Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.
defenestrate.
Rob is a name in English. Rob means slave in Bosnian.
Two words technically, but “Nothing doing!”
Sort of an old fashioned way to say “no way”
Wait overmorrow is correct English? We have “morgen” and “overmorgen” in Dutch which is tomorrow and overmorrow respectively, so I always missed an overmorrow in English. Is it actually commonly understood or will people look at me like I’m a weird foreigner when I use it?
It’s archaic english. So yes, I think people will think you’re weird. But maybe if you start using it with your dutch friends/colleagues in english-speaking contexts, you can slowly introduce it into common usage in your community. Might be cool.
Also don’t forget “ereyesterday” for the day before yesterday.
There is a word for the day before tomorrow in English and yet we don’t use it anymore. Such a handy word to use otherwise!
Today?
Euouae
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euouae
Euouae (/juː.ˈuː.iː/; sometimes spelled Evovae)[1] is an abbreviation used as a musical mnemonic in Latin psalters and other liturgical books of the Roman Rite. It stands for the syllables of the Latin words saeculorum Amen, taken from the Gloria Patri, a Christian doxology that concludes with the phrase in saecula saeculorum. Amen. The mnemonic is used to notate the variable melodic endings (differentiae) of psalm tones in Gregorian chant.
In some cases, the letters of Euouae may be further abbreviated to E—E.[2] A few books of English chant (notably Burgess and Palmer’s The Plainchant Gradual) make use of oioueae for the equivalent English phrase, “world without end. Amen”.
According to Guinness World Records, Euouae is the longest word in the English language consisting only of vowels, and also the English word with the most consecutive vowels.[3] As a mnemonic originating from Latin, it is unclear that it should count as an English word; however, it is found in the unabridged Collins English Dictionary.[4]
No, someone just dropped a pile of vowels on a page while carrying them to be cleaned or something, and the monks decided to stick with it
John Madden. Football.
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Crepuscular. Related to twilight, dimness, the golden hour.
ereyesterday is the day before yesterday. as a german i am used to refer to two days in the past and future without useing weekdays.
They’ve fallen from grace. Probably because it’s been a few centuries since the saxons
The language could use a refresher eh
“Overmorrow” is actually not obscure or obsolete at all in german.
“Übermorgen” is quiete often used (at least around me)Hysteresis, the last between doing something and it’s outcome. See also: hysteretic.
I use hysteresis daily… Refrigeration.
It also means path dependency.
I think you meant lag. But this is a good one. One of my favorite words. It seems to be used in technical settings a lot, especially for electricity. I read an article a while back that applied it to social situations I.e. social hysteresis. It applies to so many things its ridiculous.
Two of my favorite:
Why do people still think vaccines cause autism despite the overwhelming evidence against? Social hysteresis.
Why do people think inflation is out of control in the US despite the fact that its been less than 3% for over a year? Social hysteresis. (Also because people want deflation)
coprophagia- the consumption of feces.
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Sometimes I feel like I’m still the only person who still uses it. I’m teaching my daughter the proper way to use it because the schools aren’t.
Sesquipedalian: A user of big words
I like that saying sesquipedalian makes you sesquipedalian.
This is my favourite too. I have a very sesquipedalian friend, and I had the honour of introducing him to the word.
The
Avarice
Few seem to know the word, despite it being the core value of the developed Western world. Most, especially the worst offenders, do mental gymnastics to describe their avarice as a feature rather than the character defect and gaping chasm of emptiness where their heart should be that it is.
Vituperative. Means vicious.
