What is the weirdest, most unusual, totally way out there word you have ever seen of heard?

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.

Welcome aBoard, java; don't think I've had the chance to do that yet.

I am always weirded out by hugger-mugger.

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.

bill, in my judgment the weirdest word there (today) is floccinaucinihilipilification. don't ask me again until tomorrow...

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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!

"but it makes the speakers sound "

Sinusoidal waves make the speakers sound, and so do digitalized signals

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!

Under the same category - not unheard of but still fun - I would have to add the word "indubitably." It's so fun to say!

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!"

Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle. Love it!

Tell me, WOW, are you the type of person who goes into convulsions after poking a lump of Jello and watching it dance?

How about some weird looking words? Xerox comes to mind. And some idiot automobile factories are turning out cars named "Kil" and "Slturn" by replacing an English "a" with a Greek "lambda".

you the type of person who goes into convulsions after poking a lump of Jello and watching it dance?

Jell-O doesn't wriggle, it jiggles! And I don't convulse -- well maybe just a few lady-like giggles!

Jell-O doesn't wriggle, it jiggles! And I don't convulse -- well maybe just a few lady-like giggles!

No cachinnation? Only titters? Hmmm.... the latter evokes images of a feather-lined brassiere, which gets us back to what jiggles and doesn't wriggle. Oh - I see I've made your point! Ah, well, I'l never see Jello in the same light.

schusslich
This is interesting, Rapunzel. In my PA Dutch family, schuschlig (pronounced shushlee, 'u' pronounced as in 'put') means 'careless', 'sloppy', or 'lazy'. If one of us did a poor job on a chore (gave it a lick and a promise), my mother would say, "Don't be so schuschlig." The word for antsy, or squirming, was rütchig, pronounced with the u-umlaut sound midway between 'rutchie' and 'richie'. There is also a noun rütchig denoting a smoothed area, such as one on ice or snow, for kids to slide on, like you read about Bob Cratchit using in Camden Town on his way home from the office on Christmas Eve. The verb is rutschen, as in, "Don't rutsch about so!"

whh
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.

That's what I call kindness to strangers.
Thankswhh for taking the time.






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Schuschlig and Rutchig

As it turns out, I must have misunderstood the word schuschlig when my parents used it. I just asked my mother, and she concurs with your post. She even mentioned the sled track that you talked about.
We do use the word "rutsch" to mean squirming around in your seat. I guess I got the two confused.


By the way, thanks for saying "this is interesting, Rapunzel" instead of "No, no, NO you've got it all wrong!" or something like that. You're very kind.