TK420 ,

Fuck, because it is the most fucking versatile fucking word we could fucking come up with for things that we don’t know what the fuck they are or we fucking do but no one fucking cares.

Hugh_Jeggs ,

According to QI, "set" is the most versatile word in English

"Fuck" isn't fuckin far behind though

TotallyNotSpez ,

Bamboozled has a nice buzz to it.

squid_slime OP ,
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Its a word that carries an air of a 1960 detective 😍

stembolts , (edited )

ね (ne).

Because it's a cool way to end a sentence in Japanese.

そのいえは大きいですね。
so-no-i-e-wa-oo-ki-i-de-su-ne.
That house is big ね。
That house is big isn't it.

RandomStickman ,
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How do you feel about the Canadian "eh?" or the British "innit?"

squid_slime OP ,
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I'm a fan of the British "yhu-no"

Hugh_Jeggs ,

I never liked the Glaswegian "but". Silly way to end a sentence but

stembolts , (edited )

.

9point6 ,

I will now read every Japanese sentence ending in ね as "innit?"

stembolts ,

I cannot think of a case where that doesn't work, lol. Perfect.

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

https://i.imgur.com/bBgBWB2.gif

stembolts ,

に！に！に！

Trail ,

Sono*

stembolts , (edited )

あああああああああ！！！

Fixed.

Nemo ,

tatterdemalion

It's got such a pleasing sound to the ear, feels nice in the mouth when you say it, and even looks pretty nice on the page.

It means something in an advance state of use, with connotations of neglect or disrepair, and is often used to describe things that would be thrown away were they not rendered nessesary by being the only option.

To me it evokes urchins, rags, wildflowers, and a little bit of magic.

squid_slime OP ,
@squid_slime@lemm.ee avatar

I will be trying to shoe string this in to my vocabulary!

TrueStoryBob ,

Differential, différentielle, or diferencial

In English, French, and Spanish, it just sounds cool no matter what accent.

neidu2 ,

Might as well throw in a scandinavian version while you're at it: Differensial or differensiert depending on context

ndupont ,

Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means

TrueStoryBob ,

I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.

ndupont ,

Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)

Nemo ,

I means acting in a manner that's hard to understand.

Pronell ,

It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that's what it meant.

Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.

noughtnaut ,
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ℹ️ "exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical"

wesker ,
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Moist

lost_faith ,

Yes, my fav too, it has such fun uses, as in, that muffin is so moist. just drag out the oi a little. The fact so many dislike the word prolly helps

morphballganon ,

Loaf

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