Words you really like
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Fortitudinous
Having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.0 -
'Woo' - I still like to woo a lady!! :-)0
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when i got to the u.s. and a right know-it-all about the english language, i heard my assistant say that she felt discombobulated, which at that time was a new one on me. utter disbelieving that it actually was a word, i confidently offered, "i'll double your salary this week if it's a word, but if i'm right, then you just lost your wages." she hummed & hahed a while, and then elected not to take the bet, at which point we looked it up - she was not happy, and i was still incredulous that such a word existed.Ross said:Discombobulate, and its verbs (discombobulated, discombobulating).
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my words, amongst others:
sanguine, burgeoning, gossamer, mellifluous.0 -
Bushwacker
Bifurcation
Grunt
Tweezers
(Village name) Evercreech0 -
Quite like using the word "arvo"... Is Aussie slang for afternoon but its so much easier typing arvo when sending an email or text message0
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I think using the word "arvo" should be a hanging offence.ForeverAddickted said:Quite like using the word "arvo"... Is Aussie slang for afternoon but its so much easier typing arvo when sending an email or text message
Yours sincerely
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Flange1
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French word for so, as in so what, is Donc and they use it all the time
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Fixed for youAnna_Kissed said:Thatcherism
Having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.0 - Sponsored links:
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I have said it before and I say it again:
Gash0 -
I can't think of a word that encapsulates my enjoyment of the word encapsulate.1
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clitorious
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Another ?0
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Roger's Profanisaurus - fantastic publication. Lots of modern slang and idiom which is original, crude, cringeworthy and incredibly funny. My favourite word which was included from the very first edition is "zuffle".Stig said:I love this thread. Thanks for starting it cafcfan.
For anyone who loves the study of words and their meanings, I can thoroughly recommend Mark Forsyth's books, The Etymologicon and the Horologicon. Below are some of my favourite words from them:
Bumfodder - toilet paper (the source of the word bumf)
Drunkery - pub, bar, gin house etc.
Expergefator - something that wakes you up
Feaguing - the act of sticking an eel up a horses arse (apparently some snollygosters did this to make the horse more lively and so get a better price for it)
Gong-hole - lavatory
Grinnow - stain that won't come out in the wash
Gubernatorial - things belonging, or relating to, a governor
Hum Durgeon - an imaginary illness
Philogrobolized - hungover
Plutomania - obsessive pursuit of money
Snollygoster - a shrewd unprincipled person
Squitter - to void excrement with a noise
Towcher - index finger (i.e. toucher)
Zwodder - a drowsy stupid state of mind
Also good fun are Adams and Lloyd's The Meaning of Liff and Roger's Profanisaurus. Though their contents are entirely made up. Forsyth's words are genuine.0 -
My favourite word as well.Hartleypete said:Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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'Millwall' and 'nil', in that order.1
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Shaboom is pretty strong0
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Nothing will ever convince me that 'bugger' isn't the greatest word in the English language.
I also like 'Bob'.0 -
Hibou - French for owl
Minou - French for pussy
Toutou - French for doggy
Crepuscule - French for twilight
Twilight - English for crepuscule1 - Sponsored links:
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The Welsh are better at this than "us"Stuart the Red said:
My favourite word as well.Hartleypete said:Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
Owl in Welsh is one of my faves - no chance of spelling it though. The word itself sounds like the noise it makes
It would be like calling a car a "broom broom" or a train a "choo choo" but for real.
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Felicitous1
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did anyone ever say "bob" better than edmund blackadder?EpsomAddick said:Nothing will ever convince me that 'bugger' isn't the greatest word in the English language.
I also like 'Bob'.0 -
Verdigris , I think its a pigment but I know it as a blueygreen mushroom0
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crescendo1
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ditto crystal paralysis (and our rivals near the end of the season)!AddicksAddict said:'Millwall' and 'nil', in that order.
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I do.0
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I like Welsh place names, Im heading down into Pembrokeshire quite a bit and like passing the sign for Plwmp.0
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many cornish place names eg. ventongimps, skinners bottom0
