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Gesundheit!

A list of 80 words by reesetee.

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If you say it juuust so, it sounds like a sneeze.

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  • reesetee Ooh, good one! Thanks, chrissykp! Sep 22, 2012

  • chrissykp chiaroscuro Sep 22, 2012

  • bilby fitchew Mar 12, 2011

  • reesetee You may indeed. Thanks! Oct 13, 2008

  • ofravens May I suggest hadeharia? Oct 12, 2008

  • reesetee Bilby, I can hear you. ;->

    Rolig, thanks for those suggestions--added. We might as well include two of my favorite place names. :-) Jul 21, 2008

  • bilby I'm way out of your league, both of you. I just blumbled into this (ахуеть) while random-wording, thought it would suit Gesundheit! Appreciate your enlightening comments. Jul 16, 2008

  • rolig Thanks, Mia! Jul 15, 2008

  • mialuthien My knowledge of Russian grammar has deteriorated over the years, but I hear it spoken around me every day. I am quite certain that there is some degree of naughtiness involved in ахуеть (охуеть), and while I wouldn't consider it offensive, I wouldn't use it in "polite" society either. That said, I like this word, especially if it is said with typical Russian emphasis :) Jul 15, 2008

  • rolig Reesetee, my contribution to this wonderful list would be: kerfuffle (which admittedly is more of a pre-sneeze sound) and, if proper names are permitted, Schenectady and Poughkeepsie (with hats off to Dick Van Dyke). Jul 15, 2008

  • rolig Mia and Bilby, I've been out of touch from everyday colloquial Russian for about 15 years, so ахуеть is new to me (though I am very familiar with хуй!). Could one of you tell me how it is used? Is it really related to хуй or is it perhaps derived from the verb ахать/ахнуть ("to exclaim 'ach!'"), e.g. аховать (which is not in my dictionary, but if it did exist, it would be conjugated ахую, ахуешь, ахует ... ахуют - with only an accidental relationship with хуй)? Or is it a hybrid of the two? Jul 15, 2008

  • bilby You're right, but we don't have to tell reesetee! Jul 15, 2008

  • mialuthien Perhaps you should have also provided a translation of that word – 'хуй' in ахуеть is a taboo word for a male reproductive organ, even though ахуеть is just an exclamation indicting a surprised wonderment). But you probably already knew all that! :)

    You've put ideas in my head. Now, whenever I hear a Russian person saying ахуеть, I'll be tempted to respond with "будьте здоровы!" (bless you). Jul 15, 2008

  • bilby How about ахуеть? It's a Russian verb whose pronunciation sounds like a-HOO-yet. Jul 15, 2008

  • reesetee Classics! How could I miss those? Apr 25, 2008

  • mollusque Issue! Tissue! Apr 25, 2008

  • bilby *katzenjammer!*
    Apr 9, 2008

  • reesetee You're right, bilby--opening the list to all manner of German words would be like locking a person with a cat allergy into a room full of felines. It just isn't sporting.

    That said, I'll take bergschrund, since I like the definition. (Also because I don't want chained_bear to come stomping through again.... :-P) But that's it! No more German sneeze-words! Enough!

    Er...well, for now. Apr 9, 2008

  • ofravens bilby -- This is true, but what if we (and by we, I clearly mean reesetee, ahem) limit the inclusion of German words to those that actually have an accompanying definition in English? Of which bergschrund, delightfully, is one? Or not. Just a suggestion. :) Apr 9, 2008

  • gangerh The sweet toothache fairy suggested 'zahnschmerzen'. A Teutonic toothache, apparently. Apr 9, 2008

  • bilby No fair, almost all German words sound like sneezes ;-) Apr 9, 2008

  • ofravens Yep, me again: bergschrund! Apr 9, 2008

  • reesetee Heehee! Thanks, all!

    You know, czar doesn't sound nearly as much like a sneeze as tsar. *pondering* Apr 8, 2008

  • pterodactyl I'm desperately trying to keep my giggling at the sub-audible level. It isn't working very well.

    "Tsar", perhaps? If you pronounce the "ts", it's a short sharp sneeze. Apr 8, 2008

  • ofravens I thought of another one! Crevasse, maybe?

    (Oh my god I can't even type that word without giggling. SO JUVENILE.) Apr 8, 2008

  • reesetee Added! Thanks, ofravens. Mar 26, 2008

  • ofravens May I humbly suggest the addition of ennui? With the emphasis on the second syllable, in particular? Mar 26, 2008

  • reesetee Kittens?? Unausgesetzt!

    Excuse me; I'm allergic to cats. Mar 21, 2008

  • chained_bear Yay! Yay! *running in fields of daisies, with kittens* Thanks reesetee! Mar 21, 2008

  • reesetee *SIGH*

    Okay, okay. Added.

    *Additional, even more histrionic SIGH* Mar 21, 2008

  • chained_bear Fine! *stomps off*

    Next time I sneeze (she called from far away where she stomped to), I'm going to SAY unausgesetzt. So there! Mar 21, 2008

  • reesetee Good grief! Are you sure that isn't a real sneeze?

    Actually, I think I may forgo that one, c_b. I was trying for English words that sound like a sneeze--though admittedly, pshchtskrekhlkhdmkhrt breaks that rule with a flourish. :-) Mar 21, 2008

  • chained_bear unausgesetzt? Mar 21, 2008

  • reesetee Yes! How could I have missed it! Thanks, harvey. And I hope you don't really have a chainsaw. ;-) Nov 14, 2007

  • harveythechainsaw I was sure you would have kazoo! It is a gesundheit word that is also onomatopoeic. Nov 14, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, guys. Segue is an odd one, to be sure, but I actually know someone who sounds like that, believe it or not. ;-) Feb 12, 2007

  • seanahan I agree with most of these, except for segue... Feb 12, 2007

  • chained_bear This is one of the most creative lists out there. --Escutcheon!-- Oh, excuse me please... Feb 12, 2007