Mr. Speers you here?
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"Rævsnerk"
Noun: That moist substance between your ass cheecks on a hot and humidity day when you haven't showered for too long.
Ræv = ass.
Snerk = that membrane-like substance that forms on top of soups and sauces that have been left in room temperature for too long.
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Flammable, Imflammble, and Inflammable.
Those burn me up!
Ooops, time for my meds..
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It's not weird, and it's not my first language, but "equivocado" is one of the funnest words to say in the world.
i always think of avocados when i see it
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This question has me bumfuzzled..
am seltsamsten
In English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things.
You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder.
You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.
Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
My poppy seed bagel has entered the chat...
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Fustigate and discombobulate are a couple of my faves.
Parangaricutirimícuaro.