Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

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Oxford dictionary currently has 171,476 English words in use. Studies have shown that the average English native speaker knows about 20,000 words with university-educated people knowing around 40,000 words. When actually speaking and with everyday writing (emails, letters, notes etc.) this goes down to about 5,000 very common words that are used repeatedly. So, there are tens of thousands of words that are hardly ever used, including these ones.



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Whippersnapper

A young individual who gives off an immense feeling of overconfidence.


2 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Ereyesterday

The day BEFORE yesterday.


3 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Balter

Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.


4 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Yerk

To beat, attack, or thrash with vigor.


5 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Griffonage

Handwriting that is damn-near impossible to read.



6 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Snollygoster

Someone that you deem to be absolutely untrustworthy.


7 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Hullabaloo

A big commotion or fuss. A group of people causing a ruckus.


8 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Pentapopemptic

This word describes a person who has been divorced 5 times.


9 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Cancatervate

To throw a bunch o things into a pile.


10 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Cachinnate

To laugh incredibly loudly. So much so, that you almost can’t breathe.



11 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Phosphene

These are those tiny little dots and stars that you see when you rub your eyes.


12 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Ragamuffin

Someone who wears highly distressed and ‘raggy’ looking clothes.


13 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Gobbledygook

This word was created from the sound that turtles make. It is used to describe words that really don’t make any damn sense.


14 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Poppycock

This word is used to describe ###T!


15 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)

Lackadaisical

Someone who is being Lackadaisical is someone who shows no real interest in anything. They seem to lack enthusiasm for, well, anything.



16 Have You Heard About These English Words? (16 pics)


№1 Author: wuggerhumphden (11 Aug 2020 10:09) Total user comments: 170


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171,000+ words in use but idiots on social media and acid cow still say "I can't even (finish a sentence)', 'I have no words' and 'words can't describe...' Lazy and moronic, two words to describe them.
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