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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Skedaddle, I like how it can be playfully dismissive and throw people off when they're angry.

My favorite foreign word is Inverno (Italian for Winter).

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Inasmuch. It is the totem pole trench of words.

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    Depending on the language. In English I like overwhelming or acknowledge, in Catalan I like xiuxiuejar it means to whisper, in Spanish I love almajaneque, it comes from Arabic and it means trebuchet.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Prestidigitation

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If Danish is allowed then "speciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode"

    (Come at me, Germans!)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wow... any longer word in Danish?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can kinda make a word as long as you want like in German, the one I mentioned I know have just been in official use.

    To give an example. A dog house in Danish is combined by "hund" and "hus" and becomes "hundehus" (the e in the middle is "gluing" the words together. Sometimes needed). If you have some roof for a dog house, a so called dog house roof, then the word becomes "hundehustag" ("tag" being roof). If you are talking about a shingle made for a dog house roof, then it becomes a "hundehustagplade" (funnily enough "tagplade" means shingle and is thus itself a combined word of "tag" (roof) and "plade" (plate)).

    You can kinda keep on stacking nouns like this ad infitium in order to narrow down the exact type of shingle you're talking about.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    trabajabamos... or maybe hablabamos

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    tatterdemalion

    it's a beautiful words, fun to say, and I also like what it signifies

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fuck! It's just so descriptive yet so vague. Can almost be used as a place holder for anything.

    Fuck? Fuck! Fuck. Fucking, fucker, fucked. Fuck yourself you fucking fuck! Fucking hell mate. What the fuck? Finger fucked, proper fucked. Who gives a flying fuck. That fucking fucker fucked my fucking girlfriend, FUCK! That fucker over there. Fucking get over here. I'm gonna get the fuck out before I fuck myself.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    sesquipedalian.

    Basically defines itself

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ennui - it looks weird spelled but I love how it sounds and what it means…

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ennui

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    "Defenestration".

    The fact there's a specific word for throwing someone out of a window is hilarious. Even the word itself sounds funny to say.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I think "refenestration" which means to throw someone back into a building through the window is inherently funnier.

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    Blithering.

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    Antedilluvian

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Chrysalis - just fun to say and sounds neat

    Luminous - loved it ever since I first saw Empire Strikes Back when Yoda said "Luminous beings are we. Not this crude matter."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    “Gruntled”! The wonderful opposite of disgruntled

    And “gruntling” is an excellent old-timey word for baby pigs

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    eltöredezettségmentesítőtleníttethetetlenségtelenítőtlenkedhetnétek

    Is nice

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Suss

    verb. To suss something. To solve or figure it out. To come to understand it.

    Short, sweet, one syllable. Two letters, three S's (which, honestly, do the heavy lifting) and U, the goth child of the vowels.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Though not a single word, I've always loved picket fence

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Soliloquizing

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    I don't know that I have one now, but when I was a kid I liked "minimizing" because it was a pleasant pattern to type.

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  • Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.

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    Biblicore.

    Not just do i love the word, but also what it describes: the smell of old books

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  • Nibling. It’s the gender-neutral form of “niece” or “nephew”. Your sister is your sibling, your niece is your nibling.

    Or sonder. That’s the feeling you get when thinking about the fact that everyone in the world lives a life just as vibrant and complex as your own.

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