krsna Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 English is a wonderful language with some of the strangest pronunciation rules and words that come from many other languages. This is a list of 20 weird English words: 1. Erinaceous Like a hedgehog 2. Lamprophony Loudness and clarity of voice 3. Depone To testify under oath 4. Finnimbrun A trinket or knick-knack 5. floccinaucinihilipilification Estimation that something is valueless. 6. Inaniloquent To babble 7. Limerance To be in love 8. Mesonoxian Pertaining to midnight 9. Mungo A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash 10. Nihilarian A person who deals with things lacking importance (pronounce the ‘h’ like a ‘k’). 11. Nudiustertian The day before yesterday 12. Phenakism Deception or trickery 13. Pronk A weak or foolish person 14. Pulveratricious Covered with dust 15. Rastaquouere A social climber 16. Scopperloit Rude or rough play 17. Selcouth Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful. For example: The List Universe is such a selcouth website! 18. Tyrotoxism To be poisoned by cheese 19. Widdiful Someone who deserves to be hanged 20. Zabernism The abuse of military power or authority. I wonder how long it will take for this one to show up in the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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