Hey there.
I am Kristine.
I want to start this lesson by asking you a question.
Do you love using fancy words in English?
Well, I sure you'd love them.
And I'm always curious to learn
words that are a bit unusual.
Well, today I have a list of ten words for
you that you might think are not even real.
I mean, they would really surprise you,
if at all they even exist, right?
But in the English language they do.
And now they are quite funny sounding words.
And they're quite wacky and unusual too.
And I'm sure you're going to enjoy learning them today.
So here comes the first one. Ready?
Let's do this. Doozy.
Doozy.
Well, you might relate it to dozing
off, meaning going off to sleep.
Well, let me tell you, it does not mean that at all.
It means that something is not normal.
It's strange and abnormal.
Okay, so example as soon as I entered
the room, I felt something was doozy.
So I felt something was abnormal.
That's what it means here.
Or it means something strange or
unusual about that room was there. So got it.
Doozy.
Why did you try making a sentence with
doozy and put it in the comments below?
I'd love to read it and let
everybody learn from your sentences too.
Okay, so here's the next one.
Unpersoned.
U-N-P-E-R-S-O-N. Unperson.
Now, does it mean a person isn't
a person anymore if you unperson them?
No, not at all.
It means someone has been
erased because of their misbehavior.
So you can check them off your
friend's list literally, if you unperson someone.
Okay, so I'll make you understand
it better with an example.
Are you serious?
To add Ryan to the guest list,
I have unpersoned him for ages.
That means he doesn't exist in my list forever.
Or I have unpersoced Rhea from my contact
list already, so she doesn't exist for me.
Okay, so use it wisely.
Next up is yatin.
That's spelt yitten.
Okay, it sounds similar to the past
participle of eat that's eaten now.
It sounds similar, I know, but it
does not mean anything close to it.
Okay, so what it actually
means is someone is frightened.
For example, what did you tell Rose?
She's all Yutton.
Or I'm totally jutting to go to
the bathroom after watching that horror movie.
Okay, I am usually yutin after I watch a horror movie.
Here's the next one.
PIFL.
P-I-F-F-L-E PIFL.
Okay, I I know know it sounds like some
dog breed developed in a Chinese laboratory, right?
But it's not, okay?
Let me tell you, if you have friends who speak nonsense
all the time, well, you can call them a piffle.
For example, my friend Samantha
is nothing but a piffle.
She has a story to everything on this earth.
Or stop being a piffle and tell me exactly what to do.
Stop beating around the bush stop talking nonsense.
So stop being a piffle and tell me exactly what to do.
Next one is snicker snee.
Now, can you guess what that means?
I'd like to see what you have to say in the comments.
Now, if you're thinking it has something to
do with maybe laughter or humor, let me
tell you, you're absolutely wrong, my friend.
It's a word used for ready, a long and dangerous knife.
And it looks something like this, okay?
For example, I'll use two words we've learnt. Okay?
Let's do this.
I'm yutin.
Why do you have a snicker snee in your hand? Got it.
Yachtin and snicker's knee.
Or are you going to chop onions with that? Snicker snee?
Are you crazy?
So imagine if somebody had a big
knife and they tried to chop onions.
I'd be afraid they chop their finger too.
So be careful, okay?
The next one is pretty cool.
It's called a tablet.
I'm sure you can guess this one, okay?
Most of you use it every day. It's a gadget.
And probably you are watching this video on a tablet.
Did you guess it? No. Okay.
It's actually a gadget that is
a smartphone and a tablet combined.
And it's called a fablet, all right?
Now, in fact, these days, smartphones are more of a
tablet because they have become quite large in size and
all these fancy features that they have on them.
For instance, you can say, why
don't you consider buying a tablet?
It's portable and a better replacement for
a phone and a laptop put together.
Our next word is womble.
It's womble, okay?
Not wombal.
It's got the AW sound in it.
So say it with me.
Vomble.
Well done.
So basically, it is a synonym or
a replacement for feeling nauseous, okay?
That feeling of giddiness is called womble, okay?
It also means to move in a
rolling motion as if you're drunk.
You know how you can't stand in one place?
It's just like that.
For example, I ordered shrimp at
the restaurant and felt warm.
At the end of the day, you know how it
is sometimes you're allergic to certain types of food, right?
So are you allergic to any kind of food items?
Do let me know in the comments.
I'd be really keen to know what they are, okay?
Or you could say for just
two drinks, ryan started to wamble.
And if you are a non
drinker, alcohol immediately catches onto you.
So I'm sure many of you can relate to this. Okay?
Up next is frippery. Okay? Frippery. Say it with me.
It's not frippery, okay?
A lot of people get this wrong, okay?
Now, this word has an interesting meaning to it.
It means something that is flashy and elegant at the
same time, or something that is snobby and elegant.
Now, snobby is used to describe a person
who thinks they are superior to others.
So frippery is something loud and
flashy, but at the same time. Elegant.
What a lovely combination, right? Okay.
It also means a place where
old but branded garments are sold.
For example, wow, that's a
frippery watch you're wearing. Okay.
They could have a really nice big
watch, and it could be elegant, too.
Or you could say, let's jump
into the preppery at the corner.
I'm sure you'll find something for the party.
There's a place like this where
people actually sell their stuff.
Or they could be second hand, they could be branded
stuff, and you could find some really cool things over
there, and you could just sort yourself out.
The next word is difftone.
Now, this word sounds like the name of some garment,
and I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
It's actually the name of an English sound.
When two vowel sounds are
combined, it forms a diphthong.
Now, we don't say diphthong, okay?
Because it's got the fur, the PH
in it, right, the PH sound.
So you have to say diphthong.
Practice it with me.
Diphthong. Correct. Okay.
For example, listen to me carefully, all right?
OOH.
As in OOH and a combined.
They form ur.
So in the word shua, that's
where you find this combination. Sure.
Next one is a O. Okay?
So A and O combined together form au, as in town. Ow.
Okay.
So town.
That's how you say it.
And the next one is A and E.
When you combine them together, it's i. Okay?
Which is in the word light. Got it? Light.
So UA, O and I are all dipstorns.
Now, the next word is a very cute word.
It's called popper.
So when you throw stone in water, what happens?
The water ripples, right?
And it generates tiny waves.
That's a popple.
Or water in the sea or lake.
Is it stable? No, it's not.
It's a bit wavy. Right.
Now, that's also a popple.
I can sit on the show for
hours listening to the popping waves.
How soothing is that? Really?
I really love doing that.
Or you can say the new startup has
disrupted the industry and made huge popples.
So it's also used in a
different terminology in this case.
That's all for today.
Now, those were some really unusual, wacky
English words that sound unreal, but they
do exist in the English language.
I hope, hope you will not be Yutton
using them, as they are a bit doozy.
Note them down on your tablet so you can
sound a bit frippery when you speak English.
I'm sure you will pronounce your diphthongs
well and not make your listeners womble.
Keep learning, keep practicing English and
make some popples with your English. Bye for now.