I like words. I know a fair few of them. I want to know more. What are your favorite esoteric words?
Encumbered, obsequious, defenestration, solastalgia
Yesterday I was trying to think of the difference between audacious and bodacious and I could really use some help with that.
One is about boobs and one is about confidence.
There’s probably some overlap.
I just thought of one that I’ve never had cause to use in conversation: “philomot,” meaning “having the color of a dead leaf.”
Palimpsest - it’s like a document that’s been re-used but still shows some of the previous words underneath. Or a bit like a whiteboard that has ‘burnt-in’ marker showing after being erased.
I like it! Thanks!
Source: Merriam-Webster https://share.google/8S38DanhSZubSlMdX
Toxicognath
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toxicognath
Without the pesky google tracker
Nice!
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Try these on for size:
Epicaricacy - Schadenfreude, but sounds fancier
Coprophagous - shit eating. As in: “A coprophagous grin”
Epicaricacy is one of my favorites and actually predates schadenfreude! We should use it more!
I mean, I don’t much like reading about poop, but if I’m going to the latter sounds like a good adjective with which to do so.
Contra intuitive (for things that do not work like it would seem logical for you)
Perspicacious (~sharp senses. English is a second language for me, so I didn’t know that one. Found it in a book, loved it)
You know, I know the word “perspicacious” in that I could see it in a body of literature and not question or be confused by it, but I actually couldn’t have told you what it means before now. Thank you for the edification.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Used to be known by pretty much every kid in at least the US.
(Edited to clarify that maybe outside the US also)
Was The Sound of Music only popular in the US? I’d assumed it was also popular in Europe given the setting.
Also, this word was an exercise in the gifted classes I got put in in elementary school. The idea was to try to spell it without looking it up.
I don’t know about The Sound of Music (I’ve only seen clips) but supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was popularized here (and maybe elsewhere) by Mary Poppins.
Am I mixing up the movies maybe? It’s quite early here so my brain may not be working at 100%.
I mix those two movies up, too, so you’re at least not alone! They’re both older movies about awesome/magical ladies taking care of kids, if I remember correctly, with lots of music and singing. So I get it.
I haven’t seen it until I was 28. It’s not very popular in Europe, especially DACh, because it’s apologetic for Austrians, showing them as victims of the Nazis, rather then enthusiasts.
It is said to be a propaganda piece made for that but idk
Contemporaneously. (At precisely the same time).
I always loved this one! Good choice.
I hate saying it, it feels bad in my mouth. Anthropomorphize is kind of fun though.
Why do you hate saying it?
It just feels awkward to say clearly and quickly.
Whenever I say it, I am unsure whether I’ve added an extra syllable.
That link isn’t clickable for me, but from context I’m guessing it’s a German word, in which case you’re clearly cheating.
- syzygy
- diurnal
- gnathion
Diurnal’s cool, but its not Crepuscular cool.
True, it’s usually lower temperature by then.
Hey, you should be friends with my Yiddish cephalopod friend.
sesquipedalian:
• a foot and a half
• a really long word
• referring to a user of really long words
