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German always looks great.

My favourite?

Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

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gesundheit

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What the fuck did you just call me

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The most german thing is to read that no problem at the first try. But our language is cheating with the combining words thing.

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For any non-Germans:

cattleregistrationmeatlabellingsupervisiontasksdelegatinglaw

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syzygy

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Yeah, love it. very similar vibe, with all the y’s.

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Also Gypsy, Myth, Glyph

Words where Y is the only vowel are satisfying.

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I discovered this word while reading the three body problem and I thought it was made up lol

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For me, it was Destiny 2!

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The OA season 2 for me lmao

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It was an episode of the X-Files for me

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When in all lowercase letters the word

bed

Looks like a bed.

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I think bookkeeping is a nice, woody word, both visually and spoken

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and the only english word that has 3 sets of repeating letters back to back afaik

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Someone remembers their Encyclopedia Brown!

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Ah yes, the woody sort of words

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Strix is cool. I like saying it.

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Silly rabbit, Strix are for kids!

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Strix are for skids!

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I like the way ‘crisp’ sounds. It starts in the back of your mouth and ends at your lips.

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