Mine is insidious as it sounds cool and is apt in our modern world of fast news
Yawn. If you pronounce it while sleepy, you actually yawn. And the yawn will sound like the word yawn.
Maybe I’m just sleepy, but I like the word :)
Koselig, the Norwegian word for cozy that is also a reflexive verb.
Effective has two effs. I appreciate that defective only has one eff. Like, if you give an eff about something, you can make what doesn’t work, work.
Vituperative.
ℹ️ “bitter and abusive”, as in a comment or other way of communicating
Detritus
Hullabaloo
Fracas
Widdershins
Ideological
floccinaucinihilipilification
Ah, yes, the state or being of believing in NOTHING
Coquette, because is sounds funny and nobody knows what it means
Off the top of my head I thought it was just flirting, but the internet says it’s specifically a woman who flirts.
It also made me think of croquettes. Now I want some salmon croquettes with a squeeze of lemon.
it’s very similar to rizz when it comes to meaning, which makes it even funnier to me
Not a native Spanish speaker but I’ve always loved “otoño” (autumn). Such a beautiful word to say.
And it rhymes with another beautiful word
Sesquipedalian
‘Sennight’. It means ten days. Saying it just feels like making a flourish with my tongue.
Aw. :( I wanted to be right about that one.
Rick rolled
Why isnt this a link O.o
Reasonable
Mellifluous – to me it flows in a self-descriptive way.
Monachopsis. The subtle and persistent feeling of being out of place, in the company of misfits and dreaming of a place to belong.
And i blame you for the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows binge you’ve put me on
Entreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something
It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
I entreat that we bring this word back