Words are the shit.
As one Austrian philosopher once said, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
There are words to describe the most indescribable of feelings and the most intangible of sensations. Our personal favorites are wynorrific, tittynope and agog.
Here are 84 cool fucking words to expand the limits of your world.
Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
Logophile: love of words.
Ukiyo (Japanese): Living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life.
Flaneur (French): Person who strolls a city to experience it.
Eunoia: Beautiful thinking, a well mind.
Acatalepsy: The impossibility to truly comprehend anthing.
Absquatulate: To leave abruptly without saying goodbye.
Callipygian: Having well-shaped buttocks.
Defenestrate: To throw someone out of a window.
Fardel: A bundle or burden.
Gargalesthesia: The sensation caused by tickling.
Heliolatry: Worship of the sun.
Inaniloquent: Speaking foolishly or saying empty words.
Jettatura: The evil eye or a curse.
Logomachy: An argument about words.
Mumpsimus: A traditional custom or notion that is adhered to even though it has been shown to be unreasonable.
Gezellig (Dutch): A feeling of warmth, comfort and relaxation.
Wynorrific: Something being both visually beautiful and horrific at the same time.
Elysian: a blissful state.
Nudiustertian: Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
Obambulate: To walk about.
Pogonotrophy: The act of cultivating, or growing, a beard.
Quisquilious: Composed of refuse or waste.
Sciolism: Pretentious display of superficial knowledge.
Tittynope: A small quantity of something left over.
Ultracrepidarian: One who gives opinions beyond one's own knowledge.
Vagarious: Erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction.
Wamble: To feel nauseous or to move unsteadily.
Xertz: To gulp down food or drink hastily and greedily.
Yarborough: A hand of cards containing no card above a nine.
Agelast: Someone who never laughs.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge or urge to do something inadvisable.
Dysania: The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
Grok: To understand something intuitively or completely.
Jiggumbob: A gadget or device whose name is unknown or forgotten.
Kvell: To feel happy and proud, often about one's children.
Liripoop: A long-tailed bird or a ridiculous person.
Mumpsimus: A person who stubbornly adheres to old ways despite evidence to the contrary.
Nesh: Sensitive to the cold; delicate.
Omphaloskepsis: Contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation.
Pogonip: An ice fog that forms in clear, cold weather.
Snollygoster: A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
Tmesis: The insertion of one or more words between the words of a phrase.
Umbriferous: Bearing or yielding shade.
Vulpine: Resembling or characteristic of a fox, especially in being cunning or crafty.
Whigmaleerie: A whim or odd notion.
Xanthippe: A scolding, ill-tempered woman.
Yaffle: To eat or drink noisily.
Zetetic: Proceeding by inquiry or investigation.
Agog: Highly excited or eager.
Bloviate: To speak pompously or tediously.
Dysphemism: The substitution of a harsh, offensive, or disparaging expression for a more neutral one.
Filipendulous: Suspended by a single thread.
Higgler: A person who haggles or bargains.
Imbroglio: A confusing and complicated situation.
Jargogle: To confuse or jumble.
Kibitzer: A person who offers unwanted advice or commentary, especially at a card game.
Mickle: Great, much, large.
Nudiustertian: Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
Obfuscate: To make something unclear or difficult to understand.
Perfidious: Deceitful and untrustworthy.
Quaggy: Soft, boggy, or marshy.
Scroop: A grating or scraping sound.
Tatterdemalion: A person dressed in ragged or tattered clothing.
Vespertilian: Pertaining to or resembling bats.
Whiffler: A person who frequently shifts opinions or positions.
Xanadu: A place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.
Yclept: Named or called.
Zephyr: A gentle, mild breeze.
Agrestic: Rural or rustic in character.
Blatherskite: A person who talks at great length without making much sense.
Cockalorum: A boastful and self-important person.
Doryphore: A pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic.
Eftsoons: Soon afterward.
Hugger-mugger: Secretive or clandestine.
Irenic: Promoting peace or reconciliation.
Jocoserious: Combining elements of jest and seriousness.
Kailyard: A Scottish term for the domestic environment or surroundings.
Lacuna: A gap or missing part, especially in a manuscript or text.
Mizzle: Light rain or drizzle.
Nubivagant: Wandering in the clouds.
Offing: The more distant part of the sea visible from the shore.
Pule: To whimper or whine, especially in a weak or pathetic manner.
Quisling: A traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
