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Anita Khan
Unique English Words
<ul><li>Cute Aggression: “Cute aggression” is the term for wanting to hug something cute very hard—almost violently. Ever want to just squeeze your kitten because she’s so darn adorable?!</li></ul>
<ul><li>Ze/Hir: Ze and hir are gender-neutral pronouns that’ve slowly been gaining popularity. These are different from the gendered pronouns “he/him” (masculine) and “she/her” (feminine).</li></ul>
<ul><li> Genderlect: Genderlect is a style or type of speech used by a specific gender.</li></ul>
<ul><li> Heuristic: Heuristic is used to describe something that’s taught or learned from experience.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Bardolatry: Bardolatry refers to someone who’s obsessed with Shakespeare.</li></ul>
<ul><li> Boffola: Boffola is a joke that’s met with extremely loud laughter.</li></ul>
<ul><li> Mouse Potato: Have you ever heard the term couch potato (someone who watches a lot of TV)? Well, mouse potato refers to someone who works on the computer a lot.</li></ul>
<ul><li> Snollygoster: Snollygoster refers to a person without principles.</li></ul>
<ul><li> Petrichor: Petrichor is a word to describe the way it smells after it rains.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Sobremesa: Spanish</li><li>Fernweh: German</li><li>Cafuné: Portuguese</li><li>Tishnagi (تشنگی): Urdu</li><li>šū nāʿmih (شو ناعمة): Arabic</li><li>хамство: Russian</li></ul>
e.g. Your puppy is so adorable that I have cute aggression!
e.g. My friend is so excited that ze is coming to the party later.
e.g. Whether or not men and women speak different genderlects is a subject of recent debate.
e.g. The professor applied a heuristic teaching method so that her students would learn by trial and error.
e.g. Shakespeare is still celebrated so much today that Bardolatry is alive and well.
e.g. That was the comedian’s best boffola all night!
e.g. Ever since Susan started her online company, she’s been such a mouse potato.
e.g. The politician is a snollygoster who lies and steals to get what he wants.
e.g. I love the petrichor of a summer thunderstorm.
Of course, there are many words that dont exist in English that do in other languages, such as:
Are there any words in your own language that don't exist in English? Feel free to comment below! :)
3 kwi 2020 12:06
Anita Khan
Znajomość języków
arabski (współczesny), angielski, francuski, włoski, hiszpański
Język do nauczenia się
arabski (współczesny), francuski, włoski, hiszpański
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