Origin: Taken directly from the Cantonese word kin ku meaning "gold orange".
An olive sized citrus fruit native to South Asia that boasts a spongy rind and plump acidic pulp. Surpassing its brother the mandarin orange in utility, kumquat is one of the only citrus fruits you can eat whole, along with the skin.
Sounds like a painful yoga pose, doesn't it?
Origin - A distortion of the word chark which means "to grate one's teeth", maybe because the sound of the term chork makes you want to do just that.
Chork has two very different yet equally interesting meanings. It can refer to the combination of a chopstick and a fork, an invention made for those who do not know how to use chopsticks. It can also refer to the squishing sound that your socks make when you walk around in waterlogged shoes.
Origin: Combination of the word bladder (from the Germanic term blodram meaning "something inflated") and wort (from the Old English word wart meaning "herb"). The word literally means inflated herb.
Bladderwort is a type of carnivorous plant that has sac-like air-filled leaves used to keep it afloat in water. They may look like elegant water stars on pond surfaces but are actually stone-cold killers.
Does anyone else still find "ask" being used as a noun unnatural? E.g. That’s a big ask. I constantly hear it in tech/business/workplace culture. I'm not even saying it is wrong, but my brain rejects it each time. I'm fine with "call", "run", "try". However, “ask” in my head is a verb. Curious whether others have fully accepted “ask” as a noun or sounds awkward to them too.