Unusual and Interesting Words

She was an eccedentesiast, always smiling despite her inner turmoil.

"Eccedentesiast" - someone who hides pain or anguish behind a smile.

An “eccedentesiast” is someone who puts on a fake smile. In Latin, “ecce” means “look at” and “dente” means “teeth.” So, literally, “Look at the teeth.” It could be read as looking at the surface, at the fake smile that hides what’s really going on underneath.
 
Kerfuffle: a commotion or fuss... often caused by conflicting views.
Kate's usage in a sentence: We have had a number of kerfuffles at SF recently.
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infundibulum

infundibulum​

noun​

in·fun·dib·u·lum ˌin-(ˌ)fən-ˈdi-byə-ləm

pluralinfundibula ˌin-(ˌ)fən-ˈdi-byə-lə
: any of various funnel-shaped organs or parts: such as
a
: the hollow conical process of gray matter connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus
b
: the calyx of a kidney
c
: the abdominal opening of a fallopian tube

I first encountered this word in a sci fi novel , The Sirens of Titan, in which the author refers to a natural phenomenon with that term.
When he entered the chrono-synclastic infundibulum, Rumfoord became aware of the past and future.​
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Floccinaucinihilipilification.

The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless"; its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.

I can't pronounce this word so it's worthless to me.

The description of the word quanked asks for it to be used in a sentence

quanked used in a sentence.

Long posts get me quanked.
 
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which has 45 letters. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust, usually from a volcano.
 
Knight said:
Floccinaucinihilipilification.

The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless"; its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.
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I thought this word was referring to a medical condition, as I've come across people who I thought might have had it.

The condition being one where the patient feels an overwhelming urge to declare everything utterly pointless. Typical symptoms include eye-rolling, sighing dramatically when asked to do a mundane task. Excessive use of phrases like "What's the point?", "Why me?" "Who was your last slave?"

Half effective treatment is a daily dose of "get over yourself." Common side effects have included people avoiding you at parties. A constant inability to care, resulting in excessive and uncontrollable shoulder shrugging.

Positive side efects have been a sudden desire to declutter everything because "It's all useless anyway,"
 
Antidisestablishmentarianism.

I learned this in history class at school. God knows why!

It seems to me that it's a word that is longer than it needs to be. A political movement (please no politics) opposing the separation of church and state in England. Being 'anti' to the disestablishment of the then links between church and state.

In some ways I'm surprised I remember the word. I would usually be drawing on paper as a survival skill of the mundane aspects of some history lessons. Then making paper airoplanes and throwing them towards others in class.
 
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Floccinaucinihilipilification.

The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless"; its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.

I can't pronounce this word so it's worthless to me.

The description of the word quanked asks for it to be used in a sentence

quanked used in a sentence.

Long posts get me quanked.
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This word "floccinaucinihilipilification" intrigues me enough first, to try and pronounce it. Second, to adopt it as my personal mantra -- nothing. I don't yet have a mantra that means nothing, so I figure I'm due to get started with one. With floccinaucinihilipilification as a personal mantra, I can continue to do nothing and reap the customary rewards.

Here goes: "FLOCKS-sin-aw-SIN-a-hill-a-pill-a-fi-cation"
 
Qi-
noun

  1. the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine.
    "acupuncture is thought to work by balancing the body's flow of qi"
    More importantly to me, a great word to use in Scrabble when in a pinch.
 
In the "What Shoes Do Wear Daily thread, I mentioned that my shoes were bespoke, that is, they are hand made by a Cordwainer.

Rose65 replied: "I've never heard that word before! I've learned something today."

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
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Cordwainers were workers in fine leather, cordwainer gets its name from cordovan, the white leather produced from goatskin in Cordova, Spain. All fine leather makers, were originally classified as cordwainers; however, the term eventually came to refer only to fine leather footwear.
 
Cockney rhyming slang has become known far and wide from whence it started in London. It originated from prison slang when prisoners communicated and the guards had no idea what they were talking about. For example A Butcher's hook means, look. What happens next is what is deliberately meant to confuse those not in the know. A butcher's hook simply becomes, "butchers." Someone might say: "Have you seen this in the newspaper?" The reply might be, "See what? Let's have a butchers." Meaning of course: "Let me see." Butchers has entered the lexicon of the British diction. Other very common examples are:
Apples............meaning apples and pears.........stairs. Dog..............meaning dog and bone.....phone. Minces.......meaning mince pies...eyes.
 
Noun: beautiful thinking; healthy mind.
Eunoia is the shortest word in the English language that has each vowel in it.

Towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience’s interest at heart. Examples of word Eunoia in a sentence “His compassion and eunoia make him a fantastic candidate.”
 
spectratg said:
Noun: beautiful thinking; healthy mind.
Eunoia is the shortest word in the English language that has each vowel in it.

Towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience’s interest at heart. Examples of word Eunoia in a sentence “His compassion and eunoia make him a fantastic candidate.”
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Iouea.
This word, consisting only of vowels, is the name of a genus of fossil sponges.
 

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