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#1
Metacognition. It means thinking about your thinking.
Final score:
6points
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#2
Spoonerism,( I think)
Saying boiled sprat instead of spoiled brat
Final score:
5points
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My step dad says spoonerisms all the time and I pretend they are funny, but it's gotten so old!
#3
Šviesotamsa. It means light-darkness, a dynamic between light and darkness.
Final score:
4points
#4
I don’t know if it’s unusual but I recently learned the word “Somnambulist”.
Final score:
4points
#5
The one that I have heard a lot recently is petrichor- the smell of dust/the ground after rain. The first time I heard it though was about 10-15 years ago on Doctor Who :)
Final score:
4points
#6
anatidaephobia. the fear that somewhere somehow a duck is watching you. i’m not even joking
Final score:
4points
#7
It'd have to be callipygian (having nice buttocks) for me. Weirdly specific.
Final score:
3points
#8
As English is not my mother tongue, I rarely use strong words in daily convos with friends/family. But I've been using 'Loathe' instead of 'deeply hate' nowadays during informal convos. :)
Final score:
3points
DUN DUN (she/her) (Submission author) 2 years ago
Wrong post. It's supposed to be in another post. Ignore this.
#9
Animus
1. “Hostility or ill feeling.”
2. “Motivation to do something.”
3. “Jung’s term for the masculine part of a woman’s personality.”
4. “The rational mind.”
Definitions are from google, hence why they’re in quotes; I’m very bad at wording things so I apologize.
(P.S. There’s a specific reason I know this word and if you can guess why, I think you’re pretty awesome!)
Final score:
2points
#10
Some other ones I know:
Mouldwarp, which is an old word for mole
Tunny, an old name for tuna
Sennight, which is a week (like fortnight is two weeks)
Final score:
2points
#11
Absquatulate - to abruptly leave/exit a place. Also can be used as a substitute for yeet
Final score:
2points
#12
Circumnavigation
Final score:
1point
Ellie Vanille (Submission author) 2 years ago
Sorry, forgot to add the definition : Going around the world by navigating on a boat.
#13
Diphthong
Definition from google: a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ).
a digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat ).
a compound vowel character; a ligature (such as æ ).
Final score:
1point
#14
Cornhobbling.
The act of slapping someone in the face with a fish.
So you're meaning to say that theres a word for that, but not for "The day after tomorrow" or "The day before yesterday"
Final score:
1point
#15
hm, Lentokonesuihkuturbinmoottooriapumekaanikaalioopseeriooppillaas. Aircraft jet turbine auxiliary mechanical officer student
Final score:
1point
#16
Enantiodromia.
The tendency of things turning into their opposites.
Final score:
0points
#17
Triskadiakephobia. Fear of the number thirteen. Thanks, encyclopedia brown
Final score:
0points
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