Times a work taught you a word

I learned the words "exhibitionist" and "exposé" from ECW of all places.

I actually learned "dint" from Backstroke of the West, no joke. Was surprised to learn it was an actual word

I learned quite a few words from Pinky Dinky Doo, such as "voracious".

A Happy Tree Friends fan animation titled "All Work and No Belay" taught me the word "belay".

Sesame Street taught me "predicament", "unanimous", and "tempo".

SpongeBob taught me "mediocre".

Pokémon taught me a lot of new words through its puns and mechanics. Too many to count.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has a Pokemon called Iron Jugulis. When I first looked at its name, I had no idea what "Jugulis" meant. I then looked it up and found out that Jugulis is the corruption of the word Jugulum.

Interestingly, Monsters University taught me "mediocre".

Also:

🎵Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious🎵

My brother and I first learned the terms "Breaking the Fourth Wall" and "Reboot" from Teen Titans Go!

I only first heard of Geocaching from Finding 'Ohana.

Just replayed the old Cyberchase web game The Quest and remembered that was my introduction to both the word "cruller" and the general existence of French crullers.

I learned "curio" and "rube" from SpongeBob both from the episode "One Krabs Trash."

Edited by ChicoTheParakeet on Nov 18th 2023 at 4:33:44 AM

In no real order, I'm probably forgetting tons:

• Homestuck has too many for me to remember. "Abscond" is one of them that comes to mind. I did know "ascend," more common among the Arc Words, before...
• ...Because Sonic Heroes taught me "ascend" and "descend."
• Futurama is how I learned "mandatory." I had to ask what it meant though.
• The Binding of Isaac: A lot of medical terms, "monstrance," "censer," "trisagion," "rune," and of course "repentance." It's also the first I've heard of the demon Belial.
• The Simpsons Hit & Run: "Hearse." For a while, because of the context you find them in (you buy one in the Halloween-themed final level and said level also has them as civilian vehicles — where other civilian vehicles are supernatural, like a witch riding a broom or a ghost rowing a boat) and the yellow flame pattern, I thought this was some kind of mythical hell vehicle or something.
• Minecraft: Through wiki/updates at the time, "tundra" and "taiga."
• Bug Fables: "Cordyceps."
• SCP Foundation: "Expunge" and "redact."
• Terraria: "Aglet," "nazar," "hallow." And indirectly, "terrarium."
• Paper Mario 64: "Oasis" and "mirage." (Goombario's comment in Chapter 2's, well, oasis area.)

Minecraft taught me "taiga" too.

If it counts, TV Tropes taught me the phrase "And how!"

Minecraft taught me a lot of words too, like "biome", "village", "cauldron", "ore", "potion", "ingot", "golem", "ghast", "wither", and "ravine".

The Bear (2022) taught me "Jewish lightning."

Mixed with Aluminum Christmas Trees - Flight Rising taught me the word "hainu"... and also taught me what a hainu even was (it's a winged dog from Japanese mythology). I thought at first that they were an original species that Flight Rising came up with.

Today’s mini crossword taught me “adage.” Doubt I’ll ever use it.

I'm almost certain that Don't Starve is where I first saw the term "Nightmare Fuel".

Pokémon taught me “feign” through curly Tatsugiri’s Pokédex entry.

I'm pretty sure Storm Hawks was where I first heard the term "marksman".

x16 And I learned "mediocre" from The Lazer Collection when I was 9. Why my family was okay with me watching that as a 9-year-old, I'll never know.

Edited by Riolugirl on Nov 30th 2023 at 7:15:11 PM

I learned "feign" from A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Hetalia taught me what a codpiece is.

I learned "paralyzed" from Pokémon, although for a while as a result, I thought it had something to do with electrocution, because it was mostly electric moves that caused this status effect.

Like many, I learned "aglet" from Phineas and Ferb. I probably learned a lot of words from that show, actually.

More recently than all the above, I learned about homunculi from Zach Hadel's Author Appeal for them particularly in OneyPlays and Smiling Friends.

Edited by arimothereindeer on Dec 2nd 2023 at 12:39:15 PM

That reminds me how I was first exposed to the word "paralyzed" through the Finger Eleven song "Paralyzer", which I listened to a lot as a kid (and probably shouldn't have).

For words, I once learnt about the word "Montessori" in an episode of The Brittas Empire.