Word of the Day!

Echolalia

I have a vague memory of someone (maybe even me) already posting this one but that only proves my point lol

 

I considered -potter-, -harmonica-, and -aggravation-, among others, but in the end I couldn't beat

coalesce

 

Yesterday my dad and I were talking, and we realized that schtick is a fantastic word without much in the way of a direct English equivalent. I guess “gimmick” is close, but it’s not identical and the connotations are different! Loan words are so cool.

 

Also, both clumsy and klutz are excellent. They give me the mental image of someone tripping over their own two feet just from how they sound!

 

Spew
its like spitting and going pew pew pew at the same time
A big ol squelchy splooch
Spew

 

Visceral!

 

Clandestine

 

The common nonstandard pronunciation of “realtor” like “realitor”. I use the standard pronunciation, but the other one just makes my brain glitch in a vaguely pleasing way.

 

Insurmountable

 

kinaesthetic

 

cuvette

 

grok....

edit: wait no! rantipole

 

Smarmy

 

This isn't a real word but "sticky-uppy" is one of my favorite description words. It's been used in our family since like, my mom was young and basically sounds like exactly what it means; mostly to describe hair of all things

 

Sticky-uppy is a great phrase! I feel like it's used a lot in British English and no-one bats an eyelid about it being 'real' or whatnot.

Chunter.

 

words of the day!
recalcitrance
incongruous
percolate

 

Ultracrepidarian - a person who judges, criticises, or gives advice in an area outside of their knowledge sphere. (props to Countdown's Susie Dent via Twitter for this one.)

 

Foment

 

Armageddon, Forsworn, and Lantern! Nice mouth feel, especially lantern

 

Exorbitant