The Origin Of The Weirdest English Words
Have you ever wondered what serendipity
is? Or maybe you’d like to know where the word PIMP comes from. Well
we’ve put together quite a line-up of interesting things about some of
the weirdest English words. Perhaps you’d be surprised to know that spam
is a word made up to describe an electronic devices that floods
different e-mail addresses with useless information. Spam is also a rand
of canned food. Take a look at our top ten weirdest words and find out
the story behind them.
Spam: no other nation has designated, or
made-up a word just to describe an electronic messaging system that
continuously sends out emails that flood our inboxes. The term has
rapidly spread-out to junk-mail we get through real life mail too, and
of course, spam has been adopted by every country and has become an
international word, but few know that there’s a brand of canned food
also named spam, coincidence? Some think not.
Auto tuned
We’re all pretty familiar by now with the
synth robot-like noises which e’ve been hearing from singers the past
decays. In the past it used to be like: you either have the voice or you
don’t in which case you should get off the stage, but all that changed
when the synthetic sounds were introduced in the music industry. Now,
there’s even a word invented for it, namely: auto tuned voice this
adjective designated to describe a faint, false voice which is made to
sound perfect with the help of digital art.
Bromance
Bromance is a term used to describe a
very powerful, non-intimate, non-sexual and non-romantic relationship
between two or more men. The word is a retro term, so we don’t really
hear it very often these days, but none the less it was very popular in
the ’90s.
Gobbledygook
Sounds like something a turkey would say
right before heading towards the Thanks Giving diner table. Well, for
all we know,it might even be such a word, but it’s also a word used to
describe a text that has so many jargon words that it’s hardly
comprehensible. Gobbledygook was invented in 1944 by Maury Maverick and
it’s considered the hardest word to translate.
Kitsch
The term Kitsch has its origin in Germany and is used to describe a tacky, cheap copy of a valuable object.
Facepalm
Facepalm: hitting your forehead with your
palm in order to express exasperation. You do it, we’ve done it and
there’s a 90% chance we’re gonna do it again.The term is very popular in
the United States where it originated, but it’s been imported by other
countries to, due to the fact that it’s the best gesture to express
exasperation.
PIMP
The verb pimp, not the noun, in rough
terms means to decorate. The term has been made popular with the aid of
different TV shows such as Pimp my Ride. Even tho pimp has its origin in
hip-hop, the verb managed to leak into commercial mainstream.
Serendipity
Serendipity was voted “the hardest word
to translate” in 2004 by a group of prestigious British translators.
Even so, the word was exported to many countries as the perfect word to
describe a happy unexpected and accidental finding, whether it’s love or
money or whatever people always wanted and unexpectedly received.
Trade-off
Trade-off is a fair trade between two
people, they exchange objects o the same values,both the parties are
well aware of both the advantages and disadvantages. If we were to
translate this word in to any other language, one would use at least 5
words to exactely describe its meaning.
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