It is ridiculous that you are on the internet and don’t know what “ultracrepidarian” means.

Crepuscular

Of or relating to twilight. One of those words that sounds like it should mean what it means.

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Tmesis

Cutting a word in two and sticking another word in the middle – and the other word is usually a swear. As in "abso-fucking-lutely". From the Greek tmēsis, "cutting".

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Petrichor

"The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell." A beautiful word for an everyday sensation. Coined by two Australian researchers, IJ Bear and RG Thomas, in 1964.

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Umami

Our tongues can detect five different tastes. You know four of them: salt, sweet, bitter, and sour. But the fifth, "umami", is more obscure. It's the meaty, savoury taste that makes things like Marmite and gravy so moreish – more scientifically, it's the taste of a chemical group called glutamates. The word comes from the Japanese for "deliciousness".

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