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sensanaty
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So, post any strange word you know, explain what it means etc.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words. I have no idea if it's just a ironic joke or not, but Wikipedia says it exists

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dragonico
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strangest word : skittles


agraffe The wire that holds the cork in a champagne bottle
crazyape
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Balk.... Anorexic.... Bubonic plague.... Lulz, I think we all know why I think that's strange.... Omnovoracioconstentionalism. Dunno what it means.

bschnauzer7
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I think that the word "astrolabe" is kinda funny sounding. Also the word "expenditure".

One more word: Angst. It leaves a weird taste in my mouth whenever I say it. It just sounds so... blehh...

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Moist. Such a weird word. Not so much in sound, but by definition, I guess. 'To moisten', by definition, just sounds nasty.

Moist to me is one of those words that sound like what they are describing.
I don't know if that is what all strange words do, but well...

Hygge is a strange word. Mainly because it can't be properly translated to English.
lordofmmo
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Trinitrotoluene
The chemical term for TNT.
A hard, very flammable, crystalline, yellow, high explosive.

Sengokura
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quackle
to choke or to suffocate

tornado781
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what about Therizinosaureos? its a dinosaur, meat eater kind

cornholiobungholio
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antidisestablishmentarianism

gamer66618
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoniosis, so idea what it means but it is the longest word in the English language and it is not in the dictionary, so I wonder what it could possibly be?

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"kakapo" is a strange word

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