2007-02-20 18:52:03 · 22 answers · asked by Russell 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2007-02-20 19:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, in Spanish there is a verb which translates as 'to hamstring a bull', which seems a bt excessive, but in my opinion the most unusual words in English are "Flammable" and "Inflammable", simply because they have exactly the same meaning! WHY???!!
2007-02-21 02:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by PETER G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Supercalifragilisticispialialidocious.
(From the Walt Disney film Mary Poppins)
2007-02-21 02:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by just me 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Two of the unusual words I have heard are:
Serendipity and paradigm.
2007-02-21 08:23:50 · answer #4 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Padparadschah
I read that word in a romance novel when I was a child (perhaps 9), and I have always remembered it.
It's an orange sapphire, and I finally saw one last week (some celebrity pointed out she was sporting an 'orange sapphire' on the red carpet - I noticed she didn't *say* padparadschah). :)
2007-02-21 03:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by truehartc 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its not the most unusual but every Saturday in the Guardian Magazine they have strange word. This week is was....'spune' - an involuntary, melodically pointless humming or whistling. it can be used to mask the fact that you really really annoyed, but 'spune' is also emitted in situations when silence feels uncomfortable, but there is nothing really to be said.
2007-02-21 03:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ Bekka ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
It's a real word.
The meaning has something to do with the Church of England.
2007-02-21 03:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by Wei_hao 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sternocleidomastoid. It's a muscle.
http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/Sternocleidomastoid.html
2007-02-21 03:02:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Obsequious is an odd word. It means someone who panders to people. Another one I love is extemporaneous, it means to blurt out.
2007-02-21 03:02:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't say unusual,but nozzle always gets me lol
2007-02-21 03:19:15 · answer #10 · answered by live life 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Orgasmic.
2007-02-21 03:11:48 · answer #11 · answered by Panda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋