• @PriorityMotif
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    128 months ago

    My wife has an English degree and I constantly throw out words that she swears I’m making up. Mungy is one for instance.

    • @[email protected]
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      158 months ago

      I have an English degree and I always tell my wife that it is my license to make up words.

      • Aviandelight
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        118 months ago

        My husband has an English degree as well and he always reminds me that all words are made up.

    • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
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      38 months ago

      Make sure you offer her your most enthusiastic contrafibularities.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      Hey I literally just learned that one yesterday! (I think that was the one lol)

      That’s specific to one place in the UK if the video I saw is to be believed. It means being in a bad mood, or angry right?

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          That’s it! There was a video I stumbled on yesterday about “odd american pronunciations” and they mentioned mardy as a unique word for them in the UK lol

      • @PriorityMotif
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        28 months ago

        I used it in the context of weather, but it can mean different things.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I might be thinking of a different word, which I suppose means I didn’t actually learn anything from that video lol