Favorite Words Thread.

[Leeloo777]

Thought I'd try and start a thread about some of the more creative-sounding words that you might particularly enjoy.

I'll start with a couple of mine: Cattywompus and Hodgepodge. I think these are adorable.

Note: if this has already been done, sorry... Didn't feel like digging back through a bunch of older threads.

 

[PayDay]

persnickety
&
audacious

There is the seldom used word thread, but this one is different.

Methinks I like it.

 

[Leeloo777]

Persnickety is another favorite of mine... good one.


I always liked the word "snorkel". It doesn't sound like a diving apparatus to me. More like some kind of affectionate gesture you'd do to a loved one. IE: I squished and snorkeled my husband for cooking dinner.

 

[PayDay]

Gurgle or gargle are fun.

Snorkel sounds dirty. Asin:: Me and my old lady had a good snorkel last night.

Overall is a good one. Works both ways. Words like that carry much use.

 

[horrorotica]

One of my fav's is: gobsmacked

 

[PayDay]

I have issues with hors d'oeuvres.

I think it's spelled wrong.

orderves >

 

[Leeloo777]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words.


Just goes without saying.

 

[SamScribble]

umbriferous deserves to be used more often

 

[Handley_Page]

One of my fav's is: gobsmacked

And a very English word it is too.
[regional; North West]

 

[Leeloo777]

I like the word "vacuum". Two "U's" in a row tickles me.

And of course the word "bookkeeper". Triple doubles also tickles me.

 

[desertslave]

lubricious

It feels good to say it, in a pleasantly liquid sort of way.

 

[Handley_Page]

I like the word "vacuum". Two "U's" in a row tickles me.

And of course the word "bookkeeper". Triple doubles also tickles me.

Very useful in Scrabble, I suspect

 

[Leeloo777]

Very useful in Scrabble, I suspect

Likely so, if I ever had the correct letters to play those words anyhow.


Also, the word "scrabble" is incredibly cute.

 

[MollyKat]

Canoodle

 

[patientlee]

Elegant is my favorite sounding word, although I like it better in Spanish- elegante.

My favorite French words- pantouffles (slippers) and pamplemousse (grapefruit).

 

[HeyAll]

I'm not sure what my favorite word.

But when it comes to erotic stories, my least favorite word is 'cooed.' I cringe whenver I see it.

 

[mynameisben]

I like the word nincompoop. I like the way it sounds. Plus, it applies so perfectly in everyday affairs.

 

[SamScribble]

lubricious

It feels good to say it, in a pleasantly liquid sort of way.

Yes. A good word. And both meanings are, well, useful.

I also like setiferous.

 

[txblush]

I like the word lollygagging. The first time I heard it said to me it came out of the mouth of the king of lollygaggers, my spouse.

 

[LaRascasse]

sonder

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you'll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

(Source -- The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows)

 

[PayDay]

sonder



(Source -- The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows)

Much better than sidle but nearly as good as solder.

 

[Leeloo777]

Couscous..


I just like the way it sounds. And, yeah, I'm saying it right now.

Couscouscouscouscouscous...

 

[PayDay]

Couscous..


I just like the way it sounds. And, yeah, I'm saying it right now.

Couscouscouscouscouscous...

I did as soon as I saw it. It does have the effect, doesn't it, or affect, sortof even infectious.

 

[AltruisticDelights]

This thread sounds fun. Here are a few words I enjoy saying:

tomfoolery
ubiquitous
colloquialism
onomatopoeia
ergonomics
xenophobia

My favorite word to say in Spanish is mantequilla (butter)

 

[PayDay]

onomatopoeia

Bathroom's down the hall, wipe the seat if you miss.

My favorite word to say in Spanish is mantequilla (butter)

Mine is suave... mmm...