I just thought of one that I’ve never had cause to use in conversation: “philomot,” meaning “having the color of a dead leaf.”
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You know, I know the word “perspicacious” in that I could see it in a body of literature and not question or be confused by it, but I actually couldn’t have told you what it means before now. Thank you for the edification.
I mean, I don’t much like reading about poop, but if I’m going to the latter sounds like a good adjective with which to do so.
That link isn’t clickable for me, but from context I’m guessing it’s a German word, in which case you’re clearly cheating.
Whenever I say it, I am unsure whether I’ve added an extra syllable.
Hey, you should be friends with my Yiddish cephalopod friend.
Allegedly. I never witnessed an attempt.
Infinity likely welcomes that person.
To be fair, if I made a hugely obvious social mistake in public, if someone shouted “mistaaaaaake!” I’d probably be annoyed, as JD is in the gif.
If someone pronounced it as the caption describes, I’d probably still be annoyed but refocus on how someone could make that kind of mistakey.
If someone pronounced it as “mis-stake-eh” it probably wouldn’t help in the situation but might actually cheer me up in the face of what would otherwise have been despair.
Oh, I agree. That’s why my alt text differs from the caption.
Worry not, friend, your pedantry exists not in isolation.
I remember when a cleanliness-focussed friend got his first apartment and was able to wrangle an air freshener. It had a series of colored lights that would change in hue and number illuminated depending on what it perceived as the local air quality.
Said friend said that, ever since he got it, he made sure to go next to it any time he was feeling flatulent because he wanted to see whether he could influence the lights.
Does it have any Bavarian cream donuts?
One is about boobs and one is about confidence.
There’s probably some overlap.