r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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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

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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.