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  loudcry
(487)

Came across this unusual word, thought I'd share it with you guys. Kafeeklatsches- A social event where people drink coffee over informal converstions. Do share any unusual words you have come...

Started by loudcry (487) • 2 responses • Last response by loudcry (487) • 3 months ago
Tags:  interesting words, vocabulary, general knowledge, words, beyond good and evil
 
 

  harshadod
(507)

It is interesting to know the evolution of words and their meaning. For example the word "Vulgar" meant common, multitude, crowd. Today we use it in an entirely different context. What do you...

Started by harshadod (507) • 2 responses • Last response by harshadod (507) • 3 months ago
Tags:  language, etymology, dialect, words
 
 

  loudcry
(487)

Schadenfreude- deriving pleasure from others suffering.It is a loanword taken from the language of German. A loanword is a word which is borrowed from another language with little or no alteration....

Started by loudcry (487) • 2 responses • Last response by loudcry (487) • 9 months ago
Tags:  vocabulary, loanword, claque, new words, schasenfreude
 
 

  loudcry
(487)

Mutatis mutandis- The necessory changes having been made, having substituted new words,with respective difference taken into consideration. This definition,I have taken from the free dictionary...

Started by loudcry (487) • 1 response • Last response by loudcry (487) • 9 months ago
Tags:  vocabulary, new word, mutatis mutandis, general knowledge, words
 
 

  loudcry
(487)

Bagatelle - something unimportant -a kind of pinball game -a short light peice of verse muisc

Started by loudcry (487) • 2 responses • Last response by ptrikha1 (4115) • 2 years ago
Tags:  vocabulary, bagatelle, new word, general knowledge, word play
 
 

  rolcam
(12507)

I was reading a URL which Sun Six suggested. The best I got out of it was the new portmanteau word:- NETIZENS*** I like it!!It is the combination of the words:- 1) NET and 2)...

Started by rolcam (12507) • 4 responses • Last response by ptrikha1 (4115) • 2 years ago
Tags:  netizens 01, roland
 
 

  rolcam
(12507)

Abo********** slang word for Aboriginal Ace********** excellent!; very good! Aggro******** aggravated, angry, ticked off! Akubra******* type, or brand of hat Arana******** moon...

Started by rolcam (12507) • 2 responses • Last response by ossie16d (6332) • 3 years ago
Tags:  australian, aussie, alphabet, slang
 
 

  rolcam
(12507)

Today's Word "truckle" truckle \TRUHK-uhl\ (intransitive verb) - To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner. "While Janice struggled to be obedient to...

Started by rolcam (12507) • 3 years ago • 0 responses
 
 
 

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