Weird Words

Flummox

• To confuse or perplex someone.

• Go for a ride

• Live vicariously in Belgium

• Smells bad

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Kerfuffle

• Mrs. Waddell’s dog

• A Dr. Seuss book

• A disturbance or commotion, usually in response to controversy or conflict.

• It’s a force that can’t be reckoned with.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Kakorrhaphiophobia

• Fear of chickens.

• Irrational fear of failure.

• Fear of water.

• Not a real word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Valetudinarian

• A person who is unreasonably anxious about their health.

• Healthy eater; health nut

• People who cook healthy meals

• Not a real word

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Borborygmus

• A Welsh dinner of roast and potatoes

• Ink dyes from the West Indies

• Not a real word

• The rumbling noise produced by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Widdershins

• Fear of the wind

• Counterclockwise; opposite of the sun’s course.

• Shuddering uncontrollably

• Illness that causes purple spots in your ears

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Snickersnee

• A type of cookie

• Leavening for bread

• A large knife.

• A candy bar

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Bibble

• To eat or drink noisily.

• Pass gas

• When drool comes out of the corner of your mouth

• A type of long haired chicken

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Acnestis

• A roller coaster that defies gravity

• A type of skin rash

• The area of an animal’s skin that it cannot scratch on its own.

• A golfing term for missing the ball.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Winklepickers

• Picking strawberries in the hot summer sun.

• A spoon your mother uses.

• A gas lantern used in the 1600’s.

• A style of shoe popular in the 1950s and 60s among British rock fans.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4