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MissySassy
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zzx4qp
Yeah vagitus sounds like the result of a terrible infection of the vagina.
debugaddict
Borborygmus - the sound of a wamble.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
Tittle is a bit archaic though. The only reason the term hasn't fallen completely out of use is its use in a bible passage. The modern term for this dot is diacritic or diacritical mark, or simply "dot".
OliverOtter
Just to be that guy, technically the interrobang is a character that combines the ! and the ?, which is now mostly replaced with them separately. ‽ is the actual interrobang.
CeruleanK
*Brannock device
AlexSomething
#17 "griffonage" in french literally translates to scribble, so you know... you can also just say scribble.
JckCrw
bjompen
#3 lies. It's a flugelbinder.
DukeDarkwood
Nope. Definitely an aglet. And its true purpose is sinister.
HighlandViking
"Confuzzled", which is being confused and puzzled at the same time, "snirt", which is a cross between snow and dirt, and "smushables", which are squashed groceries you find at the bottom of the bag.
Thorketil
interrobang ?!
MeekTechVillain565
In Swedish, the word "övermorgon" (owermorrow) is commonly used.
MrSyth
And in Dutch, German, Nowegian, likely a bunch more. Always baffles me why the English stopped using it
sonnuvah
Related to word number 2, "biblichor" has been coined to describe the smell of old books
BananaParagon
Also it's not always called Petrichor unless it is the smell of rain on stone (like concrete) you wouldn't smell petrichor if you were, say, out in a field.
XuncuTheTiger
#8 - It took me far more years than I care to admit to realize the *purpose* of the box tenk (aka the little picnic table in the pizza box): it's so that anything placed on *top* of the box itself doesn't crush the inside *ceiling* of the box into the pizza.
MeanWinchester
I thought an interrobang was how James Bond gets information out of the wives and girlfriends of his villains?
Xenavire
#5 And childbirth itself is called Vagitus Exitus. I'll see myself out.
4vie
Don't let the labia hit you on the way out!
Idonotkillpeoplethatismyleastfavoritethingtodo
Don't let what hit me on the way out? *Gets smacked by pussy flaps*
DontAskMeAboutMyUsernameOkay
I'd argue the "na na nas" of batmans theme song are very important
Radix865
The thing that's apparently called box tent isn't really used here, so my first introduction to it was in Borderlands 2 when you take pizza to the mutants and was wondering what the heck that tiny table was in the middle of the pizza...
chrisckelly
I’ll always remember number 3 because of the film ‘Repossessed’.
DukeDarkwood
I'll always remember the aglet because of Justice League Unlimited. Its true purpose is sinister.
Zeterai
One of my favourite Leslie Nielson movies. Weirdly unpopular, not sure why.
SelfProclaimedExpertOfMostThings
‽
Badwolf09
Interrobang is one of my favorite words.
DonteHaversham
It sounds way cooler than it is though
MyDragonHeartedSpirit
What‽
BradolfPitler
#20 would be a Brannock Device.
casbott
So nothing to do with British politics then?
Bunnies007
Sussurration - The sound of the wind whispering in leaves or long grass. Hallux - the big toe. Sesquipedalian - description of an overly long word. Hippomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia - the fear of long words. Bergy seltzer - the continuous crackling, fizzing sound that has been heard by submariners and other sailors when close to melting icebergs. Fid - a tool for manipulating the cames in stained glass making. Cames - the strips of lead used in stained glass making.
Aelonwy
I knew a few of these, but only 4 from the Op's list, helps that I took a Stained Glass class. Words have flavor. I've always liked the onomatopoeic flavor of susurration but while I like the scent of petrichor it just doesn't sound right for the meaning.
Bunnies007
Words do indeed have flavour. Read James Joyce, for instance, and there are some sentences that demand to be spoken aloud. I like 'pertichor', there's something primeval about it, and if you look at it's etymology, you'll see why. It's thought that we have relished the smell of petrichor since time immemorial as it tells us where to find water. Sussurration: read Philip Larkin's short poem The Trees to see where he makes oblique reference to it. Some Larkin poems are DECEPTIVELY simple.
jicahmusic
Doctor I think im scared of long words. Doctor : you have hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Patient : aaaaaggghhhhh
Bunnies007
"aaaaaggghhhhh" looks pretty sesquipedalian to me.
yoshimaruTERA
Dysania everyday, all day, through year, whole life.
fishmaceins
Did you just interrobang me?!
GravyEducation
Harder!
BearRaid
I beat the odds and knew 11 of these.
DukeDarkwood
I got 7 or 8 - but one of them (petrichor), I only learned from a list very much like (and possibly identical to) this one, within the last decade.
Calicoastin818
Finding difficult to get out of bed is called the crushing weight of capitalism
Phoenix0153
I was going to say a hangover, but this works too
UlrichMorgan
Take yer up vote for the too reals
RustyRedbeard
APunchToThePuss
I'd prefer it if you didn't talk about my depression like that.
LikeAwkwardlySocial
I'm afflicted with daily dysania due to the crushing weight of capitalism.
BladeTurMoiL
I am gonna use this next time i call out for workz
Zetor
Aye, comrade
LarvaLamp
Yes, yes. I, too, wish to not own anything and wait in line for bread. How old are you?
DoomKitty01
So basically a totally understandable but not helpfull reaction to a shitty environment? :D
Foxsayy
For me it's called ADHD 😮💨
DukeDarkwood
I can never tell if the crushing weight is capitalism or clinical depression.
JackTorranceAtTheBall
SavageDrums
First one, then the other.
NonstopRampage
It sure is
BadAtGuitar
Same-same
GravyEducation
I never got tines, I thought everybody knew tines
Akurei00
I used tines in front of my wife the other day and she had definitely not heard of it before.
TheDildoOfConsequences
Depends if you've read "A Fire Upon The Deep", which is a pretty awesome book.
5NoteHalf
Tines, aglets, an petrichor are words that just aren't used much anymore. Other things like columella nasi are just very, VERY specific bits of things. (It's a part of your septum and people just refer to it as such. No need to refer to abrading your "anterior basement membrane" when you can just say "I scratched my eye but it wasn't bad," or even "shallow corneal scratch."
AlwaysDownvoteDots
Maybe I'm just in super nerdy storm fan groups but I thought petrichor was pretty common
ThankeeSai19
Petrichor I learned from Doctor Who
JusticePhrall
Petrichor is very much a part of the wine appreciation world. Found most often in wine from Cabernet-type grapes, it's a "wet rock" or "wet road" minerality aroma. Pretty common, actually.
cantfocusenoughtoread
I love this smell!
SubsyServy
#18 It is believed that this is where the expression Fits to a T comes from, fitting down to the tiniest part the dot of an i or j.
folded13
I would have thought that would relate to a T-square somehow. Seems more like a masonry/carpentry/construction measure.
GravyEducation
Let's just cross the t's and dot the... lower case j's
Definitelygoingtohell
*Tittle the... lower case j's
MisterOates
A Wayne's World 2 quote? Excellent. By the way, a sphincter says what?
GravyEducation
Garth. That's a haiku
spitfires2000
So... the prongs of a fork are not prongs, they are tines?
AlexSomething
They're both.
qyrriqat
I have an electric fork that can cook fish. These are the tines that fry men's soles.
GravyEducation
I just commented! It's not wrong but prong typically means two, like a two-pronged attack. And now that I think about it "forking" in chess means to set a piece where you are attacking two other pieces, therefore you can only move one and risk the other. Look English is weird
DukeDarkwood
English has always been weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th">he_Chaos">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos https://gandjlawrence.co.uk/Werdz/buye.htm
GravyEducation
But I love it so. I'm okay with other languages but... I'm real ninja at English because ain't no rules baby! Well, there are. Like an absurd amount. And all those rules are tied into like seven different root languages like look kid just study Latin and let's call it a day
dingo8yrbaby
Reminds me of a bit that Charo would do. A guy would try to explain English words to her and she'd be confused. The guy would then explain what "spooning" meant. Charo would say "Spooning? Does that lead to forking?"
GravyEducation
Difference between butt dial and booty call
dingo8yrbaby
Well played, sir. Well played.
PrastaryOrk
DirtySnakeEyes
the A looks like amogus.
madjo
metalrulercid
DannoWaso
Is that love handle?!
rkingesd365
This is where I learned it too.
cosonfused
same
rdmage11
They told me not to forget it, and I haven't.
Xenavire
I frequently forget. Not just about aglets, my memory is appalling. What was I saying again?
Grimmrog
thats ok, midlife crysis is about having seen it all, and later you will enter a stage where everything is suddenly new on a daily base.
MrSmilingDeath
A midlife crisis is actually quite the opposite. It's a fear that your life is half over and you won't have time to do everything you'd like to and/or an intense longing to return to your younger years that's so strong that it often manifests in the form of immature and often self destructive behavior.
ValiantlyFlailing
I don't know if my specs are high enough to run Midlife Crysis
PastryRaven
Their true purpose is sinister...
ElbowDeepInAMoose
Thank you for this. I often quote that sentence, always met with a blank response!
BentadickCameinbatches
came here for this +1
ElbowDeepInAMoose
Same. What's the next Question?
quijibo1
These are all perfectly cromulent words.
welcometothedystopia
You don't want to lose your perspicacity.
Righteousdew
Scrumtrulescent.
dingo8yrbaby
Wow, I feel my vocabulary has been embiggened.
Acquiredtaste
Absolutely frothingular.
massholesome
Isn't that when women gargle instead of swallow?
16bitStarbuck
Buh
truthader
Ah, a vocable.