Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.
Scrofulous - a) having a diseased run-down appearance. b) morally contaminated
I learned this word when I heard someone being described as a ‘scrofulous drinkist’ lol
“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
People probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
Yeah, and folks know “scruples” as a noun which some people have and some don’t, but “scruple” as a verb is a nice archaic version that I really like, which you don’t encounter much outside of, say, a Jane Austen novel.
Rob is a name in English. Rob means slave in Bosnian.
Two words technically, but “Nothing doing!”
Sort of an old fashioned way to say “no way”
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overmorgen, in Dutch. I heard this ‘overmorrow’ word a couple times as a response in that they wish it did exist
And übermorgen in German
And övermorgon in Swedish
“Thrice” is a somewhat obscure word that otherwise fits.
“Adventitious” is a good one. It means “non-inherent” or “acquired” (as opposed to inherent.)
measure thrice, cut twice.
Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow
Figured the other way around might be as obscure…
nudiustertian: relating to the day before yesterdayYikes
To add to that, “ereyesterday” is the noun version for the day before yesterday.
Never saw this one before and not sure how to pronounce it while the German Vorgestern is as commen as Übermorgen.
English on the other hand has fortnight which I think is very cool as we don’t have a special word for 14 days
A little off topic but I find these words extremely interesting that have no direct translation as they often give a new perspective on things or concepts.
the german version “Übermorgen” is widely used in germany.
Yes, I learned English here in Austria and I remember classmates asking the teacher how to say “vorgestern” and “übermorgen” in English.
We didn’t learn the words “ereyesterday” and “overmorrow” that day, only “the day before yesterday” and “the day after tomorrow”. :(
Overimorgen is widely used in Norwegian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins
Just because it sounds cool.
And don’t forget turnwise! (which is the opposite rotational direction defined by the direction the disc turns)
Widdershins start my hair, your Spooktober decorations are so spooky!!!
Yesss. I love this word and use it whenever I can
Sounds like a creature that would have a lot of creepypasta written about it.
Sounds useful in Minecraft. Like you put a sign in a cave “exit widdershins” to tell people to follow the left wall.
In an emergency, you can also exit widdoutershins.
perambulation is a good one. My morning walk isn’t quite grand enough to be called a ‘constitutional’; nor scenic and leisurely enough to be called a ‘stroll’; nor yet social enough to be called a ‘promenade’; ‘perambulation’ is just the ticket.
I thought the morning constitutional was taking a shit.
Oh I love to perambulate, sitting still is what I really hate
And what a lovely paragraph about it. Thank you.
And a “perambulator” is a kid stroller. It was an enlightening moment when I first came across that word in Neil Stephenson’s “Seveneves”, delved into its etymology and then realised why my British friend called the stroller a “pram”. This is just a contracted form of perambulator.
It did not occur to me that there’s actually also a verb for it, so thank you for pointing that out! I love it, and I will use it henceforth!
Brobdingnagian.
It’s a very big word that means very big.
It comes from Gulliver’s travels. The Brobdingnagians are giants, 12 times the height of humans. The word isn’t limited to that scale, but it’s definitely for things that are unusually large compared to us.
It’s the literal opposite of Lilliputian, which is from the better known race from “Travels” that are 1/12 our size.
It’s my absolute favorite word. Not just because it’s a literary reference but it’s fun to say. Brob ding nag ian. It just burbles off the tongue like a drunken stream stumbling among the rocks of its bed. And, it’s a big word that means big, which is just fun wordplay. Like the phobia of big words, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, which was inevitable as soon as the idea of a phobia of big words was conceived.
callipygous : having shapely buttocks
Also: gyatt.
I prefer callipygian
and zaftig
of a woman : having a full rounded figure : pleasingly plump
I’d settle for not seeing “should/could/would of” typed out anymore.
Shoulda hoped for something better.
I once knew a guy from the deep south who’d say stuff like yoostacud. I yoostacud run a marathon. I thought that was marvellous! Another one was fixina. I’m fixina get tickets to the game tonight. You in?
I’ve heard the former before, and the latter would become the modern “finna”.
“Could care less” is mine
When it comes to that saying, i honestly couldn’t care more.
What an odd thing to be obsessed about.
Wud u tho?
Grandiloquent/sesquipedalian. It’s what you get when you use everything in this thread ₍^ >ヮ<^₎ .ᐟ.ᐟ
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Jocund: cheerful and lighthearted.
From Romeo and Juliet:
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
