If you fancy improving your vocabulary or just want to learn some weird-sounding words, read on.
#1. Use this word the next time you catch your kids arguing.
“If you kids don’t stop your brabbling, you won’t get ice cream after dinner.”
#2. This sounds like your teenager just made it up.
“I ate all that cake at the party last night, and now I’m feeling completely crapulous.”
#3. This isn’t a typo error for a land transportation.
“The newly-married couple will buss after the ceremony.”
#4. And this word might sound like a term used at a pig fair.
“That boy who sits next to me in algebra is so snoutfair. I hope he asks me to prom.”
#5. This may sound funny, but in the 1850’s it referred to a wooden puppet controlled by strings and today has a political meaning.
“The governor used to be a stand-up guy, but now he’s just a quockerwodger.”
#6. This word may sound too millennial, but it roots back to the 19th century.
“I wish he would stop being such a zafty and stand up for himself.”
#7. No, it’s not a kind of drink.
“I need a rum reeper to see how this dress looks.”
#8. You might want to say this next word aloud for a little tongue twister, pronounced as “con-TOOM-yoo-lee-us”.
“She turned the combs and brushes over with a contumelious hand.”
#9. Don’t get us wrong, this doesn’t describe President Obama’s unusual habits.
“I need to think, I’m going to the park to obambulate for a while.”
#10. And no, this word did not coin from the Harry Potter series.
“The trouble was his hugger-mugger management, as Carlyle expressed it.”
They may sound funny, but they’re legit — use them in a sentence today!