The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)

[kosmo vinyl]

Sonntagsleerung  [ZOHN-tahgs-lee-rung]
(n.)
- The impending sense of dread, gloom, or depression that builds up each Sunday in anticipation of the upcoming Monday.

[hutch]

Great word….but unfortunately unpronounceable

[Justin Tonation]

Great word….but unfortunately unpronounceable

Only because you've used it less than schadenfreude.

[hAtchsIde lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

It sounds welsh, koz can we get a ruling

[kosmo vinyl]

From German - literally “Sunday emptying” which refers to the Sunday collection of mail, an important postal service.

[hAtchsIde lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

I knew it was German, was a joke

[hAtchsIde lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Agentify

You may learn to hate this word as it makes you an obsolete human

[hAtchsIde lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Am chuffed!!

interesting as I had thought it was a negative...but TIL it's both

The word "chuffed" has an interesting etymology with two distinct origins and meanings:

Positive meaning (pleased, delighted):
This usage originated in the 1850s, with the earliest known use in the 1950s15.
It likely derived from the dialectal (northern England) word "chuff," which originally meant "puffed with fat"2.
The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for this usage is from 1957, in the writing of Peter Wildeblood1.

Negative meaning (displeased, gruff):
This usage dates back to 1825-18357.
It comes from an older meaning of "chuff" as "a coarse or stupid fellow" or "rude fellow

[sweetcell]

Am chuffed!!

interesting as I had thought it was a negative...but TIL it's both

and i've only ever known it as being a positive.  i heard it mostly as part of the expression "chuffed to bits", which means really pleased, over the moon, etc.

[hAtchsIde lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

A “butt load” is a slang term often used to mean “a large amount” of something, but it actually has historical origins! The term comes from the old English unit of measurement called a “butt,” which referred to a large cask used for storing liquids, typically wine or ale.

A butt could hold about 126 gallons (or 477 liters). So technically, a “butt load” would refer to the volume of liquid that fits in a butt cask, though today it’s mostly used informally to mean a large quantity of anything.


How many giraffes are in a butt load?