Top 10 Weirdest English Language Words

The Top Ten
1 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

try to learn how to spell that(good luck)

Apparently, it's the fear of long words.

The irony of its meaning takes the cake.

2 Kakorrhaphiophobia

It's simply fear of failure or defeat. Seems reasonable.

What do the other words mean?

3 Lamprophony

Haha! Lol! It sounds so funny!

Is it like a Lamborghini?

4 Macrosmatic
5 Nudiustertian
6 Floccinaucinihilipilification
7 Pauciloquent
8 Erinaceous
9 Zoanthropy
10 Xantippe
The Contenders
11 Winklepicker

What does this even mean? Nose picker

12 Cruciverbalism

What the heck does that mean sounds like Lucifer

13 Impignorate
14 Jentacular
15 Vomitory

Vomitory N.
Two large doors for letting a crowd in or out of a location.

16 Yeuk
17 Zouch
18 Funambulist

It is weird but I like flabbergasted

19 Liripoop

This word is absolutely loofa is

20 Aa

At first glance it just seems like two characters, but it's actually a real English word that refers to some kind of lava flow associated with hawaiian volcanoes. Ever get frustrated of having too much "A" letters in scrabble? Now you can finally put this to use, and impress unsuspecting people with this meaning.

21 Spaghettification

The stretching of objects into long, noodle-like shapes by gravity as if it's getting sucked into a black hole. Hence why it's also called the noodle effect. Question: if we throw a spaghetti in a black hole, will it become "spaghettier"?

22 Anatidaephobia

Meaning the fear of a duck watching you. Who knows that ducks can secretly watch us no matter how many miles away they are from us? An extremely specific fear, indeed.

23 Paneity

Meaning the state of being bread. Now you just learned how to judge things by how breader or breadless an object is.

24 Logomachy

The argument between words. You may use it as an argument for know-it-alls, but you might look like one yourself because almost never hear or see this word, lol.

25 Petrichor

The scent producing from the dry soil when rain touches and moisturizes the surface.

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