In the middle of my coursework boredom came across some of these amazing words. If you manage to use these in conversation, let me know:
Sesquipedalian- a word for a person who uses long words
Scurryfunge- a hasty tidying of your house between the time you see a neighbour and the time they knock.
Crytoscopophilia – The urge to look through peoples windows as you pass by their houses
Raillery- Good-humoured banter or teasing
Pulchritudinous – Very beautiful
Defenestrate -to throw out of a window.
Discombobulate-To upset or confuse, to disconcert
And to finish with a classic- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - The fear of long words
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I like “Discombobulate”, it is quite apt in its meaning
There is also a word not too frequently used: Zeitgeist
so Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia use that daily, people dont belive me, that its a real word, and actually i use a lot of those words! awesome
I manage to use it, but only when talking about favourite words, or phobia’s, or Amazing Words In The English language! I learnt it when I saw it on The Phobia List, people are amazed by it tbh!
I cant pronounce any of these!
Here’s some for your delight: mumblecrust; a toothless old beggar or bum (Picture a guy with a scrabbly old beard, with no teeth with a crust of bread in his mouth mumbling)
xerography: the eating of dry food as a form of fast.
Bustlucious; having large, shapely breasts
cockshut; old english for twilight
hallucal: relating to the big toe
bastinado; an ancient form of punishment by beating the soles of the feet
fumacious: fond of smoking
acapnotic: not smoking
pubble: fat, well filled plump
beblubbered; with one’s face showing the effects of crying
smellfungus: a discontented person: a complainer; a grumbler
phocomelia: a birth defect characterized by flipper like arms and legs
dentiscalp: Old English for a toothpick
slubberdegullion: the ultimate slob
backwardation: going backwards?
superglamorous: beyond glamorous
sanguisugent: bloodsucking
excrementitious: of or resembling fecal matter
jubate; having flowing hair resmbling a horses mane
jumentous; smelling like horse urine
hypermammiferous; having LARGE breasts
lacanophilia; a love of vegatables
mammila: a nipple or nipple like protuberance
gaberlunzie; a wandering beggar
gormandize: to eat gluttonously and ravenously; to pig out
crapulous: living a lifestyle of overeating and drinking
echinoproctous: having a spiny rump
pisciverous: full of fish
contortuplicated: complicated
jackuliferous: having spiny dart like points
we use scurryfunge regularly around here… and my children all know it’s definition too. All I have to do is yell “SCURRYFUNGE” and they scatter, cleaning their little hearts out to make the house clutter free for guests who have just pulled into the driveway! LOL!