Mine is insidious as it sounds cool and is apt in our modern world of fast news
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)
I means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
Discombobulated. The first time I heard it, an old man I worked with had used it and I gave him shit for it because I thought he had made it up. I still laugh about that sometimes
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ね (ne).
Because it’s a cool way to end a sentence in Japanese.
そのいえは大きいですね。
so-no-i-e-wa-oo-ki-i-de-su-ne.
That house is big ね。
That house is big isn’t it.
に！に！に！
How do you feel about the Canadian “eh?” or the British “innit?”
I will now read every Japanese sentence ending in ね as “innit?”
I cannot think of a case where that doesn’t work, lol. Perfect.
I’m a fan of the British “yhu-no”
I never liked the Glaswegian “but”. Silly way to end a sentence but
I hate the British one, indifferent about Canada.
No idea why…This may not make any sense, I’m working it out as I type this… but British slang is so “sharp” and more aggressive sounding than… whatever my brain thinks other languages sound like…
Anyway pretty sure it just means I’m an anti-Britite racist. Damnit, found out I’m a racist again.
Sono*
あああああああああ！！！
Fixed.
Facetiously has all the vowels, in order, including “y”.
Detritus
Hullabaloo
Fracas
Widdershins
Ideological
Fracas is a good one.
Last time I remember hearing that was when Top Gear imploded.
I think you might enjoy this skit: https://youtu.be/0uuCNAwXGaQ
Paraphernalia is a fantastic word for “stuff”
tatterdemalion
It’s got such a pleasing sound to the ear, feels nice in the mouth when you say it, and even looks pretty nice on the page.
It means something in an advance state of use, with connotations of neglect or disrepair, and is often used to describe things that would be thrown away were they not rendered nessesary by being the only option.
To me it evokes urchins, rags, wildflowers, and a little bit of magic.
I will be trying to shoe string this in to my vocabulary!
Yawn. If you pronounce it while sleepy, you actually yawn. And the yawn will sound like the word yawn.
Maybe I’m just sleepy, but I like the word :)
Asinine. It’s a perfect descriptor and it’s succinct.
Moist
Serene
Good
Applause
Super
Incredible
Hope
Dream
Mostly because of the positive vibes those words give me! 😇
You seem like a really positive person! :)
Aw thank you! 😃
Entreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something
It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
I entreat that we bring this word back
Syzygy
Onomatopoeia, it’s a fun word on it’s own, but I love the while idea of it. Especially in other languages, like the million different words for dog barks.
English word: curmudgeon or cattywampus
French word: hippopotame
