Subject: What's your favorite word?
Posted by: GuruOfTrivia
Date: Jun 28 10
I've known people whose favorite words have ranged from "plump" to "inglenook." What's yours?
Posted by: GuruOfTrivia
Date: Jun 28 10
I've known people whose favorite words have ranged from "plump" to "inglenook." What's yours?
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Mommakat 
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My favourite word - "Oma" (which is Dutch for Grandmother) it means my beautiful grand daughter is here for a visit. Reply #41. Feb 15 14, 7:43 AM |
alexis722
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prestidigitation, whisper, lust, factoid, vivid, moss, syzygy and versimilitude, for some. Nothing to do with their meanings, just the sounds. Reply #42. Feb 15 14, 10:19 AM |
| alexis722
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Vladivostok, Upbanishad, dervish, Islamabad, milksop, fragonard, dungheap, miscegenation (?), cozy, Vercingetorix, mosey, Thule, antici....................pation, gizzard, balailaika, heffalump, archeopteryx (sp?), muffle, snooze, verdigris, WallaWalla, Rejkyavik, Minsk, purgatory, jaguarundi, mangosteen. Just found out it's Saturday today - how odd, what happened to Friday? Reply #43. Feb 15 14, 10:58 AM |
imphic
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hopscotch Reply #44. Feb 15 14, 1:38 PM |
rosifer
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Serendipity. I love the word and what it means. Reply #45. Feb 16 14, 10:08 AM |
tiye
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I love the word butterfly in most languages, papillon, mariposa, farfalla, schmetterling, kelebek and petalouda in my native Greek. Reply #46. Feb 18 14, 8:56 AM |
satguru
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Mucus! Reply #47. Feb 21 14, 8:31 PM |
13LuckyLady
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Correct!!! Reply #48. Feb 21 14, 9:31 PM |
paulmallon
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I Have two. 1- Bartender!!! but seriously, folks: 2- "Sobriquet", I love the way it sounds, and I'd venture to say I've used in more than half of my quizzes. Reply #49. Mar 28 14, 1:50 PM |
| paulmallon
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May I add: "copious" Reply #50. Mar 28 14, 6:17 PM |
rockinsteve
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My favorite words are "exaltation", especially when used to describe a group of larks and, of course, the word "fart". It's a funny word and I usually laugh when I hear it or see it in print. Reply #51. Oct 08 14, 11:23 PM |
| wmd
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My favorite words are "It's time to eat", followed closely by "Put away your wallet, I'm picking up the tab." Reply #52. Oct 09 14, 9:32 PM |
Jakeroo
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lol wmd (I presume you meant your favourite words spoken by OTHER people, giggles). Can we have a favourite word of the WEEK instead? I have the attention span of a gnat so things vary constantly in my life lol My "favourite" words tend to be ones that are either abused or misused. So, starting from 10 years ago (don't worry, I'll catch up eventually lol) my word, for now, would be "awesome". The word actually means something which is so awe-inspiring that whatever it is could be considered to be (likely) religiously significant and mixed with fear and wonder. So, I'm really sorry, but those new skinny jeans you just bought are NOT "awesome". EVER. I have no comment on whether the word applies to the person wearing them though, even if they ARE scary in real life lol. Reply #53. Oct 13 14, 10:24 PM |
alpinesquill
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crystal Reply #54. Oct 23 14, 3:43 PM |
mountaingoat
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Disgruntled because I am rarely gruntled. Reply #55. Oct 29 14, 11:54 PM |
HairyBear
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Not sure I have a favorite word, but I have one I use to check how complete dictionaries are: assoilzie. It means to acquit or absolve, it's a legal term from the Scottish, and it's pronounced uh-SOIL-yee. It's in the OED, it's in Black's Law Dictionary, and it's in a big blue dictionary I have from 1956, but it's in very few others. I first (and only) ran across it in an Edgar Allan Poe story. It's the only case I know of in English where the z is pronounced like a y. Reply #56. Nov 29 14, 2:15 PM |
| satguru
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The reason for that is it's not a z, it's a yogh, but there wasn't much of a demand for the letter when printing arrived as it's generally (but not exclusively) used in Scotland. Capercaillzie lost it's one, while some names such as Menzies have kept it including the pronunciation although few actually get it right. There was also the tailzie, another official word using one, and is now most discovered in names as they tend to last longer than words as are only really a sound. Glad you dug that one up as it's only about the fourth word with it I've discovered now and never would have otherwise. Reply #57. Dec 01 14, 9:04 PM |
| HairyBear
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Interesting, sat, I didn't know about the yogh. Wikipedia has several more words with a z instead of the yogh, but not all of them have the y pronunciation, some are j, some g, some zh. Still another example of why Scottish really should be considered a different language from English, it had its own alphabetic characters. Reply #58. Dec 09 14, 4:43 AM |
chickadee1464
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ointment Reply #59. Dec 19 14, 2:48 PM |
Shiningstar7
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Audacity Reply #60. Mar 08 15, 9:28 PM |
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