Read on for 80 of the English language’s weirdest weird words ... The latter is an example of a nonce word—a term coined for a very specific purpose, and likely used only once.

You know the type. But even so, we were stumped when it came to a list of some of the most unusual words in the English dictionary. Compiled by the folks at Raconteur, the list includes nouns ...

Setting off on the journey of a lifetime onboard a cruise ship, the only words you will be wanting to hear are “bliss” and “paradise”. However there is one unusual word that many crew ...