Uncommon words that you like

#1

What uncommon words do you like and why?

Of the many words there are, I like

Chicanery

Webster’s

Main Entry: chi·ca·nery
Pronunciation: -ˈkān-rē, -ˈkā-nə-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural chi·ca·ner·ies
Date: 1609
1 : deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
2 : a piece of sharp practice (as at law) : trick

And some of yours…?

#2

Oblong.

Because FUCK RECTANGLE!

#3

Niggle

#4

Haha that’s weird because I know this word very well, in french it means argument/fight, and it’s written chicanerie

#5

de·fen·es·tra·tion (dē-fěn’ĭ-strā’shən)
n. An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

[From de- + Latin fenestra, window.]

[Source: Dictionary.com]

I’m also particularly fond of masticating.

#6

Habberdasher.

#7

Chazwozza!

#8

Hahaha… LMAO.

Awesome… Will have to file that one away for just the right occasion.

Yeah… use that one lots too.

#9

Bezinga

#10

Penury

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L pēnūria; akin to Gk peîna hunger, penía poverty

—Synonyms

  1. indigence, need, want.

Bolteh… what the hell does that mean?

#11

shuttlecock

I dont know why I like that word.

#12

Necrosis.

#13

ahahaha

Cuntwaffles

#14

zwitterion, it’s an amino acid that can act as both an acid and a base, it’s by far my favourite chemistry word.

Edit: apparently it’s alot more complicated and widespread than they teach me in class, ah well

#15

btw, zwitter is german for hermaphrodite

#16

Flub

#17

flamboyant

#18

Parsamony

lacking/in need/poverty

#19

doppelBanger and marijuana

#20

Not an english word, but hyponervokustiskadiafragmakontravibrationer.
It means hickups.

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