Mine is insidious as it sounds cool and is apt in our modern world of fast news
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
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)
I means acting in a manner that’s hard to understand.
ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
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.に!に!に!
How do you feel about the Canadian “eh?” or the British “innit?”
I will now read every Japanese sentence ending in ね as “innit?”
I cannot think of a case where that doesn’t work, lol. Perfect.
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I’m a fan of the British “yhu-no”
Sono*
あああああああああ!!!
Fixed.
Serene
Good
Applause
Super
Incredible
Hope
Dream
Mostly because of the positive vibes those words give me! 😇
Moist
Yes, my fav too, it has such fun uses, as in, that muffin is so moist. just drag out the oi a little. The fact so many dislike the word prolly helps
“optimal frustration” (one single word in several languages that aren’t English)
Something is too easy? Easily bored.
Something is altogether too difficult? Feels hopeless.
Optimal frustration is where the magic happens, be it in education or a computer game.
Kumquat
It sounds funny and it’s fun to say.
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
Asinine. It’s a perfect descriptor and it’s succinct.
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 :)
Paraphernalia is a fantastic word for “stuff”
Serendipitous. just fun to say
Smithereens, because I’ve been playing overwatch and I play as soldier 76 a lot. He’s such a funny character.
The way he says “I’m goin in!” cracks me up.
Loaf
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.
I will be trying to shoe string this in to my vocabulary!
Differential, différentielle, or diferencial
In English, French, and Spanish, it just sounds cool no matter what accent.
Might as well throw in a scandinavian version while you’re at it: Differensial or differensiert depending on context