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Our Splendiferous Lexicon-From 'Absquatulating' to 'Zyzzyva'
- Thread starter LeviLamprey
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - fear of long words.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
woooords, the most delicious treats that are calorie free
I really like the word "ersatz," and the definition that escapes me presently.
fester, tantalizing, scrupulous, scrumptious, effervescent, supple, I'm constantly trying to compile my list of favorite words but I always forget some, and add new ones. I really like the word "chagrin" as well.
I really like the word "ersatz," and the definition that escapes me presently.
fester, tantalizing, scrupulous, scrumptious, effervescent, supple, I'm constantly trying to compile my list of favorite words but I always forget some, and add new ones. I really like the word "chagrin" as well.
my personal favorite words are "discombobulated", "spleen", "heinous" and "cruciferous"
You can't really use the Scrabble dictionary because a lot of those strange things honestly aren't words. And if they are words, they are Arabic or some other far-off language
chocolate-kipp's may have rhymed because it's a song which means it has rhyme
Whoever named that should be shot, ground up in a meat grinder, stomped on, burnt to a crisp in Hell's oven, then scattered through the African Elephant shitting fields.
*typo
Isn't that the slit-penis God hill?
EDIT:Ersatz means a (usually very inferior or unsatisfactory) replacement or substitute. For a dramatic use of the word ersatz, try reading Lemony Snicket's The Ersatz elevator. The elevator has been replaced with emptiness.
Also, another cool word I like that hasn't been covered (eg. discombobulated) is nincompoop. It is a bit of an 'iffy' word, but that sound just rolls of my tongue! Stupid foolish person or nincompoop? I know which description I'd pick any day.
And Iron Kenyan, yes I make a LOT of stupid mistakes and knock over a LOT of things in life. (I know this isn't exactly what you meant).
EDIT:Ersatz means a (usually very inferior or unsatisfactory) replacement or substitute. For a dramatic use of the word ersatz, try reading Lemony Snicket's The Ersatz elevator. The elevator has been replaced with emptiness.
Also, another cool word I like that hasn't been covered (eg. discombobulated) is nincompoop. It is a bit of an 'iffy' word, but that sound just rolls of my tongue! Stupid foolish person or nincompoop? I know which description I'd pick any day.
And Iron Kenyan, yes I make a LOT of stupid mistakes and knock over a LOT of things in life. (I know this isn't exactly what you meant).
I dont even bother to pronounce that properly.
I call it 'supercalifreakingdocious'
Anyway for a word:
twyndyllyng: 15th century English for twinling, which is twin
ANTELOPE
EROGENOUS ZOOOOOONE
EROGENOUS ZOOOOOONE
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The meaning of "ersatz" is "fake".
Buffalo simply because any number of "Buffalo" strung together makes a complete sentence.
Ersatz doesn't just mean fake, it's a generally inferior substitute, replacement OR fake.
hahaha holy shit the word ersatz is ersatz (since it is an inferior substitute for the German)
for some reason the word I get this with the most is "majesty"....maybe it is just because Jesus made me trip balls though
I did not really want to make it a thread about me though, I mean I have a like 300 word long cool word file though.
jetsam, ruddy, and fungible are my three most recent favorite words I think, maybe I am becoming less pretentious FUCK!!!
YES Buffalo is awesome. I thought the proper sentence was "Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo." This is from a few years ago though so I might be wrong
Awesome word - crwth (pronounced crooth)
Google can't define it correctly, it's actually a Scottish word meaning "crowd" and this word actually proves that the vowels are A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y and W. (It rhymes too)
How is a cognate an inferior substitute? It's the same part of speech just for the most part pronounced differently (because nobody can pronounce German words)
Also: Hide tags now Optimusje
Seizing foreign words for use in a language because they "sound cool" and the makers of the other language are too lazy to make up their own words is dumb. It is not like I can deny using some since it would be way too much effort to weed them out, but I definitely avoid using bullshit like ersatz (the actual German verb, ersetzen, is fucking awesome like most of German is). Obviously some seizure of other languages is necessary in some ways, but ersetzen--->ersatz when we already have the words inferior and substitute? Fucking incredibly stupid.
But lots of languages diverged out of other languages. English takes the largest majority of its word roots from Germanic languages (like German eg. Apfel, apple, Hund, hound, and lots more), followed by Greek and Latin in much less significant numbers, discounting science, where they run rife.
Did you bother to check the etymology of ersatz in english? It actually comes from ww2, when pows were given ersatz bread. Hence its negative connotations in english that arent necessarily implied in german (or in substitute).
This, in my opinion actually makes it cooler than the german word. It isnt at all a case of using a foreign word because it sounds cooler.
Have a nice day.
Pupsegal!