Just Another Logophile

words are amazing, aren't they?

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do you ever look around at the big crowds of people around you and realize everyone has a story and memories and family and troubles and achievements and a first kiss and a broken heart but you’ll never know any of it and every human life is really intricate and expansive but oh they’ve walked into a shop and you’ll never see them again and you’ll never know just what they were thinking 

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I think about this a lot

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There’s a word for this:

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The opposite of ‘ambidextrous’ is ‘ambisinister’ - someone who’s clumsy with both hands.

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darkle

the opposite of sparkle; to become dark or clouded

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kerfuffle

a disorderly outburst/tumult

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flibbertigibbet

excessively talkative person

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alexithymia-inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner

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saxicolous: something (or someone) who lives under or around a rock

It's generally used to describe plants, but my uncle is nothing if not saxicolous.

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ebullient : zestfully enthusiastic

For ex: Me, before and after I finally got to see the Desolation of Smaug today.

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callipygian(adj): having shapely buttocks

For ex: Benedict Cumberbatch 

...........sorry guys, I'm too excited for Sherlock

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word of the day

bellwether: a leader, trendsetter, ahead of the rest

For ex: If I am a bellwether, then this is a joke.

It took me much longer than necessary to understand the sentence above in the case "if I were not a bellwether".

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importunate(adj.)-making a nuisance of oneself with requests/demands

For ex: I don't mean to be an importunate tumblr user, but if you like words as much as I do, maybe you could follow my blog?

I'll post mostly words that I think are interesting or strange or pretty, but I'll probably also have other word related stuff. If you're not into words, I have a fandom blog as well.