Welcome to the Coolest Words

Welcome to the site for the coolest words found in the English language. If you think a word is cool and it is not on this site be sure to submit it. While you are here please take the time to vote on the words and leave your comments.

Pragmatic

A phrase that has to do with something practical or easy to use, so shouldn't the word be more practical and easier use? But it sure does sound complicated and cool.

 

Syntax

Laws or rules of language and grammar, usually tending towards definite and absolute rules and leaving little room for interperatation. Used a lot in the software industry because typo's happen a lot, and typo's will create syntax errors when writing code.

 

Paradox

A phrase or statement that is circular or contradictory in nature, or seems contradictory but is true in reality. An elusive word that is difficult to use in any sentence and usually is misunderstood, which is kind of a paradox in its own way don't you think?

 

Cryptic

A word used a lot in the software industry, it's something that's mysterious or unclear. Or in a more literal sense, a word or phrase that has been encrypted with some sort of code.

 

lacuna

A blank space or missing part
small cavity
pit
discontinuity in an anatomical structure
From Latin word lacuna meaning pit or gap

 

Brigadier

Short for a brigadier general in the United States Armed Forces.

 

Pandemonium

A wild uproar, tumult, chaos, confusion; The capital of Hell

 

Defenestration

The act of throwing a person out of a window

 

Harbinger

The being (or thing..) who foreshadows what is to come.

 

Overture

Noun. It's the prelude of something. It can also mean the action/proposal that started an agreement.

 
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