30 Wonderfully Weird English Terms You Might Not Know

Horses can be quite effective at crowd control. 15 15points reply View more comments #12 Canoodle

Meaning: kiss and cuddle amorously.

Report 40points POST Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Aww 4 4points reply View more comments #13 Shenanigans

Meaning: high-spirited or mischievous activity. Report 39points POST Pam Derck Pam Derck Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago This is one of my favorite words 6 6points reply View more comments #14 Lollygag

Meaning: This word describes a person that is messing around and doing something that isn’t useful.

Report 38points POST Duesvolent90 Duesvolent90 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago So...I guess we're all lollygagging...But bored panda is useful tho 15 15points reply View more comments #15 Bamboozle

Meaning: to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely. Report 36points POST kitten levels tokyo kitten levels tokyo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I thought this meant “to cheat or mislead” someone. 10 10points reply View More Replies...

View more comments #16 Cantankerous

Meaning: difficult or irritating to deal with. Report 36points POST Mary Daniel Mary Daniel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Grumpy-saurous 6 6points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #17 Wassail

Meaning: spiced ale or warmed wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve.

Report 35points POST Benita Valdez Benita Valdez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green 16 16points reply View more comments #18 Quomodocunquizing

Meaning: making money in any way you can. Report 35points POST Lauren S Lauren S Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Holy bananas that’s a mouthful!

28 28points reply View more comments #19 Bloviate

Meaning: talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way. Report 35points POST Rod McCabe Rod McCabe Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Bovine are beautiful. Bloviating is generally done by blowhard morons.

10 10points reply View more comments #20 Malarkey

Meaning: insincere or foolish talk. Report 35points POST Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago "What a load of malarkey" 9 9points reply View more comments #21 Sozzled

Meaning: intoxicated, very drunk.

Report 34points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Trolleyed, car parked etc... 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 Chockablock

Meaning: crammed full of people or things.

Report 34points POST Dakota Franks Dakota Franks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I hate chockablocked places 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Lickety-split

Meaning: at great speed.

Report 34points POST Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago As in, "let's get going lickety-split" to hurry people up, rather than, "well he's going lickety-split" which I've never heard used. Just my experience 4 4points reply View More Replies...

View more comments #24 Argle-bargle

Meaning: Meaningless gibberish — whether done by talking or writing. Report 32points POST kitten levels tokyo kitten levels tokyo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Onomatopoeia.

8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #25 Woebegone

Meaning: sad or miserable in appearance.

Report 32points POST Lauren S Lauren S Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago (edited) This is like if kids named antidepressants 17 17points reply View more comments #26 Bumbershoot

Meaning: an umbrella. Report 32points POST Do-nut touch da donut Do-nut touch da donut Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago ?? 8 8points reply View more comments #27 Hullaballoo

Meaning: a commotion or uproar that's on the unpleasant side.

Report 31points POST Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago Not always unpleasant, if used in a jokey way or for example, referring to a noisy fun party that got a bit mental but not dangerous 7 7points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 Spondulicks

Meaning: money, cash.

Report 31points POST Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago There was an episode of Daria where Jane and Daria kept making bets, with the 'currency' differing each time, spondulicks being one of them. Think they included Simoleans.

9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Nudiustertian

Meaning: relating to the day before yesterday or very recent. Report 29points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago Thought it was going to be something to do with nudists.

8 8points reply View more comments #30 Doozy

Meaning: an extraordinary one of its kind. Report 29points POST Evol Evol Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy!

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At least, in the northeast they are. 12 12points reply Load More Replies...

XxXx XxXx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 weeks ago Yeah I use a lot of these, but the ones I don't are more American-English than British English 1 1point reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago A lot used in Australia still too 0 0points reply Will Cable Will Cable Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Wazzock - a foolish or annoying person.... eg "You utter pea brained wazzock" 11 11points reply Alecto76 Alecto76 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago Armed with this list I shall be a wazzock to all my family and friends! 3 3points reply Load More Replies...

Craig Silberman Craig Silberman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago yikes! what does it say about my age or background that I know most of these words, and even use many of them? 9 9points reply Vix Spiderthrust Vix Spiderthrust Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago You are Stephen Fry and I claim my five pounds.

3 3points reply Load More Replies... Andrew Burke Andrew Burke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago That yer an ol' curmudgeon like me. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Caroline Sinclair Caroline Sinclair Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Half of these are still in use in Britain, and occur frequently in the sort of books that I read (few of which were written in the current century).

Most of the rest are just weird. 16 16points reply IamMe IamMe Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago A lot of them are used in the US, too.

At least, in the northeast they are. 12 12points reply Load More Replies...

XxXx XxXx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 weeks ago Yeah I use a lot of these, but the ones I don't are more American-English than British English 1 1point reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago A lot used in Australia still too 0 0points reply Will Cable Will Cable Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Wazzock - a foolish or annoying person.... eg "You utter pea brained wazzock" 11 11points reply Alecto76 Alecto76 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago Armed with this list I shall be a wazzock to all my family and friends!

3 3points reply Load More Replies... Craig Silberman Craig Silberman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago yikes!

what does it say about my age or background that I know most of these words, and even use many of them? 9 9points reply Vix Spiderthrust Vix Spiderthrust Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 weeks ago You are Stephen Fry and I claim my five pounds.

3 3points reply Load More Replies... Andrew Burke Andrew Burke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago That yer an ol' curmudgeon like me.

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