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English can be a strange and often complicated language when it is not your first language. It is an amalgamation of many different influences. The weirdest words are those which are no longer in use. One such word is "doodlesack," which was an older English word meaning "bagpipe." Another might be "gabelle," which is a tax on salt.

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Some examples of strange English words include: "floccinaucinihilipilification" meaning the action or habit of estimating something as worthless; "bumfuzzle" meaning to confuse or fluster; "lollygag" meaning to spend time aimlessly or to dawdle.

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