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submitted 1 month ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I've got six of them:

Tittynope: "A small amount left over; a modicum."
Cacography: "bad handwriting or spelling."
Epeolatry: "the worship of words."
Kakistocracy: "a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens."
Oikophilia: "love of home"
Tenebrous: "dark; shadowy or obscure"

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Oh, I also really like Mammonism: "the greedy pursuit of riches", from the Biblical "Mammon".

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

That list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Darth Tenebrous

[–] ReCursing@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Kakistocracy: “a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens.”

See also kleptocracy: rule by thieves. I not infrequently refer to our government as a kleptocratic kakistocracy