The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

[linguoboy]

tornadic

Despite growing up in Tornado Alley, I don't recall ever hearing this word until today.

[mōdgethanc]

accommodationism the belief that state and religion do not have to be separate as long as all religions are treated equally by the state

[Ciarán12]

facultative - optional.

[Osias]

facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first on Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers.

[Ciarán12]

facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first in Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers.

Weird that I hadn't come across it before. It came up in a line of dialogue in O Mecanismo.

[Olinguito]

elsewise
(adv)
otherwise

For one extreme easily passes into the other, whether through “overcorrection” or elsewise: insincerity doth protest too much, and humility hovers on the precipice of conceit.

—Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, Chapter 2

[OldBoring]

Elsewise looks so familiar to someone who studied programming.
It's if() { } else {}, but it actually means otherwise.

[Osias]

facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first in Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers.

Weird that I hadn't come across it before. It came up in a line of dialogue in O Mecanismo.

Que série chata do caramba, acho que você só aguenta ver por estar praticando português.

[Gadano]

Entymem - kind of inference that uses at least one premise which is so obvious that it isn't said out loud I find this word particullary funny, cause the part "mem" means 'meme' in Polish

[Ciarán12]

Que série chata do caramba, acho que você só aguenta ver por estar praticando português.

Bom, não achei tão chato assim, mas com certeza falta um pouco de ação, né? Me lembra o seriado "The Wire", só que não tem tiroteio.

And on the topic of this thread:
a fillip - a boost
I learned this when my brother Phillip told me he used to hear this on the radio as a child and thought they were talking about him. Oddly, I don't think I've ever heard the word before last weekend.

[linguoboy]

I learned this when my brother Phillip told me he used to hear this on the radio as a child and thought they were talking about him. Oddly, I don't think I've ever heard the word before last weekend.

I use this more in the literal sense of a noisy flick made with the thumb and index finger because I can't snap my fingers at all and substitute fillips. I even grow the nails on those fingers long to make the sound louder.

[linguoboy]

Countrypolitan an iteration of the "Nashville sound" popular in the 60s and 70s characterised by lush orchestra arrangements, the forerunner of today's "pop country"

[Engelhard]

Adorbs - Extremely charming or appealing. I was kind of surprised to learn this is actually a word.

[Dormouse559]

Adorbs - Extremely charming or appealing. I was kind of surprised to learn this is actually a word.

That's obvi totes adorbs!

[linguoboy]

chalazion a cyst on the eyelid caused by blockage of a sebaceous or meibomian gland

Unfortunately the way I learned this term was by developing one.

[linguoboy]

lemniscate

(Pronounced /lɛmˈnɪskət/ and not--as it might first seem--*/ˈlɛmnɪˌskeːt/.)

[Dormouse559]

cidery n - facility that produces hard cider

It's one of those words that you never really thought about, but realize must exist as soon as you see it for the first time. At first though, I just thought of the adjective "cidery", "resembling cider".

[mōdgethanc]

lambent (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance

[linguoboy]

chork to make a squelching sound, especially due to water-logged footwear when walking

[vidya31]

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