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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:35pm On Apr 05, 2015
The only one I knew is "schadenfreude". The rest are like latin to me.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:41pm On Apr 05, 2015
Agbada too is an English word

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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nazeeboy(m): 3:45pm On Apr 05, 2015
And u called these words "Awesome" God go punish you.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by StepG: 3:45pm On Apr 05, 2015
quicyvictor:
Petrichor - You know that smell after the first rains (especially after a long day summer)? That smell is called petrichor. Petri means relating to rocks and chor means the blood of the Gods

Schadenfreude - It’s the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. No matter how pure-hearted you are you know you have had the feeling of schadenfreude.

Dysania – Dysania is state of having a hard time waking up and getting out of bed in the morning. So the feeling you have every single morning.

Numinous - An adjective which means filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence. Anything you think is possessed or even blessed by God is numinous.

Palindrome – A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward. Like Lion oil or the word poop. Though it isn’t an official word Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes which is itself a palindrome.

Semordnilap – Semordnilaps (also called Heteropalindromes or Anadromes) are words which, when reversed, are still valid words but not the same as the original word. Examples you ask?
Diaper-Repaid
Live – Evil
Desserts – stressed
Palindromes – Semordnilap (That really ingenious if you ask me.

Mamihlapinatapai – This word has actually won a world record for “most succinct word”. It is also one of the hardest words to translate. It allegedly refers to “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.” I guess an example will be two kids who have a crush on each other and want to be in a relationship but doesn’t know the other person likes him/her

Aglet – I learned this word from a fantastic show called Phineas and Ferb(excellent cartoon) They had a song about it. Aglet refers to that plastic thing at the end of your shoe lace. Phineas and Ferb song

Acatalepsy – It means “incomprehensibility of things”. The Pyrrhonians(group of skeptic philosophers) who attempted to show that humans can never know anything for a fact. But really, can you know something as a fact without actually assuming anything?

Zugzwang – It’s a situation where you have to do something but it would be better for you if you didn’t do anything. It is generally associated with chess where you would rather pass than play a move.(You can’t pass in chess.)

Barm – It’s the foam or froth you see on beer or wine. Next time someone says “Don’t give me any froth,” while he pours you a cold one tell him what it’s really called

Floccinaucinihilipilification – The action or habit of estimating something as worthless. This word is the longest unchallenged nontechnical word. The chemical word for titin is longest word (debated) , it is 189,819 letters long.

Contronym – A contronym is a when a word has two meanings and they are opposites of each other. Ofcourse, you want examples.

Left- remaining, departed.
How may cookies do you have left?
None,he left with the cookies.

Rent – buy use of, sell use of
He was looking to rent he room out for some extra cash.
She got wanted to rent a room for a few days.

Variety – one type, many types
Alphonso is a variety of mangoes.
The store has a variety of mangoes

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words. Yeah, I know. English is a cruel language.

Phobophobia – The fear of developing a fear. Probably the most ironic word in English language.


Hierophilia – Hierophilia refers to sexual urges, preferences or fantasies involving sacred or religious objects. I swear some people act like they have this.



Emetophilia – Emetophilia is deriving sexual pleasure from vomit. There are different instances, several of which are:
1) Hearing someone vomit
2) Seeing someone vomit
3) Being vomited on
4) Vomiting on someone else
5) Vomiting alone
Emetophilia is not only about being vomited on. It can also just be sights and sounds


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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:48pm On Apr 05, 2015
known all this words since primary 5 nah... cant believe this
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by daddynasa: 3:48pm On Apr 05, 2015
zugzwang is German. used in chess just like. en passant which is french.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Lasveg(m): 3:52pm On Apr 05, 2015
what of agelast: someone who never laughs
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Generalkorex(m): 3:52pm On Apr 05, 2015
tohpahz:
I know all shocked
shebi na u
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by lovely17(m): 3:53pm On Apr 05, 2015
na only palindrome and phobophobia I Don hear for my life

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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:54pm On Apr 05, 2015
If you are a good scrabble player you did know that those words sound very common.
Have u seen the word "trooz" or "cwm"?
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by cozy7(m): 3:59pm On Apr 05, 2015
These are d kinda words u just admire n pass. Bcoz one just can't keep these words in mind....na work?
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by kinibigdeal(m): 4:02pm On Apr 05, 2015
Mtchew....Not new tongue
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by 9jatatafo(m): 4:09pm On Apr 05, 2015
Ok I don hear. This na Hon Patrick Obayagbon english na.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by cooluc(f): 4:21pm On Apr 05, 2015
Words are like d sand @ the sea shore they r inexhaustible. Kudos!! Author
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by willyo(m): 4:23pm On Apr 05, 2015
sauceny:
Op nobody in Nigeria uses any of these words,not even Wole Soyinka ...
U cannot be new to Phobophobia. I doudt. How about 'GEJites- Supporters of Jonathan. Example, TANoids.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by GodblessNig247(m): 4:23pm On Apr 05, 2015
tohpahz:
I know all shocked

Are u an English Professor? grin
tohpahz:
I know all shocked
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by adtiezy1(m): 4:23pm On Apr 05, 2015
And here i am expecting to see words like go,we,us,it,in,on,at...omo english na bastard o

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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by GodblessNig247(m): 4:24pm On Apr 05, 2015
Great words. Thanks!
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by kennedyugo: 4:26pm On Apr 05, 2015
You left out this one!


pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis /ˌnjuːmənəʊˌʌltrəˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊˌkəʊnɪˈəʊsɪʃ , njʊˌməʊnəʊ-/
▸ noun [mass noun] an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 4:26pm On Apr 05, 2015
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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by GodblessNig247(m): 4:27pm On Apr 05, 2015
cooluc:
Words are like d sand @ the sea shore they r inexhaustible. Kudos!! Author

True talk!
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 4:27pm On Apr 05, 2015
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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tohpahz(f): 4:29pm On Apr 05, 2015
GodblessNig247:


Are u an English Professor? grin

Maybe grin
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 4:30pm On Apr 05, 2015
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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by mizsofiee(f): 4:34pm On Apr 05, 2015
they are sound like botanical names cheesy cheesy grin grin
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 4:35pm On Apr 05, 2015
NEW WORDS IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY
ORUBEBE /oˈrubebe/ (verb): abnormal behaviour
or an attempt to disrupt peaceful gathering or well
organised event.
[from Latin oˈrube : to disrupt]
Examples:
1. He tried to orubebe the sacred ocassion but the
police did not allow it.
2. The football match was orubebe by the defeating
team yesterday
Derivatives:
ORU-BE-BE-ISM (Noun)
ORU-BE-BE-TIC (Adjective) e.g: ~ attitude
JEGA /Jəˈga/ (Verb):
[a] Using wisdom to calm the
unneeded agitation or ruckus caused by a dopey
fool in a peaceful gathering.
[b] To indirectly show to the public a person who
lack manner and attempt causing agitation
[from Latin Jeˈga : Calm distubance wisely]
Examples:
1. If you Orubebe me I will Jega you.
2. When he was making unnecessary argument to
the public, I jegaed him.
Derivatives:
[b]JE-GA-ISM (Noun)
[/b]JE-GA-TIC (Adjective) e.g: ~ approach First Edition.
Copyright © 2015 by Davog
Publishing Company.
Nigerians sha ooo

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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Suspect33(m): 4:41pm On Apr 05, 2015
Hw do u expect us to know all these english when we are ruled by an ill...........e lipsrsealed
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by AJ01(m): 4:48pm On Apr 05, 2015
I hate English
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Caliph69: 4:52pm On Apr 05, 2015
Educative. For scrabblers, some of this can come handy.
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by sphinx54: 4:56pm On Apr 05, 2015
Schadenfreude - I experienced this when GEJ lost to BABA grin grin grin
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by 46arcadez(m): 5:01pm On Apr 05, 2015
Make I come first
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 5:07pm On Apr 05, 2015
ahsekeena:
Awesome!


I'm gonna Bookmark this page...would love to learn some of these words
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What's d girl on ur d.p doing?.... Just curious!

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