Crazy words that I just don't really understand
Language is strange. Sentences are crazy and words are weird. I just don't get the point of some words. We were just talking about a bakkebaard in the editorial office. What kind of strange word is that? A beard? For your face? Why does a bakkebaard - a simple tuft of baby hair at your temples - also sound like something to be ashamed of? Behold: the great Amayzine this-words-don't-make-sense-list.
Vagitanus
Hearing a baby cry for the first time? There you go. Apparently, that's called vagitanus. Wasn't there a slightly less embarrassing-sounding word to come up with?
Seahorse
I find that a strange word. Why a horse in the sea? Okay, okay, the head of a seahorse does look a little like that of a horse. But couldn't we have thought of something more original? And what about sea cow? And walrus? Because the animal rests on land?
Ant-fucker
The idea probably: to act fuckingly about something very small. But why do you write it like THIS SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING SEX WITH AN INSECT?!
Bleach fart
Ever had a dark fart? Or are those the real stinky ones?
Crazy Henkie
Henk is so underrated. Too bad. Come chill with me, Henk. Together with long Jan, who is also being bullied.
Flapdrol
Because it's very normal that there's a flap on your, eh? Right.
Koekenbakker
Seems to me the best job ever, so I don't quite understand why this is treated so strangely.
Spray eleven
I looked it up. It probably has to do with the crazy number eleven. The mentioned spray appears in an old firefighters‘ newspaper. There would only be water for ten sprays, causing the eleventh spray to pump up mud. The ’loser' who still wants to say something while it doesn't matter anymore. The spray eleven. We don't get it, people. Way too complicated.
Mother-in-law
Another thing: I don't get it. In America, they laugh their heads off at our ‘clean mother’.
Core of an apple
Why is the inside of the apple a combination of a ‘clock’ and a ‘house’? I get the house, but the clock? I would find apple heart or apple core much more logical.
Adam's apple
DISGUSTING DISGUSTING DISGUSTING. I don't get it.
Pancreas
Does all your meat come together in a gland here?
Branch woman
Naturally an vulgar word, but what does the branch have to do with it? If you really think someone is awful, do you want to hit them with a branch? HAHA.
Then just a little about the words in the Dutch language that I actually find extremely disgusting and that can be banned immediately:
Fleshy. Crust. Wound fluid. Gum. Mushy. Caking. Scabies. Picking. Clump. Chewing. Fiddling. Yuck the yuck.
No, it's not higher mathematics today. Just like this list of pressing life questions. But also nice sometimes, right? Joejoe!
