What's your favourite word?

Demeter · 2011-07-25T14:40:21Z

Well, words. I automatically suppose it's words in plural, because there are different kind of favourites: words you say a lot in everyday conversation, words you find yourself using a lot in writing, and words you just love because they are so SWELL. I have lots, but here are a few: lukewarm - This is probably THE favourite word of mine ever. I don't use it that much, but whenever I see it in writing, it makes my heart happy. brethren - A close second. Did I mention I absolutely love irregularity of language? definitely - I use it a lot in normal conversation (when I talk in English) or when I review, for example. I don't even know why. I guess it just fits well in my mouth/fingers. eldest - Firstly, I love saying it, and secondly, I think it's so cool how it's eldest and not oldest. Even though you can also say oldest and they're not exactly the same thing anyway. But whenever I can, I say eldest. Eldest. citizen - Again, just a cool word for no apparent reason. lagom - This is a Swedish word that doesn't have a direct translation. It means something like "just enough". eloisa - This is Finnish for "lively". I just think it's a really pretty word. Oh, I could go on and on. There are so many lovely words out there! I can't wait to hear your favourites!

espeon

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Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:35 am

espeon says... · Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:35 am

I really like the word soap. I don't know why, it's simply my all time favourite!
It's just so bubbly and slippery at the same time. It stays in your mouth even after you've said it, like actual soap. Okay, I don't actually know why I like it that much. I just do. So leave my soap alone!
Hehehe :3

I also like the word entao.
It's Portuguese for "then, next, thus". If I could speak Portuguese I'd say it all the time.

Entao, entao, entao... !

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Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:09 pm

Skorpionne says... · Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:09 pm

This will be fun. I happen to own a philavery, a dictionary of unusual words. Here are my personal favourites:
FOPDOODLE = A fool or simpleton
BATTERFANG = To beat and claw at: To attack with the fists and nails
SOLENOGLYPHIC = Snakelike
SOPHOMANIA = An obsession with oneself

Yay for obscure words!

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Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:51 am

inkwell says... · Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:51 am

Cretin; what I (habitually) call 90% of the strangers I encounter.

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Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:52 am

Balaczter says... · Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:52 am

Estrapade - the act of when a horse throws off its rider. xD
It's... just such a beautiful word for such a funny definition. Oh, random word sites, how I love you...

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Searria H.

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Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:41 am

Searria H. says... · Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:41 am

Let's see...
Quadruple: because everything is better in fours.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: just because I think it's ironic that it's the fear of long words
Perpetrator: someone who commits a crime. I don't know, it just makes me laugh when they say it on cop shows.

Euphoria: intense excitement or joy.
Asinine:because it sounds so much worse than just calling someone "stupid."
Jobler: because it reminds me of cobbler, meaning one who does small jobs
Hedgehog: because I really want one so I can name it after a composer.

I could go on forever.

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Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:44 am

pudin.junidf says... · Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:44 am

Orthodox: because it's the first word to which I could understand the latin roots, besides it sounds quite funny.

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Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:03 pm

NinjaCookieMonster says... · Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:03 pm

I found another: adore. To love and respect deeply.

hey, Jude, don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
remember to let it into your heart
then you can start
to make it better.

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Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:13 pm

Sunshine says... · Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:13 pm

I love this thread!

My favorites:

Discombobulated: It means confused. How can you not love it?

Iffy: Fun word. Yes, fun word.

bric-a-brac:Useless stuff. I totally love this word.

I have more, but I can't think of them.

I have loved the words and I have hated them. I only hope I have made them right.

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Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:01 pm

Samp says... · Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:01 pm

Hmm...
Flourishing!

growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous

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Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:18 pm

Master_Yoda says... · Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:18 pm

I am metaphorically peripatetic in my quest to peruse verbose texts to engorge my diction with ambrosiaic fill. More often than not, I defenestrate prospective candidates, circumspectly casting them to their discombobulated fates.

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And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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