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17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by quicyvictor(m): 2:47pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
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 http://askusque.com/2015/02/17-awesome-words-may-know/ 53 Likes 25 Shares
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Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Acekidc4(m): 2:50pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Ehen!! |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by zyzxx(m): 2:52pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Nice words But Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Oga oo 18 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by spellingcheck(m): 2:53pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by rezzy: 2:53pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Nice, can't find them in my dictionary 3 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tohpahz(f): 2:53pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
I know all 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Zaikon(m): 2:54pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
@ OP u don ever make use of these wordssss ?? 1 Like |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 2:54pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Good job OP. Although I'm quite familiar with 50% of those words. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tola9ja: 2:55pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
diaris god hoo nnko 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 2:55pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Op nobody in Nigeria uses any of these words,not even Wole Soyinka ... 10 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by RoyalBlak007: 2:55pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 2:56pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Whoever uses those words. |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tola9ja: 2:56pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
hepatorenal |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by emmanuelcrawler(m): 2:57pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
op u 4got jegaphobia: the fear of being jegad. Pls thank me leta 9 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tola9ja: 2:57pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
sauceny: patrick obahiagbon 30 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 2:57pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Phobophobia cracked me up. 3 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by tucky200(m): 2:57pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Bros I hail o.. |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by justi4jesu(f): 2:57pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
1 Like |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 2:58pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Wow this is very useful. Thank you. 2 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by bigt2(m): 2:59pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
funny sounding words |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Reediano(m): 2:59pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Nice one |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by SmartFaces(f): 2:59pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
I knew "Aglet" before now. I used to call it lace bone until my Elder brother came back for his off shore rest and corrected me. But op you try shaa... Where you go Scrape all those words from? If you grow, you go sabi something. 4 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by crispinkc(m): 2:59pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
kai op u dey try ooo imagine!!! all this words nag English too abi lmao |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:00pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Awesome! I'm gonna Bookmark this page...would love to learn some of these words 1 Like |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Cholls(m): 3:00pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
mybrotherwhoneverchopnogettimeforyourgibrish. Longest word ever check the grave. 8 Likes |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by wheesin(m): 3:00pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by Nobody: 3:00pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Enhenh so na here Patrick obahiagbon dey carry all hm big big english from... issokay |
Re: 17 Awesome Words You May Not Know by morgba(f): 3:01pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
this one na anoda spelling Bee abi which one b dis |
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