FUNNY WORDS YOU WON'T BELIEVE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE DICTIONARY

WIDDERSHINS

This word basically means to move in a counter-clockwise direction.

PANDICULATION

You know how you wake up in the morning, stretch, and your

muscles temporarily stiffen? Well this is the technical term

for that ordeal.

WABBIT

Coming from Scottish, to be wabbit is to be tired.

QUIRE

One quire is 25 sheets of paper (formerly 24).

BROUHAHA

A brouhaha is a noisy or overexcited reaction or

response to something.

DONNYBROOK

A donnybrook refers to an uprising or a riot. It originates from the

name of a suburb of Dublin, Ireland that was known for its annual fair.

RATOON

Nope, it doesn’t have anything to do with rodents. It’s actually a

small shoot that grows off of the roots of a plant.

BIBBLE

To bibble is to eat or drink noisily.

BUMBERSHOOT

It’s a synonym for umbrella.