Blogs Sep 20, 2012 at 12:32 pm

Here's a Word I Never Ran Across Until This Morning

Brendan Kiley
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1
Perfect for the quiver of any good sesquipedalian along with the likes of defenestration.
mollman on September 20, 2012 at 1:09 PM Report this
2
The Spanish for sneeze is "estornudo." Pretty close!
More, I Say! on September 20, 2012 at 1:17 PM Report this
3
The real question is, what is the etymology of staunch?
candiru08 on September 20, 2012 at 2:07 PM Report this
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éterneur = to sneeze in French.
The French é is often (not always) a missing s in the English word.
eg. école/school, étoit/straits, écran/screen, etc.

À tes souhaits!
treacle on September 20, 2012 at 2:28 PM Report this
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@3, here, let me google that for you: etymology of staunch.
treacle on September 20, 2012 at 2:31 PM Report this
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micturation: to pee
eructation: to burp
thatsnotright on September 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM Report this
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Why are you calling yourself a dork? Intellectual curiosity is sexy...
Irena on September 20, 2012 at 4:37 PM Report this

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