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!
hahaha i luv these words. i use Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia at least 3 times a day. i hav luved that word 4 3 years.
and this site also proved that my friend was rite and Defenestrate does mean to throw out a window.
thank you so much for reminding me of sesquipedalian, probably the best word of all time
i hv never heard or used any of these words!
It is very augmentatious for me. Thank you
these words are very useful to augment your vocabulary….
so,please study at least 1 words/day