There are some words that have a meaning and origin quite different from what you think they do. These words come from languages other than English, and in the process of colonization, their meanings were assimilated into our language.
The English language is full of strange words that you may not have heard before. Many of these words are derived from other languages, while others are completely original to the English tongue. There are many interesting words with meaning that is hard to find in a dictionary. They can also inspire you to think outside the box.
For centuries, English has been the language of the West. But in recent years, there have been a number of new words and phrases that have entered into common usage. Some of these words are here to stay, while others are likely to go out of fashion soon.
There are certain words which are easy to mispronounce and difficult to spell. This is because the English language is filled with weird words, which end up being misspelled in many different ways. These English words might sound weird to native speakers, but have been part of the language for years and their use is more widespread than you might think.
This is a list of words or phrases that are considered to be amusing by most people, and cause some confusion among truers. You will find yourself saying them at least once in your lifetime because they commonly see use on TV shows and movies.
The origin of the name China alludes to its exact location as it is situated between two symbols for death (black dragon) but with many other meanings, such as ‘how uninteresting’, ‘heavy
Here are the weirdest words in English:
- The gobbledygook word is of American origin where it has come from for example, in a game of baseball or at music concerts. The gobbledygook words are seen as allusions to unconstructive and ungrammatical speech, especially when used by school pupils or the mentally disabled.
- The bibble meaning verb to drink often.
- a tittynope is a small quantity of something left over. It can refer to remnants, and also means excess, or leftover trash in the kitchen sink – “he threw out all tittynopes” – but more often it refers to remaining garbage: spare parts from an assembly line; rotting foodstuffs that have become fouled with foreign matter.
- kakorrhaphiophobia If you suffer from this, then you would very much rather not have this word appear in a spelling bee, since it describes the fear of failure. In past years, a student who spelled ‘kakorrhaphiophobia’ correctly would have been immediately disqualified. But these days, the spellers are less circumspect and spelling words like this is online to test their phonetics capabilities; they do not misspell them.
- This word is impignorate translates as ‘to pledge, pawn or mortgage’. It was first used in the 16th century and its meaning has changed over time. The original meaning of impignorate meant to give a trust on goods (such as land) but today it means to mortgage something that you are pledging.
- This word nudiustertian is used in the English language. This word allows you to describe the day before yesterday (the previous day). Noniustertian can be used as a noun or an adjective, while it also appears in some adverbs and prepositions such as nudiustertianly. The whole meaning of this term is not straightforward: people use nudiustertian when they want ask something that happened two days ago but make it sound more like nonsense : “I went to the cinema yesterday. I was wondering what it would be like?”
- The xertz is a type of traditional platter, manufactured from wood or ceramics. It serves as a tray for food and drink, typically served at mealtimes. The xertz first appeared in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Latin America. There are numerous variations on how it looks: ranging from circular to square; flat top or with lids; round bottom (also known as “potholder”); shallow tone dishes that hold only liquids, or deep dishes without handles; with a central handle for easy movement.
- yarborough: hand of cards containing no card above a nine.
- quire you surely must have, at one time or another, wanted to order in English 24 or 25 sheets of paper without having to say “i would like 24 or 25 sheets of paper, please”. right? problem solved: ask for a quire.
- zoanthropy – the belief that one is a nonhuman animal and not human. The word zoanthropy was first used in 1759 by the French scientist Denis Diderot after having read a book on evolution theories suggesting that people are examples of extinct animals called “Chimpanzees”, I think you know where this little story ends (bear with me).
- bumfuzzle – a fuzzy ball to make your head look bigger. Cowell: soft hacky sack created by Francis Alan “Cat” Corcoran in the late nineteenth century and named after two very important words cat (fuzz) & coriclucin (a yellow protein). The contents of this “hybrid” hid haired coir, or coconut fibre, has always been kneaded together with another type of animal hair cocoon and paste. In addition, the other “head size” hair is called a fluff flax.
- Jentacular is a jentacular word. It has been defined as “morning tea”. Jentacular, which literally means morning tea, refers to the first meal of the day. A jentacial person would be an individual who takes their jenteract every morning in order to promote its benefits such as health and well-being; or even a faddy breakfast eater.
In conclusion, we can say that the above are only a few of the words which we can find in our everyday life. Some words have been derived from a single word, while others have been created by merging two or more words together. This is one of the many reasons why language evolves and why there are so many variations in how people speak. It also lies in how people view the world and perceive their realities. For example, if someone said to you “You look like a vise”, or vice versa. You May Like learn English, listening to English is a skill.