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Merriam-Webster Shares List Of Ridiculously “Beautiful And Useless Words”

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3. Slantindicular

Definition:
somewhat oblique

Now, this word just sounds completely made up. But I also dig it.

4. Psittaceous

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Definition:
like a parrot

If you work with birds, this word probably isn’t useless. Except… if it was like a parrot, it’d probably be a parrot, and you could just say parrot.

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