Disney movies have been a part of the American childhood since the studio released its first feature-length animated film in 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Ever since, Disney films have been known for their catchy, clever songs. On Reddit, logophiles and Disney fans shared advanced vocabulary words they first learned after hearing them in Disney songs. “Wow we used to be UTTERLY SPOILED with the level of internal rhyme and skillful poetics that went into kid’s songs,” one person wrote. These are 14 vocabulary words people learned as kids from Disney songs that have stuck with them to this day: Genuflect Definition: “To bend the knee; to touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship; to be humbly obedient or respectful.”Movie: AladdinSong: “Prince Ali”Lyrics: “Prince Ali, fabulous he, Ali AbabwaGenuflect, show some respectDown on one knee” Meticulous Definition: “Very careful about doing something in an extremely accurate and exact way; showing or requiring extreme care and attention to detail.”Movie: Lion KingSong: “Be Prepared”Lyrics: “So prepare for the coup of the centuryBe prepared for the murkiest scam (Ooh, la, la, la!)Meticulous planning (We’ll have food!)Tenacity spanning (Lots of food!)Decades of denial (We repeat!)” Mediocrity Definition: “Mediocre, of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance; ordinary, so-so.”Movie: The Sword in the StoneSong: “That’s What Makes the World Go Round”Lyrics: “You must set your sights upon the heightsDon’t be a mediocrityDon’t just wait and trust to fateAnd say, that’s how it’s meant to be” Expectorating Definition: “To eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.”Movie: Beauty and the BeastSong: “Gaston”Lyrics: “No one hits like GastonMatches wits like GastonIn a spitting match, nobody spits like GastonI’m especially good at expectoratingTen points for Gaston!” Prattle Definition: “Trifling or empty talk; a sound that is meaningless, repetitive, and suggestive of the chatter of children.”Movie: The Little MermaidSong: “Poor Unfortunate Souls”Lyrics: “The men up there don’t like a lot of blabberThey think a girl who gossips is a boreYes, on land it’s much preferredFor ladies not to say a wordAnd after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?” Dote Definition: “To be lavish or excessive in one’s attention, fondness, or affection —usually used with on.”Movie: The Little MermaidSong: “Poor Unfortunate Souls”Lyrics: “Come on, they’re not all that impressed with conversationTrue gentlemen avoid it when they canBut they dote and swoon and fawnOn a lady who’s withdrawnIt’s she who holds her tongue who gets her man” Cabaret Definition: “A restaurant serving liquor and providing entertainment (as by singers or dancers).”Movie: Beauty and the BeastSong: “Be Our Guest”Lyrics: “We’ll prepare and serve with flairA culinary cabaretYou’re aloneAnd you’re scaredBut the banquet’s all prepared” Pachyderms Definition: “Any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin.”Movie: DumboSong: “Pink Elephants on Parade”Lyrics: “I can stand the sight of wormsAnd look at microscopic germsBut technicolor pachydermsIs really too much for me” Coup Definition: “A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.”Movie: The Lion KingSong: “Be Prepared”Lyrics: “You won’t get a sniff without me!So prepare for the coup of the centuryBe prepared for the murkiest scam (Ooh, la, la, la!)” Qualm Definition: “A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety; a sudden feeling of usually disturbing emotion (such as doubt or fear).”Movie: The Hunchback of Notre DameSong: “The Bells of Notre Dame”Lyrics: “You can lie to yourself and your minionsYou can claim that you haven’t a qualmBut you never can run fromNor hide what you’ve done from the eyesThe very eyes of Notre Dame” Reprimand Definition: “A severe or formal reproof; criticism for a fault; rebuke.”Movie: The Little MermaidSong: “Part of Your World”Lyrics: “Bet’cha on land they understandBet they don’t reprimand their daughtersBright young women, sick of swimmin’Ready to stand” Precocious Definition: “Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age; exceptionally early in development or occurrence.”Movie: Mary Poppins Song: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”Lyrics: “It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidociousEven though the sound of it is something quite atrociousIf you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precociousSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious” Nabob Definition: “A provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India; a person of great wealth or prominence.”Movie: AladdinSong: “Friend Like Me”Lyrics: “Mister Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or threeI’m on the job, you big nabob“ Nom de plume Definition: “A name that a writer uses instead of their legal name; pseudonym; pen name.”Movie: AladdinSong: “One Jump Ahead”Lyrics: “One jump ahead of the slowpokesOne skip ahead of my doomNext time gonna use a nom de plume“ The post People share 14 words they first learned through Disney songs that expanded their vocabularies appeared first on Upworthy.