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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on January 12, 2006, 12:36:58 pm
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I figured this was an interesting question. I've always liked words that roll off the tongue well like 'superfluous' or that have an interesting meanings.
I'd have to say that my favourite word for the last while has been 'lethologica'; the inability to remember the word you're looking for. :)
Other than the obvious colourful, exasperated exclamations do you guys have any favourite words?
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I figured this was an interesting question. I've always liked words that roll off the tongue well like 'superfluous' or that have an interesting meanings.
I'd have to say that my favourite word for the last while has been 'lethologica'; the inability to remember the word you're looking for. :)
Other than the obvious colourful, exasperated exclamations do you guys have any favourite words?
That's a rather hard question.
Probably 'discombobulated'.
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I like to use big words sometimes, and I have been learning new ones from time to time. I am not sure if I have a favorite word but I do like fragaria instead of strawberry :)
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"Defenestrate", meaning to throw out a window. I learned it in history when we studied the Defenestration of Prague, and I just love that such a simple act has such an official-sounding term describing it.
"Vapid". It's one of those words that just sounds exactly like what it's describing.
"Contempt". I usually use this word to describe my feelings for art that I hate and everyone else seems to like, such as anything written by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Charles Dickens, Forrest Gump, and those god-awful "paintings" by Thomas Kinkade.
"Bittersweet". A quality possessed by most of the world's most beautiful things.
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Antidisestablishmentarianism?
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Penumbra, I think. The partial shadow between the light and the dark.
Either that or 'malediction'.
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I like to use big words sometimes, and I have been learning new ones from time to time. I am not sure if I have a favorite words but I do like fragaria instead of strawberry :)
But do you like it wildly?
Hoho!
Sorry, I'm doped up on Vicks snorty things and cough medicine. Whee!
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Antidisestablishmentarianism?
You do know there's a longer, more daft version?
pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism
Crazy. :)
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I like to use big words sometimes, and I have been learning new ones from time to time. I am not sure if I have a favorite words but I do like fragaria instead of strawberry :)
But do you like it wildly?
Hoho!
Sorry, I'm doped up on Vicks snorty things and cough medicine. Whee!
I like fruits and strawberry is my beloved favorite. As for 'wild' fruits, some of them taste nice. I can't think of how wildly you could eat your strawberry though :rolleyes:
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I like fruits and strawberry is my beloved favorite. As for 'wild' fruits, some of them taste nice. I can't think of how wildly you could eat your strawberry though :rolleyes:
Perhaps with the sharpened ends of fingernails, strapped upside down from the undercarriage of a monkey-piloted rocketplane blasting across the alkali flats at night with no lights on?
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potato and incumbant are right up there. sassafras(sp?) is pretty cool too (i just remembered it too, i think its a spice) but I ind myself saying awesomesauce pretty often.
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I like to use big words sometimes, and I have been learning new ones from time to time. I am not sure if I have a favorite words but I do like fragaria instead of strawberry :)
But do you like it wildly?
Hoho!
Sorry, I'm doped up on Vicks snorty things and cough medicine. Whee!
I like fruits and strawberry is my beloved favorite. As for 'wild' fruits, some of them taste nice. I can't think of how wildly you could eat your strawberry though :rolleyes:
Yeah, the reason "it" was followed with an italiscized word was becaise he wasn't refering to the strawberries, but we all knew that anyway :p
My word?
Atlantis.
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Galopagos
Rutabega
Zanzabar
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Surely Zanzibar?
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Yeah, the reason "it" was followed with an italiscized word was becaise he wasn't refering to the strawberries, but we all knew that anyway :p
Now that's interesting ;7
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It used to be "phantasmagoria" but now it's "Grandpa" :yes:
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Sesquipedalian. Which I was going to register as, but Sesquipedalian beat me to it by three days. :p
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Heard of 'Lymphangioleiomyomatosis'?
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Mine is "anything," because, well, it means anything. :D
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What-cha-ma-call-it
Thing-a-ma-gig-er
Thing-a-ma-bob
Some-thin-another
Doo-hick-ey
:lol:
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What-cha-ma-call-it
Thing-a-ma-gig-er
Thing-a-ma-bob
Some-thin-another
Doo-hick-ey
:lol:
I'd say thingwibob is better than all those combine, though :D
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I'm going to have to amend my list and agree with Carl that "Galapagos" is an absolutely awesome word.
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But he said Galopagos.
You didn't see it.
You didn't.
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Confuzzled
Thingamaroo
bizarre/bazaar
yiff
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Bludgeon. My sister once told me that she thought it was a great word and I had to agree :)
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Narf! That's the only single word I can think of right now. At school the trend is using long and meaningless phrases with the word technology at the end it.
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Arson is one of my favorite words.
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Apotheosis has got to be one of the coolest sounding words I've ever heard. It means becoming God or attaining god-like status.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
:p It's just so fun to say.
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Phonetic
I cant think of one other word with such an ironic definition :D.
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Dyslexia? It's bloody hard to spell right.
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Here is a few more fun ones
Mesocyclone
Cyclogenisis
Derecho
Derecho is real fun to say. ;7
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Quintessential and jovial. ;)
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****monkey
Sorry, but it's an awesome word.
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Squeamish.
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I don't have a particular favourite, but I'm fond of "bollocks". It's just a really satisfying word to say, and you can put a lot of feeling into it.
"Asp" is also a great word. It sounds like what it is. :)
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One of my favourites is Falayalaralfali, name of the homeworld of the Ariloulalee'lay in Star Control 2. Try saying that fast
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Sesquipedalian. Which I was going to register as, but Sesquipedalian beat me to it by three days. :p
damn you, you beat me to it! :p
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Asshat. Its an inside joke between me and my best friend.
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Asshat is hardly your creation, if that's what you think.
Asspegesus, now...
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I don't have a particular favourite, but I'm fond of "bollocks". It's just a really satisfying word to say, and you can put a lot of feeling into it.
I'd have to say I prefer the term "****flaps" as being both more amusing and ruder. Followed by other variations such as flangeflaps.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
:p It's just so fun to say.
Dang you. My mom taught me that word at age 7 or something. :p
Hmm... I think I'll have to go with the Hurley-esque "Dude" - so versatile :)