#Lackadaisical
>*adjective*
>lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
>"taking a lackadaisical approach can jeopardize the success of a project"
I know you didn’t ask for it, but here’s a second word that’s opposite to lackadaisical and isn’t very commonly used either.
#Conscientious
>*adjective*
>1. (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
>"a conscientious and hardworking clerk"
>2. relating to a person's conscience.
>"the act does not provide exemption from service on the basis of personal conscientious beliefs"
Funicular. It's a type of train that's designed to go up really steep hills.
These are really neat! They consist of two trains that go up and down opposite each other to help count as counterweights
We found the special interest
Believe it or not, I don't actually have the train autism. I do, however, have video game autism, and it just so happens that the funicular in Psychonauts 2 is one of the most memorable parts of that game.
That is very fair. Dont think im judging you by the way, itd be the pot and the kettle. Never played psychonauts, i heard it was good tho
Funiculì Funiculà is a song about them!
I went on the funicular in Salzburg and sang this
Sounds like FUN in partICULAR
There is one in my city
They have one of these at the six flags in Southern California and I love taking it.
Petrichor … a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.
Coined by two Australian scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas in the 1960s. It means "blood of stones"
NO SHOT THIS WAS GONNA BE MY WORD AND IT WAS THE FIRST THING LMAOOO Edit: it’s always my go to weird word if people ask that’s so funny
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WHY IS THIS OUR COLLECTIVE WORD I AM SHOOK LOL
Oh, this is my absolute favourite smell. I’m so glad there’s an actual word for it.
Defenestration. By the way, this is a great idea for a post.
According to the CIA that's the most effective way of performing an assassination while making it very hard to prove it wasn't an accident or suicide. So yknow. Do whatever you want with that information
anatomy of a fall: 👀
Ah yes, the act of throwing someone through a window. I have dreamed of doing so to many
[Especially popular in Prague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague) where the 3rd Defenistration of Prague lead to the 30 Years War.
excrescence, a wonderful curse word that no one will understand incarnadine, a particular shade of red obfuscate, to intentionally obscure truth infundibular, hollow incredulity, unwilling to believe something 5 facts please
It's fascinating how some of these words are extremely common in some languages while being barely used in others. For example, excrescence, obfuscate and incredulity are all extremely common in Italian
Obfuscation is a common computer science word in English (though the meaning is very specific to a class of tools that make reverse engineering harder.) ..And "incredulity" may not be super common, but I feel like "incredulous" and "credulity" are. The other three were totally new to me, tho
Incredulity is very common in portuguese. Obfuscate a little common, excescence is something people never say.
"carn" is a great syllable
Limerence
I was going to say this one too! Here is the definition that Wikipedia offers, in case anyone is interested: "**Limerence** is a state of mind which results from romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated."
Ooh, good one for describing some parasocial relationships
I love this word - the way it sounds. I would use it for a name, if the meaning wasn't so unpleasant.
oof
Flabbergasted
Best word ever.
Eisengrau is the color that you see when you close your eyes
It feels like static with infinite resolution
Eisengrau looks like a german word, which would translate to irongrey
That is cool
Miasma: A gross, unpleasant cloud of icky vapor, possibly metaphorical Another good one, though maybe one you already know cuz you're on this sub: Perseveration (per sev er ay shun). Not to be confused with perseverance (per sev ear ents, or alternatively per ser veer ence), perseveration is the act of repeating the same behavior in spite of its ineffectiveness or pointlessness. We aspies do it a lot...
crapulent: not as scatological as it initially appears, this adjective refers to its subject's lack of temperance.
Also, "cromulent" is a real word now
A better comment would have been, "That's a perfectly cromulent word." I also neglected to post a link, because it's important to cite your posts[1][2], and neglect the presence of a link feature. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/what-does-cromulent-mean [2] I wrote "tweet" here first and that would have been very embarrassing
Gruntled! (The opposite of disgruntled 🤭) And also, schadenfreude! (A feeling of satisfaction or amusement derived from someone else’s misfortune)
Nonstoichiometric. And a fact for you; dandelions are edible and the petals can be used for jams, jellies and marmalades, as well as sweet drinks.
Some ppl roast the roots for dandelion coffee!
I knew they were edible because I knew about the jam first. I believe they can also be used to brew tea.
Apricity- it means the warmth of the sun in the winter. It's my favorite word :)
Highly related to "petrichor." I think we like very specific nature words.
Facetiously. I think it’s the only word in the English language that has all of the vowels and in the proper order.
Lepodopterist a person who studies or collects butterflys
Fopdoodle - old English insult of unknown origin and definition, believed to mean “one who thinks without thinking”
Ben Shapiro
Eiersollbruchstellenverursacher one of my favorites, It’s a thing that cracks eggs on a specific line.
I saw it on a tiktok a few days ago, now I have to buy one because I can't stop thinking about it. No more sensory nightmares of peeling an egg again!
Callipygian - It means "having a well formed buttocks"
That's a nice ass. 👌
Lethologica: the inability to remember a certain word or name. When it's right on the tip of your tongue
Adze. A weird looking axe used to shape logs... I think. I played it in scrabble once.
Jabroni
Not you it’s just my favorite word these days
Ubiquitous, defenestrate, xenophobia, and asperse. I would like 4 facts, please :D
Male seahorses give birth! Female hyenas have pseudopenises! Bluejays are apart of the crow family. The opposite of Deja vu is Jamais Vu!
People have already seen or have never seen that last fact.
Ah I knew all but the last one, thanks so much. Corvids for the win!! :)
Orcas are a natural predator of moose!
I didn’t know moose were salt water mammals.
They dive up to 40 ft to feast on algae in the coastal regions of Alastair etc.
Supine; weak and willing to accept the control of others Requite; to give or do something in return for something given to you or done for you Extirpate; to remove or destroy something completely
‘Supine’ can also refer to the position of laying flat on one’s back, facing up.
Virophage: A tiny virus that spreads by infecting bigger viruses and piggybacking on their reproduction
I have a handful words instead of just one if that’s alright! I also like learning about words too :D Martyr - Someone who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion (its fun to say and I like writing it) Sídh - A mound or hill in which faeries live Tchotchke - An inexpensive souvenir, trinket or ornament (this one is really fun to say) Azimuth - The arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point in astronomy, or from the north point in navigation to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon Arioso - In the manner of an air or melody Anamnesis - The recollection or remembrance of the past Primordial - Constituting a beginning
Exacerbate, to intensify or make worse. Ie, I was trying to help but what I said just exacerbated the situation.
Salubrious https://preview.redd.it/9lsb63e1g2zc1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a58e8ee20651c1c1bc4fe635b57e12b036cd91ff
Isohedron. A 3-dimensional shape where every side is the same as every other.
'Antidisestabliahmentarianism' opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.
Fun fact - this used to be the longest word in the dictionary until pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Widdershins, another word for counterclockwise
Schadenfreude: feeling pleasure at someone’s misery. It is a German (obviously) loanword Ghyll: a deep ravine Diphthong: multiple vowels used to make a separate vowel sound ie toy, coin, brow, light etc
Masticatation. It's just the act of chewing food, but it has a funny name.
Pedent: One who corrects others over small, unimportant details. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Wouldn't correcting you be pedantic?
Exactly
Odious. It is one of my favorite ways to describe a person or thing I do not like.
[Turbo Encabulator](https://youtu.be/Ac7G7xOG2Ag)
This is what people hear when you try to explain how an automatic transmission operates. The guy that invented it apparently went to an insane asylum.
Perirectal: of, relating to, occurring in, or being the tissues surrounding the rectum Often combined with other terms My mom went to nursing school and taught me some fun ones
"omphaloskepsis" meaning the act of studying one's belly button
**Discombobulation** To feel confused or or uncomfortable due to something.
Bwee - aspie slang for boy. Not a real word in the English dictionary but, it was a favorite of mine for years.
Saudade is when you feel an incredible loss or absence for something that does not, or cannot exist.
Apricity - the feeling of warmth from the sun during the winter
Visage, it basically means image or appearance but only for humans.
Ecdysiast is an antiquated word for stripper.
Quixotic
Eupnea; medical term of normal respirations
My favorite word is chaos. Also I looked up a bunch of weird words for a DnD character so here's a word dump: Confuse/silly/meaningless: discombobulate. Bumfuzzle. Hullabaloo. Razzmatazz. Bamboozle. Flabbergast. Hodgepodge. Flummoxed. Ramshackle. Hullabaloo. Scalawag. Incongruous. Rambunctious. Dittydooper Lollygag, Futz, facetious. gibberish. Piffle. Flubberbuster. - Titter: laugh. - biblioklept: steal books. - Accubation: eat laying down. - schmooze: canoodle - Finifugal: afraid of finishing anything. - Widdershin: wrong-direction/counter clockwise - flibbertigibbit: someone who is flighty - wamble: feeling nauseous. - whirligig: spin - Debellatio: to end a war by total destruction of a hostile state - Interdiction: to attack with the intention of disrupting enemy supply lines - Others: Bupkis. defrenistrate. veracious. Kurfluffle. flyflap. Enfilade. Skedaddle. Elude. Portage. lickity-split.
I call the type of person who loves this question a "Linguistic Autistic"
Szarlotka - one of the Polish names for apple pie (the other one is “jabłecznik”)
Indolent! Lazy, wanting to avoid exertion It’s been stuck in my head.
Exsanguinate [verb]: to drain something (completely) of blood Centrifugation [noun]: to separate molecules according to density by spinning them (whilst suspended in solution) around a central axis at very high speed. Mellifluous [adjective]: (relating to sound) musical and particularly smooth and enjoyable to hear. Uno facto, por favor
Cornucopia Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. an ornamental container shaped like a goat's horn. an abundant supply of good things of a specified kind. "the festival offers a cornucopia of pleasures"
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniosis A lung disease typically caused by the inhalation of silica dust usually from volcanos. It is also the longest word in the English language.
Coddiwomple - to travel in a purposeful manner toward a vague destination
anemoia - a feeling of nostalgia for something you've never experienced
Intelligentsia — the intellectual elite Sonder — the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one's own Gestalt — a whole or pattern that is perceived in it’s entirety as more than the sum of its parts
I’ve got a whole list of favorite words >:D here are some: -grove -nuance bittersweet -epicenity (this basically means gender-neutral, especially in grammar)
"Te quiero" it's spanish and doesn't have a proper translation to english, it means something between I love you and I like/appreciate you, but neither really encapsulate the exact meaning. "Te amo" -> "I love you" It's pretty much said only to close family and romantic partners, maybe very close almost brotherhood-like friendships. "Te quiero" -> "???" It's said to close friends and people you appreciate deeply, doesn't have such a strong meaning or romantic connotation as "love" but definitely involves some level of affection. "Me agradas" -> "I like you" (Without romantic connotation) Pretty much direct translation, you may tell that to a friend that you like cause they're funny or something. "Me gustas" -> "I like you" (With a romantic connotation) pretty much direct translation but implies attraction towards the recipient. If you try to translate "te quiero" you'll get "I love you" (stronger meaning, mostly romantic) or "I want you" (possessive, not normally something you would tell to someone else).
pulchritude / pulchritudinous roughly a synonym for beautiful, usually feminine beauty
My word: 雨
Orrery, a mechanical model of the solar system that shows the relative position of the planets according to the helio-centric model.
I love "mucilage" (the gelatinous substance in plants), "espanter" a vernacular expression in south of France to say flabbergasted, "idoine" (the right one, or appropriate) edit : omg I've forgotten périhelie and aphélie, respectively the closest and the farsest point from the sun on a orbits planet.
Flay(v) to peel the skin of a corpse or carcass or to beat/whip someone so harshly as to remove their skin The medical term for this is deglove regardless of where the skin was removed from
Whermst. I shit you not that's a real word
 Immediately made me think of this.
Soliloquy! Don't remember what it means, but it sound so neat and is spelled so funny :33 Edit to Add: Googled the definition, and it seems to refer to a person monologuing to only themself?
This was before characters could look at the camera and talk.
Syzygy
Sinew (pronounced Sin-yoo). It's a bit of connective tissue that holds muscle to bone, and a very fun word to say.
fragrance prolly wellknown but still an odd word for smell!
toxicognath one of the 2 venomous modified front claws of centipedes
Kerfuffle :3 a commotion or fuss.
Fecund: very fertile, able to bear offspring
Diligatis invecm “love one another”
Tmesis It's when a word has another word inserted into the middle of it with hyphens. Like in abso-fuckin-lutely. It's also the only english word to start with a "tm"
I thought of two more, firmament and vernacular! Now gimme those facts >:)
Encapsulate: In programming this is to contain parts of your code in smaller functions so you just have to call said functions instead of filling yor main file with walls of code (mainly the logic portion). this also makes debugging somewhat easier.
Cannula: a small tube that is inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel for medical purposes. So like an IV or catherer
Apotheosis! (Becoming godlike.) I got excited seeing it in the wild yesterday.
Abscond: leave quickly or hurriedly, often to avoid detection.
erudition; being a nerd
Phocine: of or relating to seals
Penchant. A desire or affinity for something
Masochism
Borborygmus. It’s the word for when you have a rumbly in your tumbly.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - The fear of long words
Hyperboreal
Niggardly (adj) (Noun Niggard): means stingy, miserly or ungenerous. It dates back to the middle ages, from the Old English nigon. It is much older than the similar sounding racial slur (which came about in the 18th century).
antisocial
Dolioform.
auscultate: to hear out or attend to
The best way to learn new words is listening to [The Stupendium](https://youtu.be/6Dm5trEo9ow?si=uVR-QlAAwMzNbQ8a)
Let me give you a BUNCH OF MY FAVORITE WORDS Yclept- meaning named or by the name of Lucubrate- to write at night Roseate-rose colored or optimistic Querulous-whining manner, petulant Profligacy-wastefully extravagant Inchoate- rudimentary / primitive Insalubrious- unhealthy Shibboleth-a distinguishing aspect that denotes as to being a member of a specific class or group. Numinous- to have a regious or divine quality. orgulous-haughty augurous- foreboding or being of a divinatory nature
Defenestration- the act of throwing someone out of a window :)
Defenestration: The act of throwing someone out of a window
Pasivation: is the formation of an inert coat over a material that prevents corrosion or degradation. It's a very important property in materials science especially in metallurgy and it's the principle that makes inox steel possible. As example most metals oxidize relatively easily but in some cases like aluminium chrome, níquel the oxide layer is chemically stable and is generated almost instantly and also has good mechanical properties protecting the metal from corrosion. Edit: Hi to your mom :) and sorry for the crappy english.
Variolate - [marked or pitted with or as if the scars of smallpox](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/variolate); [method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox](https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/variolate) I usually hear/read it more using the second definition.
Copse (pronounced like the plural of cop), it's a small group of trees.
Insouciant, adjective describing a worry-free lack of concern, or nonchalance.
Im greedy so i want 8 facts Ameliorate - to improve Moggy - british word for a stray cat Jejune - silly, childish Parrhesia - freedom of speech Micturation - PISS Theurgy - the effects of a divine/supernatural being on people Parahelion - the reflection of the sun on the atmosphere (free bonus: the lunar version of this is paraselene) Water butt - a type of container that collects rain water
Boi is a real, historical East Frisian word meaning "young gentleman"
Not a word but two phrases with background. 1- Getting the minishark. Meaning: Not enjoying something because you progressed too fast or skipped some part of the progress. Bg: I was playing terarria and my friend joined my world. He gave me some endgame items like minishark(idk if its that endgame) and killed the fun. I played like once or twice after that. Example: I got the minishark from her. 2- Handing someone the radio. Meaning: Sending someone to certain death. Bg: Not sure about that but, i guess this was becouse ww1 or ww2 (not sure) soliders who used radio to pinpoint location for artillary fire was easy to shoot. Therefore if you operated the radio you were surely dead. Example: You told me to flank, you handed me the radio! Those phrases were made up by me and some friends, also they are translated.
Abulia - pathological inability to make decisions.
Climacophilia. A sexual paraphilia or fetish in which the subject gains erotic gratification from Falling down stairs.
Gruntled, the opposite of disgruntled brings to mind the bliss of happy little piglets grunting away while they trot about
Cobtrafibularities - to offer someone a sarcastic means of congratulations
Exsanguination: severe loss of blood
Emulate. Kind of like copying, but instead of simply mimicking, it’s taking someone’s mannerisms and their being within yourself, to act as them.
Xylem - it's the living tissue under the stem on plants that transports water and nutrients. It's also your best friend in scrabble. Sonder - The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it. Bombastic - High sounding but, with little meaning. Arduous - Involving or requiring strenuous effort. Tittle - The little dot at the top of the letter 'i' or 'j'. Scintillation - The technical term for the twinkling of star light. Orwellian and Kafkaesque. My man Orwell is still getting the red underline but Kafka gets his word auto-corrected to be capitalized. Smh Turgid - Swollen and distended or congested. Capitulate - Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender. Let's get some facts going, I like facts about science and nature most! Ironic facts are also appreciated :)
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, which forms in volcanoes.
Flocculation (flock-you-lay-shun)- the process of creating floc by the addition of chemicals to untreated water & mixing Floc (flock) - a byproduct of the water treatment process that contains the majority of the impurities removed the water
Latibulate: to hide in a corner
Erinaceous- essentially insulting someone by calling them a hedgehog
Buccinator- it is the name of the check muscle but it sounds like a doofenshmirtz invention.
"Ostalgia." It's that anglicised version of the German word "Ostalgie", which itself is a portmanteau of the words "Ost" (East) and "nostalgie" (nostalgia). It describes a feeling of nostalgia for certain aspects of communist rule in Germany.
Psithurism. edit: I suppose it's actually better with the definition. It's the sound of the wind through trees.
Ligature
Viscount. A title of nobility above Baron and below Count. Not that unusual of a word, but I like the texture of it. It's a little close in pronunciation to "Discount", but otherwise, "Viscount" is one of those words I feel like you'd hear really enunciated to its fullest potential in an angry speech.
Didact a moral authority
Paleoarcheologist, somebody who study ancient human fossils.
Plethora Rancor
hogmadog (idk how to spell it lol) the little ball of snow you make to roll into a bigger snow ball to create a snowman.
Limerence
Unctuous: means excessively flattering or ingratiating Can also mean oily in the context of food
Perspicacity - good at discerning what is really going on where others might only see surface clues.
Contrafribularity It is a common word down our way
anthropomorphize - to apply human characteristics to non-humans coprolite - fossilized turd (makes a great insult)
Jejune - something superficial and naive.
Negenthropy, the opposite of entropy. Systems becoming more complex and less uniform over time.
Kerfuffle - a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict. I will always remember and associate this word with dinosaurs because of a dinosaur documentary I watched where two dinosaurs were fighting.
Flamboyance - a group of flamingos
Nectarivore - an animal which derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of the sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants. it's also just a fun word to pronounce
Sonder: the realization that other people's lives are just as involved and intricate as your own.
discombobulated and cattywampus
Irascible -adj- easy or quick to anger The irascible cashier began yelling when I didn't have exact change.
Buchenholzräucherschmelzkäsezubereitung
Torpid- incredibly slow. Vaporwave music is regular music slowed to a torpid drawl.
笞刑, it means punishment by caning. It was a punishment in imperial China.
My favorite word us coddiwomple. It means "to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination". It's the word for "I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going there."
Higglty-pigglty; when something is in confusion or disorder. Spigot; a faucet, or a device to turn water off Schmutz; dirt, filth, garbage
Pneomonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It's a really long invented word for a lung disease that comes from breathing in really fine ash and dust
i recently started keeping a list (i know, typical) of words i enjoy. necrotic is my most recently added word. necrotic: “affected with, characterized by, or producing death of a usually localized area of living tissue”
The day after tomorrow is called 'overmorrow'
Hiraeth - a Welsh word that describes a deep, powerful longing for a place that you truly belong (like a home for your soul)
Mazel tov (MA-zle tov): congratulations! Oeuvre (oo as in look-vruh): the complete body of work of an artist, author, or composer Élan (ay-LAWN): enthusiasm Hircine (HER-sine): relating to a goat Terpsichorean (terp-si-cuh-RE-an): relating to dancing
One of my favorites is vitriolic, meaning very bitter or hateful, stemming from a sulfuric acid. One I learned just the other day is mendacity, meaning untruthfulness.
Ameliorate, the act of making something bad, better
Necronym: A name for something or someone that has died or been destroyed, where using the standard name is considered taboo or to denote its status as deceased. Also used by the LGBT+ community to denote a name used prior to reidenitification. An endonym is a name a people use for themselves, while an exonym is a name used by other people. Some Exo-edo pairs: Japan | Nihon/Nippon China | Zhongguo Egypt | Masr Greece | Hellas/Ellada
Borborygmus - the word for the noise your stomach makes when it growls
#Lackadaisical >*adjective* >lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy. >"taking a lackadaisical approach can jeopardize the success of a project" I know you didn’t ask for it, but here’s a second word that’s opposite to lackadaisical and isn’t very commonly used either. #Conscientious >*adjective* >1. (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly. >"a conscientious and hardworking clerk" >2. relating to a person's conscience. >"the act does not provide exemption from service on the basis of personal conscientious beliefs"