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What is the weirdest, most unusual, totally way out there word you have ever seen of heard?
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Dear java: tsuwm has a site with enough weird words to keep you busy for a week. If you look at his profile, you can find the URL to his site. I have no idea how to pick the weirdest one there.
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Welcome aBoard, java; don't think I've had the chance to do that yet.
I am always weirded out by hugger-mugger.
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java, 'weird' is relative. Do you mean weird spelling or meaning? There's a hardware shop in these parts with a weird name (in the mystical sense): Obi.
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bill, in my judgment the weirdest word there (today) is floccinaucinihilipilification. don't ask me again until tomorrow... http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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I always get a kick out of hearing the word "sinusoidal" (describing graphs, etc.). It's not the weirdest word, but it makes the speaker sound like Bugs Bunny! 
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"but it makes the speakers sound "
Sinusoidal waves make the speakers sound, and so do digitalized signals
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Not very erudite, I fear, and I ask your pardon in advance but I find myself smiling when I hear the word "wriggle."
Nothing says it better when the word is needed especially when someone is trying to "wriggle out" of something!
And babies have wriggling down pat!
squirm and writhe just don't make it as exact synonyms.
Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle. Love it!
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Under the same category - not unheard of but still fun - I would have to add the word "indubitably." It's so fun to say!
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I find myself smiling when I hear the word "wriggle."You might enjoy the PA Dutch word "schusslich" (pronounced shoosh-lick): it's an adjective used to describe a person who is shifting restlessly in his or her seat. My parents often employed the verb form (schussle), as in "Stop your schussling! Church will be over in 5 minutes!" 
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