Revealing the most atrocious word in the English language

Caden Herron - Senior and Peyton Purgiel - Senior | Opinions

Do you or a loved one have a floccinaucinihilipilification problem? Does a chthonic Crwth melody strike distress into your heart? Sadly, words like this do in fact exist in the English language. Join us this month for some of the most obnoxious and pretentious words you have ever heard!

Floccinaucinihilipilification is the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. It is one of the most useless words in the English language. At least most people would think this, unless you are Chetan Ghate, a member of India’s Monetary Policy Committee, who is probably the only person in history to use it in a sentence. On Aug. 7 Ghate stated, “Estimates of economic growth in India have unfortunately been subject to a fair degree of floccinaucinihilipilification.”

To further illustrate how useless this word is, there is even a shorter version of it that means the exact same thing! This word would be floccipend. I think it is pretty obvious that someone is compensating for something. Now then, on to the next one!

Picture this: you’re walking down the street, fallen leaves beneath your feet make a satisfying noise, ‘crwth crwth crwth.’ XD, gotcha! this isn’t a sound effect it’s actually a stringed instrument associated with Welsh and medieval European music. Have you ever heard of such an obscure instrument? No? Yeah me neither. No one has heard a crwth since the 18th century.

‘Honey, could you hand me the worst chester shire sauce, please? Do you mean the worcestershire sauce?’ Worcestershire is another abomination of a word. It is actually a useful condiment used in all sorts of dishes. Believe it or not, it originated in the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. The rank smell and beautifully horrific taste can make any man tremble in fear. One more thing, it’s pronounced Wuss-Terr-Sher. Thank me later.

The final horrific word to be discussed in this month's selection is the absolutely delightful ‘pustule.’ Personally, I find this word to be one of the most revolting combinations of coherent sounds humanly possible. This word as many know is used to describe a small blister or pimple on the skin containing pus. Apparently, the words ‘blister’ or ‘pimple’ or ‘boil’ simply aren’t gross enough to describe the swellings we get on our skins, so someone had to make a word that let everyone know just how much muck and goo was inside.

The english lexicon has a myriad of arduous diction. It's our job to find the best worst words in English, make fun of them, and have a mental breakdown when we can’t pronounce them correctly after the 26th time. Tumblr describes english perfectly, “English is not a language, it's three languages wearing a trench coat pretending to be one.” – Gugulethu Mhlungu.