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50 Words that you never thought Existed

50 ENGLISH WORDS YOU NEVER THOUGHT EXISTED 📚🔥
1. Hornswoggle — to deceive or cheat
2. Flummox — to bewilder; confuse
3. Psithurism — the sound of wind in trees
4. Borborygmus — a rumbling stomach noise
5. Petrichor — the earthy smell after rain
6. Defenestration — throwing someone out of a window
7. Limerence — intense romantic infatuation
8. Weltschmerz — deep sadness about the world
9. Mondegreen — a misheard lyric or phrase
10. Spoonerism — swapping the first sounds of words
11. Tmesis — inserting a word inside another word
12. Zugzwang — being forced to make a bad move (chess)
13. Schadenfreude — pleasure from someone else’s misfortune
14. Pareidolia — seeing patterns (like faces) in random things
15. Agelast — a person who never laughs
16. Clinomania — a strong desire to stay in bed
17. Apricity — warmth of the winter sun
18. Nudiustertian — relating to the day before yesterday
19. Erinaceous — resembling a hedgehog
20. Callipygian — having well-shaped buttocks
21. Kakistocracy — rule by the worst people
22. Quire — a set of 24 sheets of paper
23. Floccinaucinihilipilification — judging something as worthless
24. Hullabaloo — loud noise and confusion
25. Logorrhea — excessive talkativeness
26. Sesquipedalian — fond of long words
27. Blatherskite — a person who talks nonsense
28. Skedaddle — run away quickly
29. Kerfuffle — a fuss or commotion
30. Brouhaha — a noisy, excited reaction
31. Lollygag — waste time; dawdle
32. Cattywampus — crooked; askew
33. Discombobulate — to confuse
34. Tintinnabulation — the ringing of bells
35. Susurrus — a soft, whispering sound
36. Nincompoop — a foolish person
37. Ragamuffin — a ragged, dirty child
38. Shenanigans — secret or dishonest tricks
39. Bamboozle — to trick or fool
40. Taradiddle — a petty lie; nonsense
41. Thingamajig — a thing whose name you forgot
42. Doohickey — a small gadget or device
43. Whippersnapper — an overly confident young person
44. Flibbertigibbet — a silly, flighty person
45. Gubbins — small things; odds and ends
46. Snollygoster — a clever, unprincipled person
47. Malarkey — nonsense; meaningless talk
48. Codswallop — complete nonsense
49. Crapulence — sickness from overeating or overdrinking
50. Hootenanny — an informal folk-music party

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