- Or how about the first word, what a crazy definition.
As a word nerd, these are some very fun weird words. Some of them are funny words within themselves and their definitions are a little funny, too.
- Eggcorn: a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted.
- Disparate: distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar.
- Badinage: Light, playful banter or raillery
- Globular: Globe-shaped, spherical
- Skookum: Large, powerful, impressive
- Schadenfreude: satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.
- Circumlocution: A roundabout or indirect way of speaking
- Sartorial: Of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress
- Grandiloquen: speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous.
- Seersucker: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
- Pogonophilea: person who likes beards.
- Cleek: To grasp or seize suddenly
- Pawky: Cunning, sly
- Borak: Ridicule. Do you think this is one of the fun weird words?
- Antepenultimate: Third from the end
- Pulchritudinous: physically beautiful; comely
- Bedevil: to cause confusion or doubt in
- Vicissitudea: change or variation occurring in the course of something
- Quetzalany: of several large Central and South American birds of the trogon family, having golden-green and scarlet plumage.
- Extol: To praise highly
- Crapulous: given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
- Morassany: confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself.
- Collywobbles: a feeling of fear, apprehension, or nervousness.
- Evince: To show clearly, make evident
- Zedonk: The offspring of a zebra and a donkey
- Luddite: someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies or technological change
- Obstreperous: noisy, clamorous, or boisterous
- Brouhaha: excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event
- Littoral: of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean
- Plaudit: an enthusiastic expression of approval.
- Palsy-walsy: friendly or appearing to be friendly in a very intimate or hearty way. Is this not one of the best weird words?
- Fartleka: training technique, used especially among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity
- Cupidity: eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed
- Ikigai: one’s reason for being, which in principle is the convergence of one’s personal passions, beliefs, values, and vocation
- Festoon: a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon,
suspended in a curve between two points
- Quiddity: the essential nature of a thing
- Zhuzh: to make something more lively and interesting, stylish, or appealing, as by a small change or addition
- Legerdemain: sleight of hand
- Natter: to talk incessantly; chatter
- Nibling: a child of one’s sibling
- Amorphous: lacking definite form; having no specific shape
- Syncope: the medical term for fainting
- Agog: highly excited by eagerness, curiosity anticipation, etc
- Gourmand: a person who is fond of good eating
- Mizzle: drizzle; mist
- Tyro: a beginner in learning anything; novice
- Sternutation: the act of sneezing
- Deltoidal: of or relating to a river delta
- Ahu: a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- Indecorous: violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly
- Elsewhither: in another direction; toward a different place or goal
- Turbidity: the state or quality of being clouded or opaque, usually because of suspended matter or stirred-up sediment. This is one of the best word nerd weird words.
- Noctilucent(of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer
- Stygian: dark or gloomy
- Sewellel: a small, burrowing rodent of the Pacific coastal region of North America, also known as the mountain beaver
- Bremsstrahlun: gradiation emitted by a charged particle when accelerating
- Craic: fun and entertainment, especially good conversation and company. This is pronounced crack, interesting verbiage and of the the fun weird word, no?
- Tintinnabulation: the ringing or sound of bells
- Uhuru: freedom; independence
- Omnia vincit amor: love conquers all
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