Ok: so this isn't a game as such, but you know we all have those words that we love to use, or really like the sound of. So let's hear them, with an explanation of why you like it. I'll start: Peanut. Perhaps that's no surprise, but that's why I'm the Peanut Monster. It's not because I like peanuts, in fact, I'm kind of indifferent to them, and frankly, I think the word is wasted on the nut. I love the sound of the letter "p" contrasted with other consonants for some reason, and words like "pink" "punt" "pit" are all cool sounding to me, kind of cute, and "punchy" . Peanut, well, its the best of them all.
I can't say it here, this is a family forum. If you're familiar with the show, just think of the word Pinkman always used on Breaking Bad. Yeah, I know it's vulger but for some reason It's a nice period when you're really mad at someone.
I don't have a single favorite, but there are some that I do fancy. Lugubrious. Kerfuffle. Perspicacious. Egregious. Exigencies. Predatory. Cunning.
^ Nice picks Ed I have a hard time picking one too, Lilaceous Tintinnabulation Squiggle Luminous Jambalaya Vanish Boomerang I pick mine by sound. Love how vanish is thrust from your mouth as though it is vanishing from your lips, how boomerang doubles back in your tongue, how Jambalya is a jumping tongue-dance and lilaceous is caressing.
Most of my favorites are simple words. I know I've extolled the virtues of long words on this forum before - or, at least, defended their use when they're the right words - but my favorites are usually short. Here's a selection: Balance Dawn Gentle Glass Shark Smoke Talon Thunder One can write powerful poetry with words like these.
I like the sound of certain words, like tintinnabulation, rumble, brouhaha, and rutabaga. But my favorite word is the the one that fits snugly in the sentence I'm working on at the time, the word that launches the sentence from adequate to memorable.
I don't have just one word; they always seem to pop out at me ever since I discovered them Black Vociferous Aphotic Commozione Spark Rifle
Not sure if I have a favourite word but I always loved the name of a Portugese footballer - Oceano - pronounced O-Cee-ah-no, no idea why but it's also a hotel chain here in France. My wife's is cellar-door.
Like others before me, I have no particular favorite. One of them, however, is incision. To me, that word sounds exactly like what it means. Of course others include: guacamole anejo hubris ornery (southern US pronunciation only)
My favorite words are my favorites not because of phonetics or intonation, but simply the meaning they represent. 1) Name - If you think about it, these things that we usually take for granted hold such power. Is a dog still a dog if not called a dog? *shoots self with Shakespeare lines* 2 - 5) Not in any particular order: Love Death Annihilation Green
Capture Incandescent Luminescent Enchanted Entwine I just like the way the letters complement each other and how they sound when I put on a French accent. I feel sophisticated... or something. Maybe it's the five year old girl in me who loves fairy-tales.
Soccer-ball, cause it was my autistic son's first real word and Mom, cause I waited four years to hear him call me that.
Like most of the others, I don't have a single favorite, and I don't know why I like these words, but for some reason I have a fondness for them: illuminate enlighten acquire/acquisition satisfying elaborate (the verb, not the adjective) and of course... The four-letter "F" word. (Actually, that may be my favorite. I can't seem to write a story without it. Usually it's used multiple times. That word, and it's -ing form as an adjective is extraordinarily useful.)
together (courtesy of author and vlogger extraordinaire John Green) frequent (as a verb) duplicate (both verb and noun) win (as a noun) woo (in the meaning of making others like you) shoo island peninsula thunder the her heir heiress actress waitress goddess emphasis emphatic sentient sentience nor awe pun quit domain realm philtrum zero ditto euphemism sphere void cherish flourish bracelet violet limbo spree fortnight hindsight extrapolate guesstimate cinematic urge urethra tampon nuance nuisance chasm cataclysm shattering sundering vitriol ubiquitous poignant And now to the words I actually use a lot more than most people amongst those I like: very indeed quite thrice
lascivious << many of my characters ambiguity << important in seeking an understanding of the human condition
Intuitive. Sadly I find myself using it almost exclusively to describe the lack rather than the presence.
Maelstrom - it just conveys a feeling of violence in any situation. Moist/Damp - because it makes certain people cringe in conversation...
floccinaucinihilipilification (that's a whole lot of nothing right there!) Maleficent (just drools blood) sesquipedalian black ooze grimmace shudder fang
At the moment Pernickety/Persnickety I just like the rhythm of it, it almost feels like you are tutting to yourself as you say it. and how the sound of it reflects the meaning. It's sooo much more effective than simply saying picky or fussy etc. I am happy to have passed on the joy of this word recently to a flute pupil of mine who loved it and has made up her own song about Mrs Pernickety (her new name for her very particular friend)
