Not a single one of those examples is an English-language word. They are all loanwords, with the exception of two proper nouns and an example of archaic spelling which hasn't been used in centuries.
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When does a loanword become native? Single, example, language, exception, proper, use, and century are all words that came from French.
Not a lone one of those forebisens is an English-tongue word. They are all loanwords, with the outlier of two ownnames and a forebisen of oldspelling which hasn't been noted in yearhundreds.
It becomes a "normal" word when people use it. All these words are essentially not used at all.
Burqa is used all the time.
Jelq is widely known too, at least it is amongt my friend group...
The word "souq" has seen use in English since the 19th century. Currently, it's used more than the word "insectile". If "insectile" can count as English, "souq" would as well. Besides, we can use the word "bazaar" in English, so why not "souq"?
Did you miss “tranq”, short for tranquilizer? It’s pretty native and modern sounding right? That being said ya the list is disappointing
Most of what I saw was specifically NOT an English word but a word from some other language....?!
Or brand names, or initialisms. Or literally the letter "Q" itself. All there just to bulk out the list to actually be long enough to have to scroll.
These guys must suck at Scrabble.
They're probably great at Scrabble if they use the official rules because the official rules allow a lot of "words" which really are not English words.
Yeah, the word "qi" is a legitimate word in Scrabble, and my family learning that fact marked the end of me having fun playing Scrabble with them. Once it stops being about expanding your vocabulary and spelling, and starts being about maximizing points with words you only know because they're useful in the game, it becomes a lot less interesting.
English speakers: "Our words."
Tranq is the only one I have ever seen written out.
Abe that is just shooter for tranquilizer
*Our words, qomrade.
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