Shah_of_Iran ,

Discombobulated. The first time I heard it, an old man I worked with had used it and I gave him shit for it because I thought he had made it up. I still laugh about that sometimes

stembolts , (edited )

.

ndupont ,

Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means

TrueStoryBob ,

I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.

ndupont ,

Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)

Nemo ,

I means acting in a manner that's hard to understand.

Pronell ,

It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that's what it meant.

Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.

stembolts , (edited )

ね (ne).

Because it's a cool way to end a sentence in Japanese.

そのいえは大きいですね。
so-no-i-e-wa-oo-ki-i-de-su-ne.
That house is big ね。
That house is big isn't it.

RandomStickman ,
@RandomStickman@kbin.run avatar

How do you feel about the Canadian "eh?" or the British "innit?"

squid_slime OP ,
@squid_slime@lemm.ee avatar

I'm a fan of the British "yhu-no"

Hugh_Jeggs ,

I never liked the Glaswegian "but". Silly way to end a sentence but

stembolts , (edited )

I hate the British one, indifferent about Canada.
No idea why..

This may not make any sense, I'm working it out as I type this.. but British slang is so "sharp" and more aggressive sounding than.. whatever my brain thinks other languages sound like..

Anyway pretty sure it just means I'm an anti-Britite racist. Damnit, found out I'm a racist again.

9point6 ,

I will now read every Japanese sentence ending in ね as "innit?"

stembolts ,

I cannot think of a case where that doesn't work, lol. Perfect.

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

https://i.imgur.com/bBgBWB2.gif

stembolts ,

に！に！に！

Trail ,

Sono*

stembolts , (edited )

あああああああああ！！！

Fixed.

Meltrax ,

Facetiously has all the vowels, in order, including "y".

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Moist

9point6 ,

Paraphernalia is a fantastic word for "stuff"

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

Detritus

Hullabaloo

Fracas

Widdershins

Ideological

OhmsLawn ,

Fracas is a good one.

Last time I remember hearing that was when Top Gear imploded.

Apeman42 ,
@Apeman42@lemmy.world avatar

I think you might enjoy this skit: https://youtu.be/0uuCNAwXGaQ

Nemo ,

tatterdemalion

It's got such a pleasing sound to the ear, feels nice in the mouth when you say it, and even looks pretty nice on the page.

It means something in an advance state of use, with connotations of neglect or disrepair, and is often used to describe things that would be thrown away were they not rendered nessesary by being the only option.

To me it evokes urchins, rags, wildflowers, and a little bit of magic.

squid_slime OP ,
@squid_slime@lemm.ee avatar

I will be trying to shoe string this in to my vocabulary!

Aviandelight ,
@Aviandelight@mander.xyz avatar

Asinine. It's a perfect descriptor and it's succinct.

pineapplelover ,

Fuck. Fuck can mean so many things. Just all round best word of all time.

DirigibleProtein ,

Syzygy

__Lost__ ,

Onomatopoeia, it's a fun word on it's own, but I love the while idea of it. Especially in other languages, like the million different words for dog barks.

ChaosCoati ,
@ChaosCoati@midwest.social avatar

English word: curmudgeon or cattywampus

French word: hippopotame

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Kumquat

It sounds funny and it's fun to say.

Corno ,
@Corno@lemm.ee avatar

Serene

Good

Applause

Super

Incredible

Hope

Dream

Mostly because of the positive vibes those words give me! 😇

LaLuzDelSol ,

You seem like a really positive person! :)

Corno ,
@Corno@lemm.ee avatar

Aw thank you! 😃

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