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<b>The SATs could have used some of these.</b> Because fun.

The SATs could have used some of these. Because fun.

Can Your Vocabulary Handle These Crazy Words?

Eating ice cream too fast can give you a nasty bout of [sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062477).

Blame moving gas on your [borborygmus](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borborygmus).

Some people [faint after they urinate](http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Micturition-Syncope.htm). The phenomenon is called "[micturition syncope](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK224/)."

That dizzying feeling you get when you stand up too fast is called "[orthostatic hypotension](http://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0901/p527.html)."

[Circadian dysrhythmia](http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1986-26544-001) is that feeling of wanting to keel over after traveling to different time zones.

[Semantic satiation](http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1991-06459-001) is saying a word so many times that it starts to sound like gobbledygook. Try it!

[Cryptomnesia](http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/111/480/1111.abstract) is when you think something is a new and original thought, but it's actually a forgotten memory. It can also lead to unintended plagiarism.

Painful ovulation is known as “[mittelschmerz](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001503.htm)” (German for "[middle pain](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990894/)"). It's also fun to say, despite it being terrible in nature.

Those little [lights you see](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phosphene) when you wipe your eyes a little too hard are called [phosphenes](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2189731/).

Well done! Whether you studied linguistics or you're just innately good at everything, you're a golden asset to any trivia or pub team. If we rub your brain, will we absorb some of your smarts? On second thought, would you be against a brain swap? Too bad, because it's happening.

You're a Word Wizard!

Is that a giant vocabulary in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? You prefer descriptive words over dropping a bunch of hard-to-pronounce fancy terms, but you still did more than OK on the SATs. You are to Scantrons as cheese is to macaroni. Speaking of pasta, care to conjure some up?

You're a Vernacular Visionary!

Feh, who needs a load of baloney terms? Most of how we communicate is through body language, and you're savvy enough to get your point across without being a Flashy Felicia (or Frank, if that suits you more). You know when to dazzle others and when to reel the magic in for a rest.

You're a Speech Sorcerer!

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Can Your Vocabulary Handle These Crazy Words?

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Can Your Vocabulary Handle These Crazy Words?

Are you a word whiz? Pick what you think each term means.

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