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Even If You Are Confident In Your English Vocabulary, You Will Probably Make More Than 5 Mistakes In This Trivia

Even If You Are Confident In Your English Vocabulary, You Will Probably Make More Than 5 Mistakes In This Trivia

Even If You Are Confident In Your English Vocabulary, You Will Probably Make More Than 5 Mistakes In This Trivia20 Unusual Words In English That Are Almost Never Heard Of TriviaThe Hardest Vocabulary Trivia: Anyone Who Gets Over 15/20 Must Be A LexicologistIf You Get Over 15/20 in This Trivia, You Should Be A LexicologistWe Are Sure Nobody Will Be Able to Get More Than 13/20 In This Vocabulary TriviaGuess The Meanings Of These 20 Difficult Words And Claim The Title Of Vocabulary Master If You Are The Type of Person Who Enjoys Learning New Words, This Trivia Is Your Perfect MatchGuess the Meaning of 20 Unusual Words That Some People Have Not Heard of In Their Lives TriviaThis Vocabulary Trivia Will Make You Question If You Knew English In The First PlaceEven If You Are Confident In Your English Vocabulary, You Will Probably Make More Than 5 Mistakes In This Trivia
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We all come across words we have never heard in books or movies, especially if English is not your mother tongue. However, the words listed in this trivia are truly never heard of. If you have ever heard these words before, better yet, if you have ever used them in your daily life, congratulations, you probably think you are better than everyone, and it might actually be true. Please note that words have different meanings, and each question only asks for a specific meaning of the word. 🤓

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    Selin Atalay

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    Hi, I’m a writer here at Bored Panda. When I’m not writing, you can find me reading books, binge-watching TV shows, making pottery and jewelry, or cooking. I love good food and good company. I also love my dog and cat who bring me so much joy every day.

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    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was much harder than I expected. Quite a few words I was unfamiliar with. Even still, it was enjoyable. 13/20

    UncleJohn3000
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oomph" is the sound you make when you get hit in the stomach. It is NOT an exclamation of pleasure. Unless you have some pretty unusual tastes.

    Certainly not Dan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve always understood it as adding some energy to something “put some oomph into it”

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    Apatheist Account2
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    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    62, totally English since the year dot, been on Countdown, and I only got 13 :( Certainly we've only ever used schadenfreude. Zonk, in the form zonked, is more commonly used to mean "very tired", as in "I was completely zonked out".

    Supreme Jester
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bibble labeled as a noun then the definition says its a verb. Some of the acceptable definitions are not correct.

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got harder. Good challenge. But "bibble" is incorrect. As I learned fact-checking, a bibble is a Barbie-universe creature whose name is derived from "bibere," which is Latin for "to drink," but that is not an English word. In English, "bibble" means a small bump or pebble, or to impart a bump surface as you might do by paving with pebbles.

    Victoria
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people use schadenfreude rather than whatever Greek/Latin word that was mentioned here, for describing deriving pleasure from others' failure/pain.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schadenfreude is indeed a synonym for epicaricacy, and is WAY more commonly used. A lot of these words are archaic, obscure, or not in common usage any more. As an English major with an English degree, it was a little frustrating, because the whole trivia set felt a little misleading and as if the trivia-writer was trying to be smug about finding the most obscure words possible to use.

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    Penguin Panda Pop
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    16/20. A couple of lucky guesses in there. It should make it clearer that a hullabaloo is *a* fuss (as in a commotion) rather than fuss as a verb.

    Eastendbird
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always thought of it as a noisy fuss too. As in "Hey, what's all the hullabaloo? Keep it down!"

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    Mari
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was very difficult for me as english is my third language.

    Trista JW
    Community Member
    5 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    19/20. The only time I've ever heard "bibble" was when Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force was reading from "The holy Bibble."

    Lene
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a bit confused that some words were defined as a noun but then all the options were about feeling something or behaving in certain ways. I was confused because I thought that nouns refered to things and not as descriptions for behaviours. But that could just be my weird brain forgetting how grammar works. 🤷‍♀️

    Kat Sheridan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20. I enjoy learning new words, but was surprised at "zonk". I use it to mean tired or deeply asleep, as in "zonked out".

    Max Fox
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 - I read a lot of stuff from the early a mid 20th century. I even was at a hootenanny as a kid (my parents were pretty bohemian intellectuals back in the 1960s).

    Abel
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    11/20. I am spaniard by the way. The only one I knew without doubt was berserk. Tittynope made me laugh and cry at the same time. I am tittinoped...😆😭

    Grenelda Thurber
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use kerfuffle frequently just because I like it. "Oomph" has a lot of different meanings associated with it, but none that I know are associated with pleasure, ymmv.

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 Some of them were guesses or processes of elimination. Others I knew already for some odd reasons or other.

    Cool crow
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    12/20. Not great... And I didn't look up any of the words. Fun.

    CP
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not use "oomph" in the same way as the quiz. Besides, all these words are made up.

    A girl
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. This reminded me of book of crossword puzzles I got that was targeted for UK English. I speak American english. Some of the words in this test were completely alien

    Bat cat in a hat
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bibble is too cute of a word for something so heinous as drink or eat noisily! 9/20 but English is not my first language 😅

    DoubleDoubleTiredAndTuckered
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still, that’s impressive! I’m a native English speaker and I only got 13/20 on my first try. Keep learning! There’s never nothing new to learn about any subject, and language is no exception.

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    Traveling Lady Railfan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is anyone only seeing part of the word on their screen? I thought that was part of the test, that you had to guess what the word was when you don't even get the first two letters.. I'm looking at this on a device, held vertically, and the first one and a half to two letters of each of the big blue word is cut off. Definitely makes this more challenging.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately not XD A lot of these are archaic words or words that were only used regionally. IMO this "trivia" was a little unfair in that regard.

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    Vincent Bevort
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    2 weeks ago

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    I.m.h.o. most of these words are slang. I do not use these words in my product manuals as they need to be written on common English.

    Susical
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's not slang, but older words that aren't used much anymore.

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    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was much harder than I expected. Quite a few words I was unfamiliar with. Even still, it was enjoyable. 13/20

    UncleJohn3000
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oomph" is the sound you make when you get hit in the stomach. It is NOT an exclamation of pleasure. Unless you have some pretty unusual tastes.

    Certainly not Dan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve always understood it as adding some energy to something “put some oomph into it”

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    62, totally English since the year dot, been on Countdown, and I only got 13 :( Certainly we've only ever used schadenfreude. Zonk, in the form zonked, is more commonly used to mean "very tired", as in "I was completely zonked out".

    Supreme Jester
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bibble labeled as a noun then the definition says its a verb. Some of the acceptable definitions are not correct.

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got harder. Good challenge. But "bibble" is incorrect. As I learned fact-checking, a bibble is a Barbie-universe creature whose name is derived from "bibere," which is Latin for "to drink," but that is not an English word. In English, "bibble" means a small bump or pebble, or to impart a bump surface as you might do by paving with pebbles.

    Victoria
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people use schadenfreude rather than whatever Greek/Latin word that was mentioned here, for describing deriving pleasure from others' failure/pain.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schadenfreude is indeed a synonym for epicaricacy, and is WAY more commonly used. A lot of these words are archaic, obscure, or not in common usage any more. As an English major with an English degree, it was a little frustrating, because the whole trivia set felt a little misleading and as if the trivia-writer was trying to be smug about finding the most obscure words possible to use.

    Load More Replies...
    Penguin Panda Pop
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    16/20. A couple of lucky guesses in there. It should make it clearer that a hullabaloo is *a* fuss (as in a commotion) rather than fuss as a verb.

    Eastendbird
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always thought of it as a noisy fuss too. As in "Hey, what's all the hullabaloo? Keep it down!"

    Load More Replies...
    Mari
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was very difficult for me as english is my third language.

    Trista JW
    Community Member
    5 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    19/20. The only time I've ever heard "bibble" was when Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force was reading from "The holy Bibble."

    Lene
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a bit confused that some words were defined as a noun but then all the options were about feeling something or behaving in certain ways. I was confused because I thought that nouns refered to things and not as descriptions for behaviours. But that could just be my weird brain forgetting how grammar works. 🤷‍♀️

    Kat Sheridan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20. I enjoy learning new words, but was surprised at "zonk". I use it to mean tired or deeply asleep, as in "zonked out".

    Max Fox
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 - I read a lot of stuff from the early a mid 20th century. I even was at a hootenanny as a kid (my parents were pretty bohemian intellectuals back in the 1960s).

    Abel
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    11/20. I am spaniard by the way. The only one I knew without doubt was berserk. Tittynope made me laugh and cry at the same time. I am tittinoped...😆😭

    Grenelda Thurber
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use kerfuffle frequently just because I like it. "Oomph" has a lot of different meanings associated with it, but none that I know are associated with pleasure, ymmv.

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 Some of them were guesses or processes of elimination. Others I knew already for some odd reasons or other.

    Cool crow
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    12/20. Not great... And I didn't look up any of the words. Fun.

    CP
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not use "oomph" in the same way as the quiz. Besides, all these words are made up.

    A girl
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. This reminded me of book of crossword puzzles I got that was targeted for UK English. I speak American english. Some of the words in this test were completely alien

    Bat cat in a hat
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bibble is too cute of a word for something so heinous as drink or eat noisily! 9/20 but English is not my first language 😅

    DoubleDoubleTiredAndTuckered
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still, that’s impressive! I’m a native English speaker and I only got 13/20 on my first try. Keep learning! There’s never nothing new to learn about any subject, and language is no exception.

    Load More Replies...
    Traveling Lady Railfan
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is anyone only seeing part of the word on their screen? I thought that was part of the test, that you had to guess what the word was when you don't even get the first two letters.. I'm looking at this on a device, held vertically, and the first one and a half to two letters of each of the big blue word is cut off. Definitely makes this more challenging.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately not XD A lot of these are archaic words or words that were only used regionally. IMO this "trivia" was a little unfair in that regard.

    Load More Replies...
    Vincent Bevort
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    I.m.h.o. most of these words are slang. I do not use these words in my product manuals as they need to be written on common English.

    Susical
    Community Member
    2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's not slang, but older words that aren't used much anymore.

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