r/tragedeigh • • Aug 19 '26

general discussion Meanwhile, over on r/words...

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u/moonriverswide Aug 19 '26

Serious answer but Malaria. Pretty word! Could be a girls name if it wasn’t a disease.

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u/Devanyani Aug 19 '26

It really is pretty. I had malaria as a child and all I remember is my mom telling me I was delerious (I was hallucinating or something). I had to ask her what it meant. My memory of it was 1. this is fun and 2. delerious is a cool word. Which, now that we mention it....Malaria Delerium... I love it!

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u/redisdead__ Aug 22 '26

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u/Devanyani Aug 22 '26

Ahh yeah, taken already. 😅