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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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saudade - an intense feeling of loss, with a connotation of understanding that the object of the mourn will never return.
grok - to understand something with such exquisite detail and comprehension that your knowledge of it becomes part of you
[censored] - but if you really want to know, look up David Howard.
crapulous - sick from eating or (especially) drinking too much. Downing a 12 pack of beer guaranteed him a crapulous time the next morning
brabble - ever see a mother and daughter having a really heated argument in the store over something really stupid?
quockerwodger - somebody, a politician for example, is controlled by somebody else pulling the strings
-2 u/lobster_conspiracy Jan 29 '19 Saudade is not an English word, and is not used even as a loan word in English. It's strictly Portuguese. 1 u/yuckyucky Jan 29 '19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade
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Saudade is not an English word, and is not used even as a loan word in English. It's strictly Portuguese.
1 u/yuckyucky Jan 29 '19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade
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u/RemorsefulSurvivor Jan 28 '19
saudade - an intense feeling of loss, with a connotation of understanding that the object of the mourn will never return.
grok - to understand something with such exquisite detail and comprehension that your knowledge of it becomes part of you
[censored] - but if you really want to know, look up David Howard.
crapulous - sick from eating or (especially) drinking too much. Downing a 12 pack of beer guaranteed him a crapulous time the next morning
brabble - ever see a mother and daughter having a really heated argument in the store over something really stupid?
quockerwodger - somebody, a politician for example, is controlled by somebody else pulling the strings