Top 20 Rarely Used English Words:

1. 1. 1. Zugzwang – A situation in chess where any move worsens your position. (Rare outside chess contexts)
      2. Agelast – A person who never laughs.
      3. Nidificate – To build a nest (used in zoology).
      4. Cymotrichous – Having wavy hair.
      5. Wamble – Stomach rumbling or queasiness.
      6. Yclept – Archaic word meaning “named” or “called.”
      7. Epizeuxis – A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word for emphasis.
      8. Cacodemonomania – The delusion that one is possessed by an evil spirit.
      9. Xylophilous – Attracted to or living on wood (used in biology).
      10. Brontide – A low rumbling sound like distant thunder, sometimes attributed to seismic activity.
      11. Quockerwodger – A wooden puppet controlled by strings; slang for a politician controlled by others.
      12. Limerence – The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.
      13. Fugleman – A leader or ringleader, especially in military drill.
      14. Acnestis – The part of the back between the shoulder blades that one cannot reach to scratch.
      15. Greeble – A small, meaningless detail added to a model or design to make it appear more complex.
      16. Crapulous – Suffering from excessive eating or drinking.
      17. Zabernism – The misuse of military authority; bullying.
      18. Snollygoster – A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
      19. JIRBLE – To spill (a liquid) by shaking or unsteady handling.
      20. Tyrotoxism – Poisoning by cheese or other dairy products.

I hate to be that guy, but why aren’t we using these words speicifially invented for politicians a lot more often?? should we change this?

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