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Only For People Who Want To Improve Their Vocabulary by Friasug: 4:28am On Oct 22, 2018 |
Is it by force to speak good English? I know not Below is a long list of stuff we either use everyday or come in contact with once in a while. Sorry I didn't count 'm but it may not be up to 50. Forgive my ... Petrichor: The way it smells outside after rain. Wamble: Stomach rumbling. Aglet: The plastic coating on a shoelace. Vagitus: The cry of a newborn baby. Chanking: spat-out food. Peen: The side opposite the hammer's striking side. Tines: The prongs on a fork. Souffle cup: A ketchup/condiment cup. Natiform: Something that resembles a butt. Phosphenes: The lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them. Nurdle: A tiny dab of toothpaste. Box tent: The table in the middle of a pizza box. Cornicione: The outer part of the crust on a pizza. Barm: The foam on a beer. Overmorrow: The day after tomorrow. Ferrule: The metal part at the end of a pencil. Punt: The bottom of a wine bottle. Keeper: The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle. It has not finished, see more here o...>>>https://www.infomaza.com/things-you-never-knew-had-official-names |
Re: Only For People Who Want To Improve Their Vocabulary by legwa10(m): 7:33am On Oct 22, 2018 |
another research topic |
Re: Only For People Who Want To Improve Their Vocabulary by meobizy(f): 9:29am On Oct 22, 2018 |
I wonder how whites are able to name almost everything. I thought our local languages stopped evolving after colonization [the forced adoption of the white man’s language] but funny enough a lot of modern things have names in mine. If they don’t have a mainstream name then the locals come up with a logical description. |
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