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Have you ever struggled to find the perfect word meaning the exact thing that you are feeling or the exact thing that is happening? The Oxford English Dictionary might contain 171,476 words - but despite frequently adding cool words from the modern lexicon (including bae, yeesh, and hasbian), not all of them make the cut.

The Book of Everyone is a platform dedicated to finding out weird curiosities and facts about the world. We discovered that there's a secret (not so secret anymore) vault owned by the Oxford University Press that stores interesting words that have been rejected to be included in the dictionary. Over the last year, we've posted these delightful, unused, and rare words on our Facebook page and are now sharing the collection here with you! Scroll down below to check out this unofficial dictionary words vocab, and don't forget to upvote your favorite weird words!

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28 Words That Were Rejected From The Oxford English Dictionary

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Azandia
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7 years ago

I am imagining the situation right now and I lol-ed

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    Charlotte Ayers
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    7 years ago

    What's the criteria for rejection? 'Wibble-wobble' has been a phrase in use for a long time. Wibble, used by itself would be a natural evolution of use.

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    commonsenseables (n).

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    Pan Da
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    7 years ago

    I am currently bored attending a nonference

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    HANS
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    7 years ago

    Also spoken by many adults.

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    Koalamonster
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    7 years ago

    There's actually a food truck that runs in my area that is called Locavore. I still think it's a funny word/name. In my head it means someone who eats trains.

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    darryl dash
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    7 years ago

    It’s called impatience

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    3ke
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    7 years ago

    So, the fancy word for evil eye or death stare?

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    Cat on a bike
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    7 years ago

    Actually this would be spot-on, why the rejection?

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    ZeitCycloneTangram
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    7 years ago

    Basically Scotland everyday

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    3ke
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    7 years ago

    That's kinda cute. Quack-mire

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    I'm Furgleing right now on BP

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    spirit wolf
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    7 years ago

    Dear Kates, if you say "quote on quote" one more time, I will barf. One day we counted the number of times you used that term for your 15 minute presentation, it was TWENTY TWO TIMES!!

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    so, what would you call the pinky toe?? big toe is perfect enough...

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    Luis Milian
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    7 years ago

    this one, I'm glad they rejected it!

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    Koalamonster
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    7 years ago

    Shouldn't that be precuperate? Like recuperate pre illness? It's also easier to say than percuperate.

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    Tahani
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    7 years ago

    And it's relating to the Sphinx, smart one!

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    tuzdayschild
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    7 years ago

    Pronounced pep-e-yay

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    Ian Bartels
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    7 years ago (edited)

    You can lick the bowl after I spatulate.

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    Tinley's Aunt
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    7 years ago

    AKA lazy.

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    Monday
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    7 years ago

    This sounds kind of satisfying

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    Lisa Greene
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    7 years ago

    Too close to Pringle...I think it should be Gring as in Glass + Ring

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    Bathsheba
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    7 years ago

    So... linguistics plus etymology?

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    Koalamonster
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    7 years ago

    Why green ones???

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    Tahani
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    7 years ago

    Sprog already exists and it's slang for a child

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    Jonathon Smith
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    7 years ago

    Oh this feels like one of those horrible business buzzwords

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    Magpie
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    7 years ago

    Onionate surely?

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    Dilly Millandry
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    7 years ago

    Also called an outdated person and a fool for doing that while driving.

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