@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square198fedilinkarrow-up1150
arrow-up1150message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•edit-23 months agoPick any of them, and repeat it over and over again. It’ll quickly become the weirdest word in the language, at least for a while.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•3 months agoThis is called “semantic satiation” which are both pleasingly weird words now that I think about it…
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 months agoI’m pretty sure “Purple” stops making sense faster than others. Just wtf? Pur-pull. Prrr-plll. What is wrong with people?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoIn scots gaelic purple is ‘purpaidh’ pronounced “pur-pee” which is equally as strange imo
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-23 months agolook. look… look… look… ! look… ? ? look ?? Is this even a real word?
Pick any of them, and repeat it over and over again. It’ll quickly become the weirdest word in the language, at least for a while.
This is called “semantic satiation” which are both pleasingly weird words now that I think about it…
I’m pretty sure “Purple” stops making sense faster than others. Just wtf? Pur-pull. Prrr-plll. What is wrong with people?
In scots gaelic purple is ‘purpaidh’ pronounced “pur-pee” which is equally as strange imo
look.
look…
look…
look… !
look… ?
? look ?? Is this even a real word?
Bowl
Hip.
Bradey
While
Whyle
Whyull
Yull
Yul