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48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

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May 23, 2018

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

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When you hear about new words being added to the dictionary, it's always about annoying slang like 'selfie' or 'photobomb.' The thing is, there are tons and tons of amazing, useful, interesting words in there that you never hear about.

We asked readers to teach us their favorites.

48 Entry by André Baptista

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47 Entry by Giovenna Bianca Sipalay

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46 Entry by Moses Armstrong

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45 Entry by Oddbelle

You know that empty space at the top of contained products such as bottles of liquid or bags of chips? ER2b That's called 'ullage'

44 Entry by Girz

The sciEntific term for the stretching believed to happen when something. gets too close to a black hole is: Spaghettification ettification CRACKED.CO

43 Entry by Joyce Rogers

CRACKEDCO The pale crescent-moon shape at the base of each of your fingernails is called a LUNULA

42 Entry by Harvey Sapigao

Semordnilap is a word that, when spelled backward, creates another word. For example, desserts is stressed spelled backward. Semordnilap is a semo

41 Entry by The_Evil_Monkey

The pointy part of your elbow is called olecranon. CRACKED COMT

40 Entry by PookieJones

The metal part of a pencil that holds the eraser is called a ferrule.

39 Entry by Maclise

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38 Entry by Karen Jones

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

37 Entry by Girz

WHEN SOMETHING IS BOTH PAINFUL AND PLEASURABLE, IT'S CALLED: A Alge doin i c n C FEEL FREE TO USE THAT as YOUR NEXT SAFE WORD. CRACKED.CON

36 Entry by Daniel Fraizer

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35 Entry by Dr.Maybe

GOWPEN the shape of a bowl created by holding your hands together CRACKED COM

34 Entry by ChevySpoons

CRACKED Punt'? To a wine lover, it's the dimple on the bottom of a wine bottle.

33 Entry by Samantha Molly Dominick

The name for the drooling, loosely drooping lips on dog breeds like bloodhounds is NOT endless slobber factory. They're actually called CRACKEDCON F

32 Entry by Carlos Suarez

Someone who overstays at college is called a: G MUsIc 4BAAD HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? PERENDINANT

31 Entry by Harvey Sapigao

Vocables are words in songs that don't have any meaning. I'm in love with your body Oh-1-oh-1-oh-|-oh-1 I'm in love with your body Oh-I-oh--oh-1-oh-1

30 Entry by Dr.Maybe

If you are a cat lover, you can also call yourself an ailurophile.

29 Entry by Stu Edwards

SjZMARK The impression your posterlor makes when you fall backwards in Snow

28 Entry by BetterThanZippy

In conducting music, an upward stroke is an arsis. The plural is arses. CRACKED.GOM

27 Entry by Samantha Molly Dominick

CRACKEDCON You're familiar with sideburns... But have you heard of moustache whiskers on cheeks no beard on the chin burnsides

26 Entry by Andres Diplotti

Borboryg gmus is the gurgling or rumbling sound your tummy sometimes makes. CRACKED COM

25 Entry by John Sherwood

You know that brain-sucking feeling when you open only one window on the highway? IT'S A PHENOMENON KNOWN AS HELMHOLTZ RESONANCE. Helmholtz only works

24 Entry by

You know those little pieces of metal or plastic at the end of your shoelaces? They are called aglets.

23 Entry by Dr.Maybe

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

22 Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning? There's a word for that. Save a few syllables by calling it... Dysania. 6:00 E M104

21 Entry by Samantha Molly Dominick

The foam beer on has a name: barm Beer snobs rejoice!

20 Entry by Eileen Mitchell

Natiform: resembling buttocks CRACKEDCON

19 Entry by The_Evil_Monkey

Onychophagy is the annoying habit of biting your nails.

18 Entry by Manari Santiyaz

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

17 Entry by Joyce Rogers

AN CRACKEDcO AMBIGRAM IS AN ARTISTIC FORM OF TYPOGRAPHY THAT CAN BE READ IN MORE THAN ONE WAY - RIGHT-SIDE UP, UPSIDE-DOWN, OR IN A MIRROR. incredilll

16 Entry by Daniel Fraizer

The dental term for the space between two teeth is diastema. CRACKEDCOMT

15 Entry by S Peter Davis

IF YOUR NAME ALSO DESCRIBES Rezae YOUR oo BOLT PROFESSION THAT'S CALLED AN APTRONYM CRACKED COM

14 Entry by Scott Laffey

CALLIPYGOUS means having attractively shaped buttocks. A (Your flirting vocabulary just got a whole lot more refined.) Good morning, You also, Julie

13 Entry by E. J. Diaz

Cereology That's the actual name of the science that studies the crop circle phenomena. CRACKED.COM

12 Entry by PookieJones

MONONYMOUS Madonna Bono Beyonce is the word that describes a person who is known by only one name. CRACKED.COM

11 Entry by J. Alexander

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10 Entry by hail2daking

The correct term for the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup to protectyourfingers from hot liquids is a ZARF. CRACKED COM

9 Entry by Adam Nixon

those weird You know and patterns you smears faintly see sometimes can close your eyes? when you Those are PHOSPHENES, the impression of there light w

8 Entry by Oddbelle

Anhedonia When you've lost interest in things that you once enjoyed CRACKED.COM

7 Entry by Samantha Molly Dominick

When you emphasize something by sticking a word inside of a different compound word, like... That was one delicious ham- FLIPPIN- burger! ...you're ac

6 Entry by Tiffany Johnson

That annoying feeling you get when your foot falls asleep is called paresthesia. CRACKED COM

5 Entry by S Peter Davis

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

4 Entry by Amira Victoria Chan

48 Amazing, Real Words You Need To Add To Your Vocabulary

3 Entry by Samantha Molly Dominick

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2 Entry by Amira Victoria Chan

CRACKED COM PETRICHOR The distinct, pleasant smell of rain on dry ground.

1 Entry by The_Evil_Monkey

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