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Unusual words to add to your vocab

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People say there is a word for everything in English. For instance, the word meaning 'the day before yesterday' is nudiustertian, as in 'our nudiustertian conversation'.

If you want to spice up your English, drop some of these words into your speech:

floccinaucinihilipilification: the estimation that something is worthless

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selcouth: marvellous, cool, amazing

mungo: someone who works at finding valuables in trash

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saprostomous: having bad breath

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