ね (ne).
Because it's a cool way to end a sentence in Japanese.
そのいえは大きいですね。
so-no-i-e-wa-oo-ki-i-de-su-ne.
That house is big ね。
That house is big isn't it.
に！に！に！
How do you feel about the Canadian "eh?" or the British "innit?"
I'm a fan of the British "yhu-no"
I never liked the Glaswegian "but". Silly way to end a sentence but
I hate the British one, indifferent about Canada.
No idea why..
This may not make any sense, I'm working it out as I type this.. but British slang is so "sharp" and more aggressive sounding than.. whatever my brain thinks other languages sound like..
Anyway pretty sure it just means I'm an anti-Britite racist. Damnit, found out I'm a racist again.
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that's what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)
I means acting in a manner that's hard to understand.
Discombobulated. The first time I heard it, an old man I worked with had used it and I gave him shit for it because I thought he had made it up. I still laugh about that sometimes
Facetiously has all the vowels, in order, including "y".
Paraphernalia is a fantastic word for "stuff"
Asinine. It's a perfect descriptor and it's succinct.
Kumquat
It sounds funny and it's fun to say.
Yawn. If you pronounce it while sleepy, you actually yawn. And the yawn will sound like the word yawn.
Maybe I'm just sleepy, but I like the word :)
tatterdemalion
It's got such a pleasing sound to the ear, feels nice in the mouth when you say it, and even looks pretty nice on the page.
It means something in an advance state of use, with connotations of neglect or disrepair, and is often used to describe things that would be thrown away were they not rendered nessesary by being the only option.
To me it evokes urchins, rags, wildflowers, and a little bit of magic.
Onomatopoeia, it's a fun word on it's own, but I love the while idea of it. Especially in other languages, like the million different words for dog barks.
Fuck. Fuck can mean so many things. Just all round best word of all time.
We use it up here as a form of punctuation, if you can find it check out Bowser and Blue: Use of Fuck in Canada
Serene
Good
Applause
Super
Incredible
Hope
Dream
Mostly because of the positive vibes those words give me! 😇
Effective has two effs. I appreciate that defective only has one eff. Like, if you give an eff about something, you can make what doesn’t work, work.
Amalgam. It has a mouthfeel of chewing caramel.
Entreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something
It's a handy word that kind of combines "pleading" and "asking". It's a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
I entreat that we bring this word back
English word: curmudgeon or cattywampus
French word: hippopotame
"optimal frustration" (one single word in several languages that aren't English)
Something is too easy? Easily bored.
Something is altogether too difficult? Feels hopeless.
Optimal frustration is where the magic happens, be it in education or a computer game.
Fuck, because it is the most fucking versatile fucking word we could fucking come up with for things that we don’t know what the fuck they are or we fucking do but no one fucking cares.
Serendipitous. just fun to say
Syzygy
Sesquipedalian
Someone already took cattywampus, so I guess I'll go with ennui or petrichor.
Not a native Spanish speaker but I've always loved "otoño" (autumn). Such a beautiful word to say.
bubble
Smithereens, because I’ve been playing overwatch and I play as soldier 76 a lot. He’s such a funny character.
The way he says “I’m goin in!” cracks me up.
Loaf
Reasonable
Differential, différentielle, or diferencial
In English, French, and Spanish, it just sounds cool no matter what accent.
Catalyst
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