Words, words, words
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I like that one!
Maybe in a similar vein...
numinous (nu-min-us)
A powerful personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired, fearful yet fascinated.
金繕い (kintsukuroi): to repair with gold
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Also:
ca·coph·o·ny
kəˈkäfənē
a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
GasBandit
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Also:
humuhumunukunukuapua'a
humuhumunukunukuapua'a
German, Hawaiian and Inuit words are kind of unfair because they all basically take entire sentences and turn them into single words 
That being said:
scha·den·freu·de
noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\
: a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people
That being said:
scha·den·freu·de
noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\
: a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people
Hey! That's just the name of the state fish.
GasBandit
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You're not joking. I used to jokingly use Ungenugentafellappen. It means, roughly "Unsatisfactory blackboard erasing rag."German, Hawaiian and Inuit words are kind of unfair because they all basically take entire sentences and turn them into single words
It's "smock," not "quark!"
Praseodymium, a rare earth metal.
Also, the first loooong word I ever learned, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
--Patrick
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Ideopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious.
If you hear the murmur you can make the diagnosis:
Ideopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis!
My father the doctor sang this sometimes. He described it as meaning, from the greek:
Ideopathic - We have no idea why it's doing this
hypertrophic - overgrown/overfed muscle
subaortic - below the aorta
stenosis - swelling that squeezes off a blood vessel.
I've often wondered if I could build a pun around "Super can of fragile lipstick, expect halitosis," or something like that.
--Patrick
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zymurgy - the branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in winemaking, brewing, the preparation of yeast, etc.
кошка
.... cat
I just like the word "kohshka"
.... cat
I just like the word "kohshka"
furfuraceous: covered in flakes such as dandruff
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Amygdaloid
orenda: an Iroquois word which means the force present in all people that enables them to change their own destiny or affect the world around them.
Stutter - for roughly the same reason
fremdschämen - to be ashamed yourself for someone else's behaviour because he obviously isn't but should. Can be used for almost all those B-celebs; Kardashians or example.
Honorary mention: Rampensau (because I like the sound of it
) *rump 'n' sow* where the 'ow' is pronounced like in ouchA person extremely seeking attention and hogging the limelight. A friendly wave goes to William Shatner.
Two words, new to me , that I find of interest: Angiogram- A scan of the heart and arteries. Because I had this a few weeks ago. Angioplasty - stent because I am due this next month. Both of these procedures involve Cardiac Catheterisation.