Quirky English words.

[Nerdherder]

A never ending source of amusement: The English vocabulary.

Share English words that amuse, interest or irritate you here in this thread.

This gem has been on my mind all morning:

Pigment

[anonymous-user]

Moist

[Cantaloupe]

Flibbertigibbet

[Googie]

lugubrious

[easytiger123]

jejune

[rowley birkin]

Quockerwodger

[Magnum 475]

Defenestrate

One of my favourite words

[Eric Mc]

Smithereens

[Robbo 27]

Mealymouthed

[rayny]

Plagiarised from Susie Dents Twitter page, which is well worth a regular check-in :

Mumpsimus - someone who sticks stubbornly to their own opinion, despite clear evidence that they are wrong.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Robbo 27 said:

Mealymouthed

Name after a bloke who pressed his face into a barrel of meal so people couldn't skim off the top (or something like)

[Monkeylegend]

Miskiligade

[Glassman]

Antimacassar

[Doofus]

Pulchritudinous

Definitely doesn't sound like it means what it does.

[magooagain]

Twychel.

[steveo3002]

flange


gusset

[parabolica]

Chthonic.

[Monkeylegend]

Blaucan

[Voldemort]

Crenellations

[hutchst]

If you mean English in the linguistic rather than geographical sense:

Dreich

a wonderful word to describe typical Scottish weather