1. Agog – Very eager or curious to see something
2. Axiomatic – self-evident or unquestionable
3. Borborygmi – Rumbling noise made by gas movement through intestines
4. Bumfuzzle – To confuse or fluster
5. Cacophony – A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
6. Cattywampus – Askew or awry
7. Collywobbles – A feeling of anxiety or upset stomach
8. Defenestration – The act of throwing someone out of a window
9. Discombobulate – To confuse or disconcert
10. Doodle sack – A word for a bagpipe, Scottish musical instrument
11. Erf – Piece of land in a city or town (South African English)
12. Flibbertigibbet – A frivolous, flighty or excessively talkative person
13. Gardyloo – A warning shouted before throwing wastewater from above
14. Garrulous - Talkative
15. Gobbledygook – Language that is meaningless or hard to understand
16. Hullabaloo – A commotion of fuss made about something
17. Impignorated – To have pawned or mortgaged something of value
18. Insouciant – Carefree and nonchalant
19. Jiggery- pokery – Deceitful or dishonest behaviour
20. Kerfuffle – A commotion or fuss
21. Limerence – The state of being infatuated with another person
22. Liminal – Occupying a position of both sides of a boundary
23. Lollygag – To dawdle or be slow
24. Malarkey – Nonsense
25. Mumpsimus – A stubborn person who keeps making a known mistake
26. Nudiustertian – Relating to the day before yesterday
27. Oxter – An armpit (Scottish /Irish English)
28. Pandiculation – The act of stretching and yawning
29. Petrichor – Pleasant smell of rain on dry soil after long drought
30. Pettifogger – A lawyer who handles petty cases, often disreputably
31. Quandary – A state of uncertainty or indecision
32. Quincunx – Arrangement of five items
33. Quire – Two dozen sheets of paper
34. Ratoon – A small shoot growing from the root of a plant (sugar cane)
35. Sialoquent – Spitting while speaking
36. Skedaddle – To run away quickly
37. Snollygoster – A shrewd, unprincipled person (specially in politics)
38. Tintinnabulation – Ringing or tinkling sound
39. Tittynope – A small quantity of something left over (a few grains of rice)
40. Ulotrichous – Having woolly or tightly curled hair
41. Ultracrepidarian – A person who speaks on things they don’t understand
42. Vigesimal – Relating to the number twenty
43. Wamble – Stomach rumbling or feeling of nausea
44. Widdershins – Counterclockwise or in the wrong direction
45. Xanthosis – yellowish discoloration of the skin
46. Yclept – Named or called (archaic)
47. Xertz – To gulp down something quickly and greedily
48. Zenzizenzizenzic – The eighth power of a number (absolute math term)
49. Zugzwang – A situation in chess where every possible move is a bad one
50. Zymurgy – Study of fermentation of beer
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