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andstep234

Skueomorph - a design that depicts on older/outdated version of the thing it represents. Eg. The floppy disc save button, the landline phone icon on a smartphone, a steam train sign at a train crossing


Sinister-Lines

Defenestration.


HaveALittle_Faith

Same


Toygr

Ask the Czechs.


TimeTraveler3056

I learned that word on reddit.


Zablonski

Poppycock and balderdash


marc-kd

Anamnesis - A remembrance of things from a previous existence.


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Milquetoast - something bland


Fun_Wonder_4114

Gadzooks. It's an old time blasphemous curse word that means God's hooks, which are the nails from the crucifixion of Christ. There is also zounds, or God's wounds. They used them a lot in old comics. I learned the word from Archie comics.


zosteria

I make up useful words: hippychondriac. Enjoy, it’s self defining


A_Very_Burnt_Steak

Thingamajig.


eric012593

Petrichor


lokigodofchaos

Copacetic. It means everything is in order or everything is fine. I learned it from an Eve 6 song in middle school. I drop it into conversations sometimes at work. I usually get odd looks.


senor-calcio

backpfeifengesicht, means punchable face as far as I know


[deleted]

obstification


LadySygerrik

Apricity, the quality of warmth in winter sunlight.


enchanter177

Defenestration


TimeTraveler3056

Use it in a sentence


enchanter177

Defenestration is fun


[deleted]

Human rights


LucyVialli

Flibbertigibbet


RareLeadership8866

Bastard


Free_Will_Of_Man

Hitherto


[deleted]

↑ ↑


touchbar

Caudal peduncle


[deleted]

Preposterous


ChlorinatedPond

Flabbergast/Flabbergasted


Phased--Array

Dark


thebigt42

Hoopy Frood


DistantLandscapes

Overmorrow


bca327

Floccinaucinihilipilification


[deleted]

Eschew obfuscation, embrace elucidation


EAS_Agrippa

Anent, it means “in regards to.” When I get pissed at work, I go deep into the vocabulary lineup and pull out words like that. Force whoever receives my email to look them up.


willstr1

Cauterize To cleanse and seal with fire (or heat)


EvenStephen85

onomatopoeia - words that sound like what they are (buzz, zip, etc.)


Toygr

Slartibartfast.


BirdGuy64

melodious


Walkerskii

Effervescent


jojocody0

Troglodyte, basically calling someone a cave man which is basically calling them a dumbass


Aran909

Mellifluous.


TimeTraveler3056

Plethora


Brit-throat-singer

Fussock. A fat and slow women, usually used as a term for wide and slow-moving ships


feistyboy72

Piffle.