Coolest Word Ever: Defenestration | I Challenge All!

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The forum discussion centers around the word "defenestration," defined as the act of throwing someone out of a window. Participants debate its status as the "coolest word ever," with contenders like "paneity," meaning the quality of being bread, and "quonking," a term for disruptive noise. The etymology of "defenestration" is traced back to the Latin word "fenestra," meaning window. Various other unique words and their definitions are shared, showcasing the participants' enthusiasm for language.

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  • #121
the best word is definitely the longest one,:

Floccinaucinihilipilification

any discussion?
 
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  • #122
Ivan Seeking said:
anti-clockwise
Hmmm. Come to think of it, I tend to get out of bed in an anti-clockwise mood.
 
  • #123
BobG said:
Hmmm. Come to think of it, I tend to get out of bed in an anti-clockwise mood.
:smile:

I keep my clock out of easy reach so I can't break it before I'm fully awake.
 
  • #124
matthyaouw said:
And strumpet. Strumpet is good.
I like strumpet.

Frumpish.
 
  • #125
Danger said:
:smile:

I keep my clock out of easy reach so I can't break it before I'm fully awake.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I like to be fully awake when I break my clock so I can truly savor the moment.
 
  • #126
Sozzled- slang for drunk.
 
  • #127
BobG said:
Hmmm. Come to think of it, I tend to get out of bed in an anti-clockwise mood.

even better than that word, anti-anti-clockwise
 
  • #128
Avuncular: of or pertaining to a friendly uncle.

As in 'though I loved my new boyfriend's hair and physique, his avuncularity meant I was never able to become sexually aroused around him.' And I always thought pylon was a very pretty word.
 
  • #129
you guys are all dumbasses. The coolest word is also the longest word:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

-a disease that infects the lungs that is caused by inhaling microscopic bits of silicon from volcano ash
 
  • #130
"Minterm" is a nice word.
 
  • #131
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is better by a longshot
 
  • #132
icvotria said:
And I always thought pylon was a very pretty word.
All of this worry about expanding, and you're still playing with pylons? :wink:
 
  • #133
Did I vote on this? I'd say "Silly" right now.

Don't be silly. I feel such a grownup saying that *g*
 
  • #134
I've always liked "Anacrusis."

Iliked it even more when I realized that that is what I find most engaging about Dave Gilmour's lead guitar work.
 
  • #135
I never liked long words. Rohypnol and chutzpah are good words.
"Pylon is a word that has great chutzpah, but nobody noticed cos they were all spiked with Rohypnol." Yum. Homeowner is good too cos it's like a schoolyard way of calling someone a homo.
 
  • #136
yomamma said:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is better by a longshot
officially my word is the longest one. yours is loger but it is scientific. scientists say that in order to write our DNA it should be in one word and it would have thousands and thousands of letters.
 
  • #137
for the time being, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis wins :approve:
 
  • #138
yomamma said:
for the time being, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis wins :approve:
And yet despite all of those letters, the simple but effective 'fart' seems far more popular in everyday conversation.
 
  • #139
fart, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, fart, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, I just can't decide! :confused:
 
  • #140
yomamma said:
I just can't decide! :confused:
At least, no one's likely to say ' Who pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosised in here?!' :rolleyes:
 
  • #141
now I have to say that tomorrow. :rolleyes:

how do you submit a word into webster's dictionary? :rolleyes:
 
  • #142
yomamma said:
now I have to say that tomorrow. :rolleyes:
Good luck with that.

yomamma said:
how do you submit a word into webster's dictionary? :rolleyes:
Anonymously. That way you look brilliant, because you're quoted all the time.
 
  • #143
God Damnit Danger!
 
  • #144
Reintarnation

I have a new word in contention for the title... It is "Reintarnation", the definition of which is: "To come back to life as a Hillbilly"
:-p
 
  • #145
holy ****! I-Love-God! I can tell already that you're going to be very popular here. This is evidenced both by your moniker and by your habit of reintarnating old threads!

:smile::smile::smile:
 
  • #146
Ivan Seeking said:
Does anyone like self-defecating humor?

Is that something that makes you laugh so hard you **** yourself?
 
  • #147
okay, the coolest word ever HAS to be: Punchinello!

Punchinello means a fat humpbacked clown! =D seriously! google that ****!
 
  • #148
alabandical
barbarous; stupefied from drink
His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical.
 
  • #149
"necroposting"
 

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