Hello, hello, fellas. How are you guys doing? By the way, today I would like to share 10 funny-sounding and interesting English words, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- Bumfuzzle. Meaning: confuse; perplex; fluster.
- Example:
- “The team has successfully bumfuzzled its opponent.”
- Example:
- Cattywampus. Meaning: askew, awry, kitty-corner.
- Example:
- “Everything goes cattywampus since the incident.”
- Example:
- Gardyloo. Meaning: used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets.
- Taradiddle. Meaning:
- a fib
- pretentious nonsense.
- Example;
- “Stop the taradiddles. Let’s get to work!”
- Example;
- Billingsgate. Meaning: coarsely abusive language.
- Example:
- “Ssh! No billingsgate allowed in this room!”
- Example:
- Snickersnee. Meaning:
- (archaic) to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting with knives;
- a large knife.
- Example:
- “I drew my snickersnee.”
- Example:
- Widdershins. Meaning: in a left-handed or contrary direction; counterclockwise.
- Example:
- “The wind moves widdershins as the sky grows dark.”
- Example:
- Collywobbles. Meaning: pain in the abdomen and especially in the stomach; a bellyache.
- Example:
- “‘Mommy, I got collywobbles,’ cried the kid.”
- Example:
- Gubbins. Meaning:
- dialect (Britain): fish parings or refuse;
- broadly: any bits and pieces.
- Example:
- “Collect all your gubbins and go.”
- Example:
- Diphthong. Meaning: 2 vowel sounds joined in one syllable to form one speech sound, e.g. the sounds of “ou” in out and of “oy” in boy.
Source: Funny-Sounding and Interesting Words
Compiled and written by @NenoNeno at @EnglishTips4U on Thursday, August 15, 2014.
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