1.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Estimation that something is valueless
47 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
2.
Pronk
A weak or foolish person
35 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
3.
Wallydrag
A completely useless person
20 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
4.
Flibbertigibbet
A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.
19 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
5.
Nudiustertian
The day before yesterday
18 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
6.
Widdiful
Someone who deserves to be hanged
18 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
7.
Mungo
A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash
16 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
8.
Onychotillomaniac
Someone who constantly picks his or her nails
15 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
9.
abacinate
To blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone’s eyes
14 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
10.
Cachinnate
To laugh noisily
13 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
11.
Selcouth
Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful.
13 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 - 1 comment
Comments:
Learned this word in 9th grade. lol.
Added 7 months ago by guest, -1 points
12.
Nihilarian .
A person who deals with things lacking importance
13 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
13.
sesquipedalian [ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn]
As defined by merriam-webster online "given to or characterized by the use of long words". A catch 22, if you describe someone as being it, you then become it yourself.
12 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
14.
Misodoctakleidist
Someone who dislikes practicing the piano
12 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
15.
Pulveratricious
Covered with dust
12 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
16.
Inaniloquent
Pertaining to idle talk
12 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
17.
Erinaceous
Like a hedgehog
12 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
18.
Rendezvous
This is probably THE weirdest word in English due to it being pronounced like RON-DAY-VOO
11 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 3 comments
Comments:
"Twenty really weird English words - Yes they are English. No, you've never heard of them."
1. It's not English.
2. Vast majority of people definitely know it.
Duuuh.
Added 10 months ago by guest, 0 points
Well... a form of the french word.
In the French language, it would be vous rendez, or rendez-vous.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
Your right, that is a wierd english word being that it is a french word. GENIUS!
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
19.
Lumbricoid
like an earthworm
7 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
20.
Mastilagnia
You’re begging for the meaning? Oh well, this cute word means sexual pleasure obtained from getting whipped. Now, don’t ask whipped where. We’ll leave that to your imagination.
5 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
21.
Limerence
an involuntary cognitive and emotional state in which a person feels an intense romantic desire for another person
5 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
22.
Fample
To feed a child
4 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
23.
Labrose
Thick-lipped
3 points - added 3 years ago by pxc0 -
24.
Snarge
The remains of a bird or other living creature which has collided an airplane, locomotive or automobile.
0 points - added 13 days ago by guest -
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