in our languages there is some weird words and expressions that we don't know from where did it come . tell me some of urs......
2006-09-29 06:12:26 · 21 answers · asked by Brave Heart 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In English: higgledy-piggledy. It's just funny when you say it or hear it!
In German: Geschwindigkeitsbeschraenkung. (It means speed limit.) It's the weirdest word i know of that's in common usage!
Another one from German: Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
2006-09-29 13:12:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
floccinaucinihilipilification: The action or habit of judging something to be worthless. Yes this is a real word.
Here is the etymology if you are interested: flocci is derived from floccus, literally a tuft of wool and the source of English words like flocculate, but figuratively in Latin something trivial; pili is likewise the plural of pilus, a hair, which we have inherited in words like depilatory, but which in Latin could mean a whit, jot, trifle or generally a thing that is insignificant; nihili is from nihil, nothing, as in words like nihilism and annihilate; nauci just means worthless.
2006-09-29 06:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by joshooog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the "F" word is the weirdest. People use this word like it is candy. Either you are *** bad or you are *** good. You are *** good in bed or you are *** bad in bed. That car is *** fast or that car is a *** lemon. You can use this word for anything, but it is a bad word, it is deleted from some movies on TV. So this is a weird word.
2006-09-29 06:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fnord, it is "the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information intending to misdirect, with the implication of a conspiracy." I don't think you'll find it in a dictionary. It only ever appears in the Principia Discordia and Illuminatus Trilogy.
2006-09-29 06:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wierdest word I've ever heard is Skeve. Apparently skeve means the same as loath in new york. My friend skeves sand and I took a double take and asked her what that ment.
2006-09-29 06:20:06 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
syzygy when the sun moon and Earth are all in a straight line.
antidisestablishmentarianism is opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England
2006-09-29 06:29:52 · answer #6 · answered by bobobob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm weirdest word...pookieawchi for the women's private area. I wish we had better words to use.
2006-09-29 06:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by Zoey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
antidisestablishmentarianism that is a word, and the longest one in the english dictionary as a matter of fact. It has something to do with the church of England i believe.
2006-09-29 06:28:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
defenestration...why come up with a word that is specifically about throwing someone out of a window? There are hundreds of places where you can throw someone of or through, but there shouldn't be a word for each one of them...
2006-09-29 11:17:52 · answer #9 · answered by Nostromo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Onomatopoeia - I just don't like the sound of it! Oh . never mind.
To "Steve K": The New York "skeve" is probably from the thousand Italian phrases that use "schifoso" (disgusting).
2006-09-29 06:47:13 · answer #10 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋