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Post by Silva on Jun 11, 2011 22:27:46 GMT -5
Malevolent.
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Post by Sophie on Jun 11, 2011 22:52:08 GMT -5
Mine are: Chartreuse (also my favourite colour) Sanguine Saccharine Vraisemblablement (a French word, meaning 'probably'  ) |
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Post by cyanea on Jun 12, 2011 0:56:50 GMT -5
"Together".
I remember it's the first word I created a mnemonic device to remember back when it was a spelling word in second grade ("We're going to get her together.") and I was so proud of myself.
I'm a dork, I know. >.>
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Post by Silva on Jun 12, 2011 2:11:22 GMT -5
OH! ZESTFUL!
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Post by Dobby on Jun 12, 2011 16:41:01 GMT -5
Omnistrain
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Post by Lilt on Jun 12, 2011 17:07:27 GMT -5
This. It's like a phonetic onomonopia. Haha, I love words that sounds a bit like their definition. Like lisp, and fairy. Good examples. I always use undulate and vitreous when describing it. Also: Homespun Felicity Pastoral Byre Also, I'm really obsessed with the kwē and kwe sounds in English. Anything with them in it gets me: obsequious, loquacious, acquiesce, deliquesce, and the best of all—obloquy. Obloquy, obloquy, obloquy. To Olive, who mentioned German: I love glauben. I also really dig the "g" and "ch" sounds in German: ich, wellig, etc. The flattening-tongue-on-your-palate noise, basically. |
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Post by cassie on Jun 12, 2011 18:01:21 GMT -5
There are wayyyy too many to list haha. To name a few...
Miscellaneous
Facetious
Murmur
... and anything that can be construed as sarcastic. But that isn't a favorite word per se.... a favorite genre of words? That's different, but eh.
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Post by djcarter on Jun 12, 2011 20:25:45 GMT -5
I enjoy "defenestrate" and "ethereal" for both their sound and meaning.
"Synchronicity" is another one off the top of my head.
I have a soft spot for inherently funny words as well, examples being "titter", "moistly", "paradiddle", "bauble", etc.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 13, 2011 0:25:01 GMT -5
One of our newbie's username has reminded me of another of my favourite words: lilt. I'm a sucker for the letter L.
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Post by Olive on Jun 13, 2011 8:16:51 GMT -5
To Olive, who mentioned German: I love glauben. I also really dig the "g" and "ch" sounds in German: ich, wellig, etc. The flattening-tongue-on-your-palate noise, basically. Yesssss. Do you cringe as much as I do when people say "ick" and "ish" instead? I'm peeved because one of my profs won't correct the "ish" thing... blah blah blah, "it's a dialect," yada yada. Sure, but when I can't tell the difference between "Kirche" and "Kirsche," there's a problem. |
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Post by Dobby on Jun 13, 2011 12:18:43 GMT -5
I'm trying to teach myself a little bit of German before I go to Austria and Germany for a month this summer. My high school no longer offers German as a language.  I absolutely love the German word "flughafen" (airport). It's so much fun to say! |
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Post by alligator on Jun 13, 2011 12:22:18 GMT -5
Ubiquitous! It became a joke in my high school AP English class because the teacher said it ALL the time. Now I just like the word.
Also pamplemousse, the French word for grapefruit.
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Post by Olive on Jun 13, 2011 12:36:37 GMT -5
I'm trying to teach myself a little bit of German before I go to Austria and Germany for a month this summer. My high school no longer offers German as a language. I absolutely love the German word "flughafen" (airport). It's so much fun to say! "Flughafen" is fun. So is "Tafellappenmeister." Although now I'm wondering if my high school German teacher lied to me, because I can't find that in any dictionaries... "Tafellappen," yes, "Tafellappenmeister," no. But, damn, it's still fun to say... |
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Post by ashshields on Jun 15, 2011 3:29:44 GMT -5
German! I love wahrscheinlich (probably) and läche (smile). Lache (laugh) is a bit too harsh for my liking. I really like the 'pf' sounds too! Like Pferd. I love the sounds made by umlauts, too. Also, like Flughafen, Flugzeug is even better  English-wise, I seem to use the word "brilliant" a lot, because I love it so much. I also have an obsession with words that aren't used as much anymore. For example, I nearly hugged my Classics teacher the other day because she used the word "untoward" while telling a student off. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 16, 2011 12:56:01 GMT -5
Wench.
Apparently, it's much more socially appropriate to call someone a "wench" instead of a "bitch". I'll take it. Plus, the looks people give me and the question "...Did you just call me a wench?" is hilarious.
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I absolutely love the German word "flughafen" (airport). It's so much fun to say! 
