Funny/strange words.

[Jamie D]

I get pithy thometimes...

Tell your orthodondist you need to get tight.

[Constance]

I've always liked the word lummox. It even sounds like what it describes.

Antediluvian and apocryphal are great words for describing old leftovers in the fridge.

[Jamie D]

I've always liked the word lummox. It even sounds like what it describes.

Antediluvian and apocryphal are great words for describing old leftovers in the fridge.

Antediluvian = "before the flood"

That is an old leftover!

[AbraCadabra]

- negligible, (some might argue to spelling it: neglishable...)

- discombobulated, by the above?

sibylline, well, you go tell... what it all means, looking into your tea-leaves and no need to get
- asinine, about it either.

Axélle

[Jamie D]

Fahrvergnügen

[Cindy]

Just to show my age

Wireless.

So many different meanings over many years

[Jamie D]

"I believe they're sending CQD"

[AbraCadabra]

Fahrvergnügen

Well, if you insist... "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän"

Considered as one of those slightly 'longer words'. Google it

Axelle
PS: and *I* can even say it! Clever chick, eh?

[Jamie D]

Donau dampfschiff fahrtsgesellschafts kapitän

Danube - steam ship - ?? - captain

Fahrvergnügen was used in a popular series of Volkswagen television commercials in America several years ago.

[AbraCadabra]

Donau dampfschiff fahrtsgesellschafts kapitän

Danube - steam ship - ?? - captain

Fahrvergnügen was used in a popular series of Volkswagen television commercials in America several years ago.

?? = Compy easy, eh?

[Edge]

Pantaloons
This is a name rather than a word, but it can fit right? Some parents in Sweden tried to name their kid Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. It is pronounced "Albin."

[Jamie D]

?? = Compy easy, eh?

I know the other words because of my experience with ships, but "fahrtsgesellschafts" is unknown to me.

fahren =? to go

[Sephirah]

I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned this but:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Epic word.

[Constance]

Antediluvian = "before the flood"

That is an old leftover!

Yeah, that and, "We've got some leftovers of apocryphal origin."

[Jamie D]

I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned this but:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Epic word.

Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis

[Sephirah]

Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[Jamie D]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

It is easier to say "P45"!

[Jamie D]

Two words I remember from high school English class, all those years ago ... Mrs. Snead would be so proud 

Onomatopoeia - a word that suggests its own origin, such as animal noises (i.e. moo, meow, ruff-ruff)

Portmanteau - a combination of two or more words to form a new word, such as "camcorder" or "gerrymander"