At least one of those probably has racist origins
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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.Pumpernickel, codswallop, hornswoggle, gobbledegook, flummoxed, collywobbles.
Fun fact, pumpernickel means "goblin fart." https://www.etymonline.com/word/pumpernickel
Perfectly fitting name IMO
Cromulent even.
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A perfectly cromulent list
It embiggens even the smallest man
Skullduggery
doohickey
thingamajig
gizmo
gadget
Kajigger
Watchamacallit
bubkus
mollycoddle
kibosh
pizzazz
pusillanimous
pizzazz
Oooh! Razamataz!
Shitweasel, Fucktangular and Fuckwit are some personal favorites
shitass is my current favorite
Wingnut is a good option if children are present.
All this hullabaloo and they forget the best one?!
Widdershins
Loquacious
Doomahockey is another words for thingamajig
English: "wug". I love how it means nothing, and it's used because of that, so you can test how children generate grammatical forms without their previous knowledge influencing it:
Portuguese: "traquitana". Dictionary says it is (was) used for a type of horse carriage, but I've always heard it being used for either 1) that old motorcar falling into pieces, or 2) cheap, small things for sale. It sounds funny.
Italian: "zuzzurellone". It's basically "manchild" but not in an insulting way. Ditto, it also sounds funny.
i've got the whole test somewhere. it's gorgeous. also a wug is light blue, almost cyan
it’s obviously “weg”, ez test
(Love your examples, never heard the other two!)
Interestingly enough I remember reading somewhere that, if the test is made with German-speaking children, they automatically pluralise "der Wug" /vu:g/ as "die Wüge" /vy:gə/. And English does show some umlaut words, so… "one wug, two weg" doesn't sound that weird!
Ahhh the only other language I speak (very poorly at this point) is Deutsch, so that totally scans!
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defenestration
I use all of these, daily.
Am...am I old?
If you're feeling discombobulated by these shenanigans, then perhaps it's time to skedaddle?
Chicanery!
I used "kerfuffle" at a meeting at work the other week and it's gotten to be quite popular.
Sounds like you raised one.
Oh Raymond.
obstreperous
my friends and I used to deliberately use it incorrectly as a synonym for recalcitrant
"Stop being so obstreperous!"
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Juxtaposition
Minutia
Copacetic
Lugubrious
Cloaca
Preposterous!
Inconceivable!
I'm positively miffed!
Rapscallion
I use most of these words regularly. They’re so much fun to say.
Gobbledygook
Higgledy piggledy
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