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100 Words You Didn’t Know You Needed

March 27, 2025 - pdf

No. Term Definition
1. Absquatulate To leave abruptly.
2. Argle-bargle Noisy arguing.
3. Balderdash Absurd or nonsensical talk.
4. Baloney Nonsense or foolishness.
5. Bibble To drink or eat noisily.
6. Blatherskite A person who talks at length without making sense.
7. Bloviate To speak pompously or at length.
8. Borborygmus The sound your stomach makes when hungry.
9. Brouhaha Noisy excitement or reaction.
10. Bumbershoot Umbrella.
11. Bumfuzzle To confuse or fluster.
12. Cahoots Secret collaboration.
13. Cantankerous Bad-tempered or grumpy.
14. Cattywampus Askew or awry.
15. Codswallop Nonsense.
16. Collywobbles Butterflies in the stomach; nervousness.
17. Crapulous Feeling ill due to excessive eating or drinking.
18. Curmudgeon A bad-tempered person.
19. Dillydally To waste time through indecision.
20. Discombobulate To confuse someone.
21. Donnybrook A heated argument or fight.
22. Doohickey An unnamed gadget or item.
23. Doozy Something outstanding or unique.
24. Doppelgänger Someone’s exact double.
25. Dulciloquent Speaking sweetly or gently.
26. Firkin A small wooden cask or container.
27. Flabbergasted Shocked or astonished.
28. Flibbertigibbet A frivolous or excessively talkative person.
29. Flummox To perplex someone greatly.
30. Folderol Trivial or nonsensical fuss.
31. Foofaraw Excessive fuss or attention.
32. Fuddy-duddy A person who is old-fashioned or fussy.
33. Gallivant To travel or roam about for pleasure.
34. Gardyloo Warning shouted before throwing water from above.
35. Gazump To cheat or outbid at the last minute.
36. Gobbemouche A credulous or gullible person.
37. Gobbledygook Meaningless language or jargon.
38. Gongoozle To stare idly at something.
39. Gubbins Miscellaneous items.
40. Higgledy-piggledy In a confused or disorderly manner.
41. Hobbledehoy A clumsy or awkward youth.
42. Hodgepodge A confused mixture.
43. Hornswoggle To trick or deceive.
44. Hullabaloo Loud noise or disturbance.
45. Impignorate To pawn or mortgage something.
46. Jabberwocky Meaningless or nonsensical talk.
47. Jackanapes A cheeky or impertinent person.
48. Kerfuffle A commotion or fuss.
49. Kerplunk A sound of something heavy falling into water.
50. Klutz A clumsy person.
51. Lackadaisical Lacking enthusiasm or effort.
52. Lambent Softly glowing or flickering.
53. Lollygag To spend time aimlessly; idle.
54. Malarkey Nonsense; insincere talk.
55. Mollycoddle To treat someone indulgently or protectively.
56. Moxie Determination or nerve.
57. Muckety-muck A self-important person.
58. Nitwit A silly or foolish person.
59. Noggin A person’s head.
60. Nudiustertian The day before yesterday.
61. Oxter Armpit.
62. Pandiculation Stretching oneself and yawning.
63. Panjandrum A person who has or claims to have great authority.
64. Persnickety Overly particular about minor details.
65. Petrichor The pleasant smell after rain.
66. Piffle Trivial nonsense.
67. Pogonotrophy The act of cultivating a beard.
68. Poppycock Nonsense or foolish talk.
69. Quire Two dozen sheets of paper.
70. Rigmarole Complicated procedure or nonsense.
71. Salopettes Waterproof trousers used in skiing.
72. Schadenfreude Pleasure derived from others’ misfortunes.
73. Scuttlebutt Rumor or gossip.
74. Shenanigans Playful mischief or trickery.
75. Shilly-shally To hesitate or be indecisive.
76. Sialoquent Spitting excessively when speaking.
77. Skedaddle To depart quickly.
78. Skullduggery Trickery or deceitful behavior.
79. Snickersnee A large knife.
80. Snollygoster A clever, unscrupulous person.
81. Snuggery A cozy or comfortable place.
82. Sockdolager A decisive blow or an exceptional person or thing.
83. Taradiddle A trivial lie or nonsense.
84. Tatterdemalion A person dressed in ragged clothing.
85. Thingamajig Something whose name is forgotten.
86. Tintinnabulation The ringing or sounding of bells.
87. Troglodyte A person who lives alone, hermit-like.
88. Ultracrepidarian One who speaks beyond their knowledge.
89. Vomitorium An entrance or exit in a stadium or theater.
90. Wabbit Feeling exhausted or slightly unwell.
91. Whatchamacallit Something whose name escapes you.
92. Whippersnapper A young and inexperienced person.
93. Whirligig A toy or device that spins.
94. Widdershins Moving counterclockwise.
95. Winklepicker Shoe with a sharp, pointed toe.
96. Woebegone Looking sad or miserable.
97. Xertz To gulp something down quickly and greedily.
98. Yarborough A hand of cards containing no card above nine.
99. Zoanthropy Delusion of being an animal.
100. Zonked Exhausted or extremely tired.
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