Cool, unusual words

[P. B. Walker]

Hey all,

Just wanted to start a thread about cool words to use in stories. I tend to overuse certain words when describing action and things. Words like "slowly", "throbbing", "panting", etc. They are pretty common everyday words. Most people can't help but use them when describing a sexual situation. But after a while, when you read these same words over and over, everything seems to blend together. I've been on a little quest lately to find new interesting words to use in my stories. Not words that the average person would have to look up in the dictionary. Nothing worse to kill the mood than stopping to look at a dictionary.

So I was wondering if ya'll would be interested in maybe tossing 5 or so words that you think are really cool. Actually, any number of words is fine. I'll start with these:

slather
engulf
spill/spilling
scalding
seething
searing
proud
tremor

ok ok.. i got carried away with the "s" words... lol.

- PBW

 

[sexylilmissie]

cool words

Ok now time to turn into a thesaurus LOL

My favorites include;

upthrust
glove
shudder
glowing
sheen
peak
peaked

and many more but I'm sure others want their say also

 

[voyergirl]

words

hummmmm............................i love stories with good word usage!


i am one of those silly people that hear words and scribble them down in my notebook, sometimes just a single work will evoke a feeling of sexual stimuli.

the favs of mine are simple yet little used words...

genitals
vagina
penis
anus
areola
clitoris
labia - major and minor
vulva
sphincter
perineal muscle
earlobe-lol ect. ect. ect.................


i do love the clinical terms!!!!!!!!!!!
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okay now dirty ones LOL

methodical or just things like.........
deliberate
ached suck, eat, lick, tongue, hood,
lingers nibble, fiercley, caress, scream,
erect forcefull, rough, yanked, biten,
coursing mango, juice, consume.......
gaping sweet wettness of my climax lol
spasm
delirium
swelled
shaft
tormenting
enveloping

damn i don't wan't to stop i LOVE word games!!!!

 

[voyergirl]

word play

damn that messed up my post. now all the words are running together and it looks silly

sorry it looks so messy

 

[Guest]

bend over for your spanking.

 

[MaxSebastian]

You know, in the last year, I've posted 25 stories amounting to approximately a quarter of a million words, and I don't think I've used the word 'panting' once!

maybe next time...

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

I love using a variety of words too...although not unusual, here are some of my favorites.

succumbed, tantalizing, undulated, surrendered, subsided, sheen, intensity, receding, tilltilate, rhythmic, intoxicated, essence, sought, entice, relishing, descending, lavished, eternal, flutter, exhilarating, mesmerized, envision, assuage, intrique, wryly, ample, sultry, devouring, captivated, yearning, semblance, temptress, minx, vixen, splendor, blissfully, gutteral, taut, taunting, succulent, supple, globes, gyrated, ragged, innate, savory, deft, feathery, glistened, tweak, aftermath, ardor, probe, entwine, sinewy, depths, hypnotic....


Ooops, I went overboard...oh well, hope this helps.

Hugs Katerina

 

[StarGoddess]

This is great. I am currently writing a new story and have been searching the web for an erotic dictionary / terminology to prevent me from using the same old tired words and here are people offering contributions to this cause... ( I should have looked here first; would have saved time). So just wanted to say thank you to one and all for their suggestions.

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

Your welcome. Kat

 

[MissVictoria]

Ravenously
deliciously
murmer
entwined
ensconced
smoothed
claimed
devastated
jarred
grit
raked
grappled
tore
lazily
agape
engorged
desperately
achingly

 

[P. B. Walker]

You know, in the last year, I've posted 25 stories amounting to approximately a quarter of a million words, and I don't think I've used the word 'panting' once!

maybe next time...

'panting' is a pretty common word... I can see how you'd avoid it. That is one of the words I over-use. It's hard to replace when it fits... oh well.

- PBW

 

[P. B. Walker]

succumbed, tantalizing, undulated, surrendered, subsided, sheen, intensity, receding, tilltilate, rhythmic, intoxicated, essence, sought, entice, relishing, descending, lavished, eternal, flutter, exhilarating, mesmerized, envision, assuage, intrique, wryly, ample, sultry, devouring, captivated, yearning, semblance, temptress, minx, vixen, splendor, blissfully, gutteral, taut, taunting, succulent, supple, globes, gyrated, ragged, innate, savory, deft, feathery, glistened, tweak, aftermath, ardor, probe, entwine, sinewy, depths, hypnotic....

Hugs Katerina

Wow... great set of words Katerina! I love gutteral and feathery... Thanks for your additions... <adding them to my list>...

- PBW

 

[P. B. Walker]

Ravenously
deliciously
murmer
entwined
ensconced
smoothed
claimed
devastated
jarred
grit
raked
grappled
tore
lazily
agape
engorged
desperately
achingly

OH yeah... "claimed", I like that one! All great words MissV! Thanks for your additions

- PBW

 

[sexylilmissie]

wow! I never expected such a strong response to this thread.

Thanks P B-great idea. My vocabulary is expanding as I type (now if I could only improve my spelling at the same time lol)

 

[VeraGem]

Just searching for some I haven't seen yet...

spear
gasp
cleave
erupt
unyielding
turgid
gnash
drive
impale
possess
boil
streaming
ream

I can leave out: poot, bootknocking, wanking, rogering, snog...

 

[JUDO]

Start the engine first

Well, well, well...aren't we in a big hurry? I see a lot of thrust and boil word types, but what about the beginning before all that happens? (Not to mention the after...)

Soft & Slow

nibble
waft
swell
tickle
undulate
enmesh
trace
sleepily
brush
slide
nudge
purr
hum
lightly
nimble
deft
frivolous

Afterglow

welt
bruise
pendulous
ache
burn
scratch
weary
fatigue
floating
sweaty
sticky
sore
stretched
sensitive
tired
content

 

[Whispersecret]

Deleted because I was raining on your parade. If this list helps you write, more power to it.

 

[P. B. Walker]

Differing view points are always welcome Whispersecret. I have no problem with that, and I definitely wouldn't take it as a personal attack. I think all of us (at least I am) are here to learn and become better writers. You don't believe in finding cool and unusal words? or using them in your stories?

The only reason I started this thread was because I've noticed (as well as others) that I tend to repeat and overuse common words to the point that they become annoying. Plus, I feel that different words give the reader a different flavor and can elicit different feelings and emotions. I'm having a hard time describe exactly what I'm thinking here... so hopefully you get the gist of it. And I definitely know you have to be careful with word choice. I'm not arguing that. But, I feel it's nice to have a list of words at your side for those times when your stuck and can't think of a good word to use. You may not find the particular word that fits in your list, but I feel that it will at least get your brain churning in the right direction and help you find the word you want.

As someone who has read all of your articles in the Writers Resources section, I very much value and respect your opinions. I've learned quite a deal from your articles. I want to thank you for taking the time and effort to help and teach the new and upcoming authors like myself.

Anyhoo... if you don't feel like posting something here... please feel free to PM me

Thanks,

- PBW

 

[Whispersecret]

Oh, I didn't think anyone would take it personally, but felt that everyone was so enthusiastic about this idea, that if I pointed out that I thought it was not so good...well, it just wouldn't be nice. So, now I feel like I've been invited to at least sprinkle on the parade.

I do vehemently believe in using the best words possible in my stories. As you mentioned, I've written some how-tos on writing, one of them about word choice. I highly advocate the use of a thesaurus. I don't see how anyone who writes anything can be without one. MS Word has a mediocre thesaurus built in. (Just highlight the word you want to look up and press shift, F7.) I don't think anyone's brain is so perfect that they can come up with the perfect word everytime without help. If they can, SURELY a thesaurus would at least save them some thinking time. Why spend time thinking of a word when it could take you 30 seconds to find it in a book?

You said you tend to repeat words. Oh, don't I know it. I do the same thing, and it annoys me, because those words sometimes come so naturally that I don't even notice that I've repeated them. As a writer of erotica, I feel that the more I write, the more difficult it is to describe the sex act in a way I haven't done before. Especially when you want to avoid all the usual cliches: explosions, melting, shattering, falling off a precipice, etc.

So, if this list helps your brain start churning out better prose, I'm all for it. I just think that a haphazard list like this isn't going to help much. I may be typing merrily about a woman getting aroused and find that I don't want to say "juices" one more time. Is it easier to scan this list for a good substitute or grab my thesaurus? This list just seems like a grab bag that isn't going to be practical, even if the intent is genuine. I hope I'm making sense and not being too negative.

 

[Ray Dario]

WS,

Not to pee in your porridge, but MS Word's thesaurus isn't mediocre, it down right sucks lugies! On a scale of 1 to 10 with one being a pile of shit and 10 being a decent thesaurus, MS word's thesaurus wouldn't even garner a 2! Hell half the time it is so far offbase that the words don't even make sense! For instance look up the word "bat" in it's thesaurus. Now maybe I'm wrong but when I say something like

"She wanted to bat his hand away..."

It just ain't the same thing to say

"She wanted to flutter his hand away ..."

Besides, while I'm not going to use a list of these words as a replacement for my well-worn thesaurus, I find that just reading the list opens up new ideas on how to describe something.

After all if you look in a thesaurus to find another word to use for throbbing, it won't make you think about that feathery touch to the inner thigh that caused you to start throbbing in the first place.

Everything has it's place and a list of "cool" words that others use to describe a common act can certainly be of help.

That said here is my addition to the list:

Lave
spasm
recoil
quintessence
expunge
velvety
tactile
slurp

 

[Whispersecret]

We all have our opinion, Ray. MS's thesaurus doesn't even come close to my word finder by Rodale, but it will do when I'm feeling lazy.

For instance:

I looked up "bat." Here's what it gave me for the verb:

blow, knock, hit, rap, swat, sock, whack, strike.

Not a bad list, I think.

And if you think flutter works, I'd have to disagree. Fluttering IS an action, but it's not an action you can do TO something.

Like I said, anything that helps you write, I say go for it. Not everyone who writes for Literotica may know about the existence of thesauri. (Is that the plural?) Some of them may not have picked up a pen to write something creative since high school.

So, now, on with the list!

 

[P. B. Walker]

Hey all,

I see where you are coming from Whispersecret... and I totally agree with you that if you have a word and it doesn't feel right but it adequately describes what you want... using a Thesaurus is the way to go. Just to add, I like to use the web (www.dictionary.com) has a very good thesaurus option. Not the best interface but it returns more words than either MS or my Roget's Thesaurus. Also I do feel MS's thesaurus isn't half bad... I'd rate it a 6 on a 10 point scale. But back to what I was saying.... lol

The reason I started this thread was for those times when you don't have a word at all... not even a simple word. Or if your not sure how you want to describe something but you have a general gist of it. I find looking at certains words get my juices flowing. I know ... sounds silly.. but like you said... use what works.

Anyhoo... was good to get an alternate view WS... thanks

- PBW

 

[JUDO]

Wordage

Well, as I sat here, limbs akimbo, fluttering my diddle (or was it diddling my flutter...?), I saw the postings and pondered to pick the peck of ponderous outpourings (Something Peter Piper never did, I'll wager).

How about we stave off the limits to the creative morass we refer to as language and let the torpedoes be damned, WS? Thatways, we can shiver our timbers back under the kivering couplets and wax notaligic for our university unbringings whilst expanding our minds and language at the same time. What say, girl? Afterall, it's made to bend.

Hee...hee, hee...hee, hee!


- Judo

 

[Starblayde]

I always find that getting the female participants to quiver or tremble, particularly in anticipation is a good thing, yet no one else seems to think so

Or is that where I'm going wrong?

 

[VeraGem]

I can't come up with the perfect word every time - but that's what second drafts are for. Breaking flow for even 30 seconds can sometimes crush an entire passage for me, leaving me wondering what the hell I really meant to say in the first place. I'd rather fine tune the language in the second draft.

Microsoft does make a pretty good dictionary and thesaurus, but it's called Encarta. I love my Encarta 2001 disc; I'd give it an 8 They can keep the one in Word though. It's as worthless as their grammar check.