Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.
defenestrate.
Wait overmorrow is correct English? We have “morgen” and “overmorgen” in Dutch which is tomorrow and overmorrow respectively, so I always missed an overmorrow in English. Is it actually commonly understood or will people look at me like I’m a weird foreigner when I use it?
ereyesterday is the day before yesterday. as a german i am used to refer to two days in the past and future without useing weekdays.
They’ve fallen from grace. Probably because it’s been a few centuries since the saxons
The language could use a refresher eh
its actually a real rabit hole to see which cultures use however many days to refer into the future and past. Since the use of unified calenders its been declining. few centuries ago it wasnt unusual to have words for like “five days ago”. and some languages actually perserved that!
Dont ask me for specifics tho. its been many moons since i did that deep dive ^^
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Rob is a name in English. Rob means slave in Bosnian.
“Overmorrow” is actually not obscure or obsolete at all in german.
“Übermorgen” is quite often used (at least around me)Übermorgen is the name of my heavy metal band
Crepuscular. Related to twilight, dimness, the golden hour.
Two words technically, but “Nothing doing!”
Sort of an old fashioned way to say “no way”
Euouae
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euouae
Euouae (/juː.ˈuː.iː/; sometimes spelled Evovae)[1] is an abbreviation used as a musical mnemonic in Latin psalters and other liturgical books of the Roman Rite. It stands for the syllables of the Latin words saeculorum Amen, taken from the Gloria Patri, a Christian doxology that concludes with the phrase in saecula saeculorum. Amen. The mnemonic is used to notate the variable melodic endings (differentiae) of psalm tones in Gregorian chant.
In some cases, the letters of Euouae may be further abbreviated to E—E.[2] A few books of English chant (notably Burgess and Palmer’s The Plainchant Gradual) make use of oioueae for the equivalent English phrase, “world without end. Amen”.
According to Guinness World Records, Euouae is the longest word in the English language consisting only of vowels, and also the English word with the most consecutive vowels.[3] As a mnemonic originating from Latin, it is unclear that it should count as an English word; however, it is found in the unabridged Collins English Dictionary.[4]
Sesquipedalian: A user of big words
I like that saying sesquipedalian makes you sesquipedalian.
This is my favourite too. I have a very sesquipedalian friend, and I had the honour of introducing him to the word.
Hysteresis, the lag or delay between doing something and it’s outcome. See also: hysteretic.
I use hysteresis daily… Refrigeration.
On thermostats it’s the difference between the off and on temperatures - like if you set it to 24 degrees, you could have a hysteresis of 1 degree, meaning it’ll turn on again at 23 degrees. (Or something like that.)
It also means path dependency.
I think you meant lag. But this is a good one. One of my favorite words. It seems to be used in technical settings a lot, especially for electricity. I read an article a while back that applied it to social situations I.e. social hysteresis. It applies to so many things its ridiculous.
Two of my favorite:
Why do people still think vaccines cause autism despite the overwhelming evidence against? Social hysteresis.
Why do people think inflation is out of control in the US despite the fact that its been less than 3% for over a year? Social hysteresis. (Also because people want deflation)
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Sometimes I feel like I’m still the only person who still uses it. I’m teaching my daughter the proper way to use it because the schools aren’t.
It’s German but ‘Rucksackriemenquerverbindungsträger’, the thing between the straps of a backpack that you can connect to lighten the load on your shoulders.
I made the word up but I use it pretty often.
Well … I knew exactly what you meant, as you know what I mean when I say: “Rucksackriemenquerverbindsungsträgerersatzschnalle” and I think it’s beautiful.
Also: “Getriebeschmiernippel”
The chest strap?
Yes
fuck germany
That’s a lot of people, I doubt you have the stamina
are you saying i won’t do it
I mean, I guess you have the name for it
What did Germany ever do to you?
This is lemmy so they’re probably angry Germany isn’t bombing Israel like Iran
Vituperative. Means vicious.
Gloam/gloaming
The onset of twilight/becoming gloomy
Spotted the Radiohead fan
I’m honestly not sure what you’re referring to. Is that a word they use a lot in their lyrics?
They wrote “Roaming In The Gloaming”, I guess?
