What's your favourite word?

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  1. AlcoholicWolf

    AlcoholicWolf Senior Member

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    Festering

    Because you can feel it happening.
     
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    ToeKneeBlack Banned

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    Transfinite - not infinite, but not limited either.
     
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    Arbitrary
    Sharp
    Devious
    Fury
    Inept
    Wreck
    Incomprehensible
    Nonsense
     
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  4. Quixote's Biographer

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    Pond

    (but only in a british accent)
     
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  5. peachalulu

    peachalulu Member Reviewer Contributor

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    I love love words that imply color -
    Chartreuse
    Magenta
    Silver
    Bronze
    Lime
    Scarlet
    Pumpkin
    Tangerine
    Sapphire
    Bone
    Rainbow
     
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    Ivana Senior Member

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    I like Fuchsia :)
     
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    NEBULA
     
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    Nebula's a good one! :love:
     
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    Ubiquitous - it rolls off the tongue, and it's literally everywhere.
     
    Valery Faye, Jul 25, 2015
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    Boulevard

    I love hearing people say it, its glamorous :cool:
     
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    floccinaucinihilipilification

    If you ever wanted a word that is self describing, that's it, right there. :D
     
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    live, and other words like it that can generate

    veil
    evil
    live (x2)
    vile

    multiple words from its constituent letters. Great for Scrabble :D
     
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  13. Aaron DC

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    tesseract, mostly because Madeleine L'engle entranced me with the concept as a child.
     
    Aaron DC, Aug 8, 2015
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    ostracized and pulpit are two favorites as of late.
     
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    rotten
     
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    kopfkino
     
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    jannert Retired Mod Supporter Contributor

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    Actually, you're not incorrect! Notice the difference in spelling. Americans spell it 'aluminum.' So you're pronouncing it correctly, if you're an American. The British spell theirs 'aluminium' and pronounce it accordingly.

    I took lots of stick when I moved here, and said "alu min um." However, I looked it up in my Webster's and discovered I was pronouncing it correctly in American English. So now, if somebody makes fun of my pronunciation, I just tell them they need to accept there are other dialects of the English language, and that's just one example.

    I got into it one day with somebody who corrected my pronunciation of 'schedule.' Of course I had said "sked jool" as an American would. They got snooty with me and said "It's SHED yool, dear." I got lucky, because of his profession. I said: "Just like a SHOOL teacher to say that!" That shut him up!
     
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    grok
     
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    Ostensible. I feel smart when I say it. I sometimes wedge it into sentences where it doesn't belong. Ostensible shellfish!

    (Wow, that guy is really smart!)
     
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    That guy is ostensibly smart!
     
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    Ha!
     
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    I've always had a thing for the word 'milk.'

    I'm not sure why, though.

    Edit: I'll also add that my least favourite word is 'puke,' for obvious reasons.
     
    The Mad Regent, Aug 9, 2015
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  23. peachalulu

    peachalulu Member Reviewer Contributor

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    I like the word puke - it sounds exactly what it is - kinda like fart. :confuzled::dead:

    I also like sound- y words -
    Argh!
    Whomph
    Blat
    Plash
    drizzle
    Oof!
    Mmmm
    Erm
     
    peachalulu, Aug 9, 2015
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  24. Aaron DC

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    wibble
     
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  25. Lewdog

    Lewdog Come ova here and give me kisses! Supporter Contributor

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    Feng shui. I know it is two words but I love it. I just might marry it.
     
    Lewdog, Aug 10, 2015
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