Wednesday, April 04, 2007
What Words Do You Love?
8:10 p.m. / 20:10
Some of my favorite words are conundrum, bibliophile, aardvark, kumquat and rutabaga. I love conundrum for both its meaning and its sound. It's a fun word to say. Bibliophile is a favorite for many reasons, not the least of which is that I love books. That -phile suffix sometimes scares people, though. They're used to seeing it in bad words, like pedophile, which is a word I do not love. Aardvark, kumquat and rutabaga just have a certain humorous quality I enjoy. Onomatopoeia is a terrific word I discovered in high school English class. While talking over favorite words with a co-worker, said co-worker expressed an affinity for the word retribution, both for its meaning, and I think, its sound. He also likes omnipotent and omniscient, which can certainly be fun words.
What words do you love?
Some of my favorite words are conundrum, bibliophile, aardvark, kumquat and rutabaga. I love conundrum for both its meaning and its sound. It's a fun word to say. Bibliophile is a favorite for many reasons, not the least of which is that I love books. That -phile suffix sometimes scares people, though. They're used to seeing it in bad words, like pedophile, which is a word I do not love. Aardvark, kumquat and rutabaga just have a certain humorous quality I enjoy. Onomatopoeia is a terrific word I discovered in high school English class. While talking over favorite words with a co-worker, said co-worker expressed an affinity for the word retribution, both for its meaning, and I think, its sound. He also likes omnipotent and omniscient, which can certainly be fun words.
What words do you love?
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judging from this post, i think your co-worker has some maniacal world takeover leanings.
based on the unnatural number of times he manages to use it, i think my brother must like the word juxtaposed.
personally, i like fuck. it's the most versatile word in the english language. verb, noun, adjective, adverb; it can do it all.
based on the unnatural number of times he manages to use it, i think my brother must like the word juxtaposed.
personally, i like fuck. it's the most versatile word in the english language. verb, noun, adjective, adverb; it can do it all.
Sultry itself is a pretty good word.
Another co-worker insisted she loves the word crap, which in some cases (but certainly not all) can be used the same as fuck.
I remembered today that I also really like the word bumbershoot. I usually reserve it for really large and / or old ones, though, and just call the rest of them umbrellas.
Another co-worker insisted she loves the word crap, which in some cases (but certainly not all) can be used the same as fuck.
I remembered today that I also really like the word bumbershoot. I usually reserve it for really large and / or old ones, though, and just call the rest of them umbrellas.
One hen,
Two ducks,
Three squawking geese,
Four Limerick oysters,
Five corpulent porpoises,
Six pairs of Don Alverso's tweesers,
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array,
Eight brass monkeys of the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt,
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth,
And ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep, who hold stall around the corner of the quay of the quivvy...
all at the same time!
There are bound to be some good words in that one...although, I couldn't find "quivvy" (or "quivy") in the dictionary. But, this thing is old, so the word may no longer be around. Or it may never have been around, and was made up by the person who said it on TV all those years ago when my dad and aunt memorized it...who knows. But, some good words in there, yes?
Two ducks,
Three squawking geese,
Four Limerick oysters,
Five corpulent porpoises,
Six pairs of Don Alverso's tweesers,
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array,
Eight brass monkeys of the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt,
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth,
And ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep, who hold stall around the corner of the quay of the quivvy...
all at the same time!
There are bound to be some good words in that one...although, I couldn't find "quivvy" (or "quivy") in the dictionary. But, this thing is old, so the word may no longer be around. Or it may never have been around, and was made up by the person who said it on TV all those years ago when my dad and aunt memorized it...who knows. But, some good words in there, yes?
Verisimilitude
Lapidation
Sanguine
inundate
plethora
resilient
diabolical
avarice
capriciousness
fugue
cohort
coterie
nocturnal
draconian
pyrrhic
ergo
proxy
moxie
nefarious
divine
vengeance
omnipotence
I know. My list is bountiful.
Lapidation
Sanguine
inundate
plethora
resilient
diabolical
avarice
capriciousness
fugue
cohort
coterie
nocturnal
draconian
pyrrhic
ergo
proxy
moxie
nefarious
divine
vengeance
omnipotence
I know. My list is bountiful.
# posted by 
: 4/07/2007 10:57 AM
: 4/07/2007 10:57 AM
I was planning to write a post about things that please me and are fun to spell. Words I love just for the sound:
rapscallion
skulk
veranda
tangerine
depredation
azure
rapscallion
skulk
veranda
tangerine
depredation
azure
# posted by : 4/07/2007 1:02 PM
: 4/07/2007 1:02 PM
In a way, this has been one of the most fun posts I've done, just because it has been so much fun to see what words other people like.
What about defenestrate? "To throw out of a window"
and my personal favorite-EVIL!
:D
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and my personal favorite-EVIL!
:D
# posted by : 4/09/2007 9:54 AM
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