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#1

Metacognition. It means thinking about your thinking.

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#2

Spoonerism,( I think)

Saying boiled sprat instead of spoiled brat

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My step dad says spoonerisms all the time and I pretend they are funny, but it's gotten so old!

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#3

Šviesotamsa. It means light-darkness, a dynamic between light and darkness.

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#4

I don’t know if it’s unusual but I recently learned the word “Somnambulist”.

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#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 :)

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#6

anatidaephobia. the fear that somewhere somehow a duck is watching you. i’m not even joking

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#7

It'd have to be callipygian (having nice buttocks) for me. Weirdly specific.

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#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. :)

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#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!)

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#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)

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#11

Absquatulate - to abruptly leave/exit a place. Also can be used as a substitute for yeet

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#12

Circumnavigation

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 ).

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#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"

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#15

hm, Lentokonesuihkuturbinmoottooriapumekaanikaalioopseeriooppillaas. Aircraft jet turbine auxiliary mechanical officer student

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#16

Enantiodromia.
The tendency of things turning into their opposites.

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#17

Triskadiakephobia. Fear of the number thirteen. Thanks, encyclopedia brown

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#18

Odd. It’s just odd

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