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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 minutes ago

“Gruntled”! The wonderful opposite of disgruntled

And “gruntling” is an excellent old-timey word for baby pigs

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Chrysalis - just fun to say and sounds neat

Luminous - loved it ever since I first saw Empire Strikes Back when Yoda said "Luminous beings are we. Not this crude matter."

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Blithering.

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Soliloquizing

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Though not a single word, I've always loved picket fence

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sesquipedalian.

Basically defines itself

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trabajabamos... or maybe hablabamos

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

If Danish is allowed then "speciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode"

(Come at me, Germans!)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

(Come at me, Germans!)

Well, here is the obligatory Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.

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Wow... any longer word in Danish?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can kinda make a word as long as you want like in German, the one I mentioned I know have just been in official use.

To give an example. A dog house in Danish is combined by "hund" and "hus" and becomes "hundehus" (the e in the middle is "gluing" the words together. Sometimes needed). If you have some roof for a dog house, a so called dog house roof, then the word becomes "hundehustag" ("tag" being roof). If you are talking about a shingle made for a dog house roof, then it becomes a "hundehustagplade" (funnily enough "tagplade" means shingle and is thus itself a combined word of "tag" (roof) and "plade" (plate)).

You can kinda keep on stacking nouns like this ad infitium in order to narrow down the exact type of shingle you're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Poor learners.... 😂 I can see the purpose. However, if one is not used to read very long words like what Danish and German do... It is...uhm....hard 😅

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Skedaddle, I like how it can be playfully dismissive and throw people off when they're angry.

My favorite foreign word is Inverno (Italian for Winter).

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As opposed to "inferno" which is now a universal word for summer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Depending on the language. In English I like overwhelming or acknowledge, in Catalan I like xiuxiuejar it means to whisper, in Spanish I love almajaneque, it comes from Arabic and it means trebuchet.

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xiuxiuejar, so onomatopoetic, I love it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Do proper nouns count? If so Abu Dhabi is fun to say

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Addis Ababa, too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck! It's just so descriptive yet so vague. Can almost be used as a place holder for anything.

Fuck? Fuck! Fuck. Fucking, fucker, fucked. Fuck yourself you fucking fuck! Fucking hell mate. What the fuck? Finger fucked, proper fucked. Who gives a flying fuck. That fucking fucker fucked my fucking girlfriend, FUCK! That fucker over there. Fucking get over here. I'm gonna get the fuck out before I fuck myself.

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Prestidigitation

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Inasmuch. It is the totem pole trench of words.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

tatterdemalion

it's a beautiful words, fun to say, and I also like what it signifies

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Ennui - it looks weird spelled but I love how it sounds and what it means…

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ennui

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Antedilluvian

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Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.

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Similar to: chough

It's a type of bird but good luck knowing how to pronounce it. Ahh, English.

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