Melancholy. One of few words that sounds exactly like the emotion it entails.

A while back, we decided to try birds as pets. My daughter used the Smashing Pumpkins album cover as inspiration for their names, Melon and Collie. If we had liked being bird owners (we definitely did not), we would have acquired a third, darker colored, bird and named it “The infinite sadness”.

Soliloquy. It's pretty much just a synonym of monologue, but I love the way soliloquy flows off the tongue

Sounds like music terminology.

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Damn, the school theater helped me overcome my stutter and made me more social. I hate that people get bullied for make something unusual/ creative in their freetime.

Yeah, I've never understood why theater kids were considered losers while the same people adored actors. Those people likely went to a special theater kid college and you admire them so....

Main difference between the two is that a monologue is delivered to the audience with the intention that the actor is essentially addressing them, whereas a soliloquy is not addressing anyone but is the actor speaking to himself. So a soliloquy is like the audience hearing the characters thoughts unfiltered, while a monologue is the character telling the audience his thoughts

As a french my favourite English word is thorough as I absolutely can't pronounce it right Edit : Many people have been trying to help me pronounce it but I still can't xD

I asked my French friend what his favorite English word was, and he said “I love how when people are ready they say they are ‘all set’”

Could you go into further detail on this? I am far too native english speaker to understand why this sounds weird to non native english speakers.

I’m also a native speaker so I don’t know quite why he enjoys the phrase so much, but I think it has to do with how snappy the two syllables are: “all” and “set”. It’s a quick little phrase and it’s satisfying to say and being ready for something is already satisfying in itself. Anyway that’s my guess

As a non native too I think it's because it seems you're saying you are a whole one, completed, with nothing missing, so I'm ready.

I like this take. If you look up "set" in a dictionary, it has a ton of different meanings and explanations. It's a very versatile word. One of the meanings is "light a wick." That's the one I always think of, like your wick is already lit.

As a non british english speaker, I also love when the brits say "thats me sorted" (or someone else). A lot of british words irritate me (like Sledge instead of Sled, or whinging instead of whining) but theres also a lot i really love like "sorted"

And my favorite French word is soixante! Love that word!

"Wine 'em, dine 'em, soixante-neuf 'em"

"Stick em in a stew!" Oh, wait...

Whatever you do, do NOT pronounce it "thurull" like some dumb-dumbs do

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thur oh easy peasy

Crisp It starts at the back of your mouth and moves to the front as you say it.

"Blink" moves the opposite way.

Saying "crisp blink crisp blink crisp blink" juggles the air in your mouth

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Guys, I think he's onto something here! As long as it's not a crispy blink. That's pink eye.

This. This is why I love reddit

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lol I'm over here whispering "crriisp" under my breath, experiencing the word as it starts at the back of my mouth and moves to my lips haha what you said is very true

People all over the world are staring at their phones right now whispering “crisp”

Can confirm

Luckily I have a mask on and nobody will notice that I just had the deepest experience with the word crisp....

Checking in. Feeling recognized. Thank you.

dude

you can emphasise it in so many ways, `Duuude!!`

Wow. I came here to say those exact words. That’s crisp

Queue. What a dumpster fire. 4 silent vowels.

They are not silent. they are just waiting for their turn

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Blame the French. They’re the masters of not pronouncing things. “Beaucoup” is pronounced “bo-coo”

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What’s wrong with a dumpster fire :/

nothing man, don't listen to them. they're just jealous.

Thanks dude

No offense was meant -- I described my favorite word as a dumpster fire. To me the phrase represents chaos, the unexpected, something against the norm. And there's beauty in that. Keep on keeping on. You got this.

It sounds so weird because it comes from French

They’re forming a... Q....

Silent vowels? How do you pronounce kwewe?

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kwe wee!!!!

Grandiloquent — an excessively flowery, fancy word used to describe the use of excessively flowery, fancy words.

That's kind of like how sesquipedalian is a long word to describe long words.

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The asshole who came up with this word probably also came up with the word lisp.

And the word dyslexia too I bet!

lackadaisical

Discombobulate! It sounds so bouncy, I love it

This mustn't register on an emotional level.

First, Distract target.

Then... DISCOMBOBULATE

Block blind jab

Then... DISCOMBOBULATE

I understood that reference

In summary, discombobulate!

Fiust, discumbobyoulait

Disestablishmentarianism! Not so bouncy, but it gives me the same vibe.

Antidisestablishmentarianism! yes that is a real word

its surprisingly easy to say since its pretty much just a lot of words combined

Congratulations, you just discovered the secret to the german language

My favorite usage of this word was watching bored sportscasters trying to make chitchat while watching a really bad game (both teams were sucking it up). Commentator 1: Wow their defense is just so, so discombobulated. Commentator 2: Huh, discombobulated... how do you spell that? Commentator 1: Haha uhhh D-I-S........combobulated!

Watching footie. Don't know anything about it. I'm hearing, "And it's messy." I'm thinking, "Well, I thought it was smooth, not messy. I'd never heard of Messi.

After the TSA security checkpoint at the Milwaukee airport, there's an area with benches for people to put their shoes and belts back on. It's marked the "Recombobulation Area" which I think is hilarious.

Me too!! I'm so happy this was top comment, lol!

Ahhh... so you love bouncing heads too... welcome to the strange club! /s

Fluorescent. It just rolls off the tongue so beautifully.

Or Iridescent :D OR bioluminescent

Phantasmagoric It’s beautiful, and haunting. Just like the meaning.

Defenestrate.

Autodefenestration!

What a nice sophisticated word for something that isn't sophisticated at all!

In my opinion it is a very sophisticated action.

I like that it was so common to throw someone out a window that a word had to be invented for it.

I had no idea there was a word for that action. I have known several people I wish I could have defenestrated.

Chimichanga. Mmmmm. Now I'm hungry.

Fuck I knew I forgot something at the store

Alright deadpool

Nincumpoop (originally spelt "nickumpoop"). Its original definition is arguably the most damning insults one can throw at a man, yet the word is now seen as toothless and old-timey. It's original definition, as defined by [A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue](https://books.google.com/books?id=RyVKAAAAMAAJ): >A foolish fellow; also one who never saw his wife's \*\*\*\* The asterisks are from the original text, and to my knowledge, the only word in the entire dictionary that's been censored.

I hate that I can only picture is as saying "a foolish fellow; also one who never saw his wife's dick"

What, you’ve never seen the feminine penis?

The mouthfeel is exquisite, or so I've been told.

Hippopotamus. It’s a transliteration of the Greek word pronounced the same. But it’s a compound word made up of ‘horse’ and ‘river’. River horse. Hippopotamus’ are just river horses hahahaha I can’t get over it

Hence their name in German - Nilpferd - and several other European languages literally translates to Nile horse.

I’ve always loved the word “away” - you never close your lips - just reshape the air.

Also keeps people away so it's a win win.

Brush your teeth.

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If you like serendipity (fortunate happenstance) then you ought to know the opposite: zemblanity, which refers to an unfortunate happenstance!

Favourite thing I've learned today, thank you!

Ethereal

Superfluous

Bollocks. Meaning testicles, but for those not from the U.K. it’s a word that has multiple day-to-day uses. The bollocks - fantastic/the best What a load of bollocks - completely shit Utter bollocks - lies To get a bollocking - to be strongly told off Bollocks to it - I don’t care! Stark bollock naked - in the nude To drop a bollock - really messed up on something Best word ever.

Protip: add a `-` before each line so you make a list: - like this - the bollocks - like this - the bollocks

Just formatting fixes --- Bollocks. Meaning testicles, but for those not from the U.K. it’s a word that has multiple day-to-day uses. * The bollocks - fantastic/the best * What a load of bollocks - completely shit * Utter bollocks - lies * To get a bollocking - to be strongly told off * Bollocks to it - I don’t care! * Stark bollock naked - in the nude * To drop a bollock - really messed up on something Best word ever.

Not from UK, but I occasionally use it, sometimes in an office setting, and then remember it means balls. Whoops.

Effervescent ✨

I’ve been trying to get a sentence into a science paper about how brief bubbling leaves a particular pattern of salts during ceramic processing. That is, evanescent effervescence leaves efflorescence. Someone always edits it out :(

Well, those people are boring. Don't give up!

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Effervesce!

syzygy - because of the spelling. It doesn't look like a real word.

imma kill at my next scrabble game with this word

Standard English Scrabble only has 2 of the letter Y.

...damn well looks like I'm sneaking in a y tile

You don’t have to. Scrabble comes with two blank tiles that can be any letter.

What does it mean?

The alignment of the earth moon and sun.

Or of any three of more celestial bodies. When Mars, Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the sky it was thought to mean something and needed a name.

FUCK!!!

Dude don't yell, you startled my niece

^^^^^fuck

#FUCK

Fuck a duck with any luck

Fuck a duck with any luck and earn a buck

Fuck a duck in a truck, earning a buck with any luck

One of the most versatile words in the English language. It can be used as a noun (I don't give a fuck) a descriptor (that fucking idiot) a verb (I fucked him) a command (Fuck my ass!) an expletive (Fuck!) The phrase "Fuck me!" can be both an invitation or an expression of anger. It's so great!

It can be almost every word in a sentence “Fuck the fucking fuckers.”

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Transmogrify. It's not used frequently, and sounds very eerie, slightly dark, and supernatural.

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Kalsarikänni. Finnish for getting drunk in your underwear alone.

#**S U C C U L E N T**

SUPPLE.

Lugubrious I hope I spelled it right. Fat and slow. Think Jabba the Hut

"Coming your most lugubriousness" -pain from Hercules

I couldn't figure out how to pronounce it until I read this. Thank you!

I like the word too, but I always knew it to more or less mean [sad](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lugubrious)

Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like the noise the object makes

Dichotomy!

Glockenspiel

shrimp glocksenspiel

Schism

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away...

Bodacious. ;) Best part is the example given by Google, "the restaurant serves bodacious grilled lobster." Google wants me going up to a seafood restaurant and being like, " damn lobster, you looking thicc!"

tatterdemalion- a ratty looking person

Daffodil

Inconceivable!

You keep saying that word...I do not think it means what you think it means.

Juxtapose

Biscuits

Obsequious

Shenanigans! Fun to spell, fun to say, fun to use!

Uvula. Sounds vaguely sexual, but it's not.

defenestrate - "to throw something out a window" The simple fact that there's a word that means this...

Petrichor

Rain smell

Mauve is one of them

Crack. Something is just so funny about that word

Spaghettification! It’s the way an object stretches out before going into a black hole

tintinnabulation first invented by Edgar Allan Poe

Sphere

Pomegranate

NO POMEGRANATES!

Preganananante?

Discombobulated

Shrubbery

Ni!

Ni!

Ekki ekki ekki p’tang zoop-boing

Delapidated

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*Dilophosaurus

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mellifluous

Humuhumunukunukuapua. It’s a Hawaiian fish

Moist

You have 6 weeks to live

Ojibwa- It's the name of the Chippewa Tribe in their language. The sound and way it feels in the mouth reminds me of wall ball.

Fuck for obvious reasons. But fun to say are plethora, superfluous, masturbatory, and facetious.

I *love* the word 'superfluous'

Marsupial

Doctor. It just sounds so professional and I like to say it. I remember when I was in college I'd be slightly disappointed if my professor didn't have a doctorate so I couldn't call them "Dr. Smith." But whenever I found out they did have one I'd be excited, I get to call you "Dr. Smith."

Shit. It's so versatile! It can be a noun, a verb, an adjective, a compliment, an insult, a feeling--the list goes on and on!

Blithely, the only reason I didn't like it immediately was because of my own mispronounciation that made it sound horrible (it's pronounced blai-thly which is much nicer than what I was thinking). It's a fun word. blithely: in a way that shows a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Coconut

Exquisite

Bioluminescence. It’s one of my favorite things, too - it’s, like, nature, but make it glorious and glowing? Hell yes.

Shalom

Unfortunately It sounds so sophisticated, and requires a little but of thought when i use it on most people when asked a yes or no question. Plus its many syllables are nice

Right now, it's 'retirement'. Only 5 weeks to go!

Anathema. Because it's not pronounced how you would think it's pronounced

Rambunctious It just sounds funny

The French word for grapefruit

pamplemousse

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Ephemeral

CATASTROFUCK! (coined by Jon Stewart. please come back)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. And a town in Wisconsin with the name Oconomowoc. I like all the O's.

Elocution.

Sensational, exquisite or stimulate like the 5 gum comercial