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Dr Shashi Tharoor's Twitter is quite an interesting, from politics to his personal opinions, he tweets about many subjects in the most articulate manner on the platform. But what catches people's attention is his intriguing use of lesser known words; the most popular being 'Farrago' which shot Dr Tharoor to fame among tweeples, after he used it in one of his tweets in 2017. Since then, every few days, Dr Tharoor makes most Indians reach out for the dictionary and learn a new English word! In fact, most readers wouldn't even know such English words existed had he not used them in his interesting tweets.


we list down some unique English words that Dr Shashi Tharoor taught us. Read on!


You may use these words in your next poetry :)


  1. Snollygoster (noun) | Meaning: A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
  2. Prurient (adjective) | Meaning: Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.
  3. Floccinaucinihilipilification (noun) | Meaning: The actio
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