23 Useful Words You Didn’t Know Existed

The English language can feel woefully insufficient sometimes. Like, right there — “woe” is a feeling we can declare ourselves full of with just one word, but not other feelings. Something else can be “painful,” but we’re just “in pain.” We can say someone is “short” or “freckled” or “sticky,” but there’s no compact word for “Jeff Goldblum-y around the eyes.” And dammit, there should be!

Often, that’s where other languages come in. English just kind of sucks at compounding, but other languages excel at it. Or maybe there was an English word for the concept you were trying to express all along and you just didn’t know it. Quick, look up “blummy-eyed,” and maybe sing it to the tune of “Hungry Eyes” while you’re at it.

Whatever the case, after user Nicekicksbro asked r/AskReddit, “What’s your ‘there’s a word for that’ word?” they declared, “I’m like a master of all crosswords now. Hell. Yes.”