Some interesting words

[Corinnebelle]

Loess

Loess is a wind blown soil that can be highly fertile. It is composed of grains of sand and quartz [silt] with a bit of clay and calcium. It erodes easily and is very porous.

Derecho

An inland "hurricane" which meets speeds of least 93 kilometer per hour. This is a straight line of wind storms which are less than three hours apart and affect an area of at least 400 kilometers. The sky can turn green when there is a derecho due to great precipitation and hail. Rapidly moving showers sweep over the land while the gale force winds lash.

Jandals

New Zealand name for flip-flops or thongs. Sounds kind of like sandal with a j.

[Cifi]

I think loess might be a loanword from German "Löss". I wonder how it is pronounced in English?

Edit: In German it would be /lœs/, with a short vocal as in French "neuf", but this sound is said not to exist in English.

[Zimozie]

I think loess might be a loanword from German "Löss". I wonder how it is pronounced in English?

You can find its pronunciation on Merriam Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loess

[Corinnebelle]

You can find its pronunciation on Merriam Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loess

Thanks! I wouldn't have guessed its pronunciation. But there's two! I guess you pick which one you like better? Or maybe it's a regional thing.

[LICA98]

You can find its pronunciation on Merriam Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loess

Thanks! I wouldn't have guessed its pronunciation. But there's two! I guess you pick which one you like better? Or maybe it's a regional thing.

on wiktionary there are 5 even

[Deleted User 114]

Some more interesting words…

Bardolatry- The excessive admiration of Shakespeare.

Defenestration- the act of throwing of a person or thing out of a window.

[Corinnebelle]

Firth An estuary. Used in England and Scotland

lakotoi A Papuan New Guinea native sailing vessel. I wonder what effect that dip in the middle of the sail produces in sailing?

Spill A small roll of paper or piece of kindling for lighting a fire.

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[Meli578588]

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[Corinnebelle]

Wicked is not only a noun. Made me look twice when I read that one.

tr. & intr.v. wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.
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[Corinnebelle]

Tweeness
noun
Nothing to do with tweens, has to do with the state or quality of being twee (small)

Chaff
verb transitive
Banter, tease

Tot
verb
Add up, total

[gmads]

I didn't know that "chaff" was also a verb! Isn't banter a much stronger word than tease?

Ok… I just checked.

To chaff
verb (used with or without object)
= to mock, tease, or jest in a good-natured way; banter:
– She chaffed him for working late. They joked and chaffed with each other.

banter
noun
= an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.

verb (used with object)
= to address with banter; chaff.

I had a different idea regarding the meaning of banter, it seems

[Corinnebelle]

One meaning of banter
intransitive verb
: to speak or act playfully or wittily

It doesn't always mean to tease. I'm not used to using banter as teasing but than I don't know all English. In my mind banter is light talk, that's only one meaning though.

I would think teasing would be worse. But than if you spoke in a teasing way it probably would be good natured.

[gmads]

I looked up similar sounding words and now I see that the word I confused it with was "slander," which means: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

[John Little]

"scoojum" n

A thing. Something unidentifiable or a thing you have forgotten the name of.

[John Little]

"Peruse"...

...Where Paddington Bear comes from

[gmads]

"scoojum" n

A thing. Something unidentifiable or a thing you have forgotten the name of.

Wow

[gmads]

"Peruse"...

...Where Paddington Bear comes from

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Ok…

• Paddington Bear

  Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, David McKee, R. W. Alley and other artists.
  
  The friendly spectacled bear from "darkest Peru" – with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love of marmalade sandwiches – has become a classic character in children's literature. An anthropomorphised bear, Paddington is always polite – addressing people as "Mr", "Mrs" and "Miss" but rarely by first names – and kindhearted, though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval. He has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to "try so hard to get things right". He was discovered in London Paddington station by the (human) Brown family who adopted him and named him "Paddington Brown," as his original name in bear language was too hard for them to pronounce.

• Welcome to the Paddington Bear Wiki

"Peruse"

[John Little]

"Peruse"...

...Where Paddington Bear comes from

You have to say it right. It should sound like "Peru's where Paddington Bear comes from.

[Corinnebelle]

Is that different to the country?

[Rickiefl]

Tweeness
noun
Nothing to do with tweens, has to do with the state or quality of being twee (small)

Wee means small
Twee means quaint

[Chrisinom]

"scoojum" n

A thing. Something unidentifiable or a thing you have forgotten the name of.

A thingummy. When I stayed in Scotland, my landlady used that a lot.

[Corinnebelle]

Tweeness
noun
Nothing to do with tweens, has to do with the state or quality of being twee (small)

Wee means small
Twee means quaint

Maybe I'm wrong about twee:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/twee
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twee

It is related to small in that it refers to the quality of being dainty, however it has a whole larger word picture than that.

Overly precious or nice. Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice. Affectedly dainty or refined.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/twee