BigWords Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I was also going to add in widdershins, but it's one of those words which you have to say a few times - widdershinswiddershinswiddershinswiddershins... it's got an internal rhythm to it that gets compulsive. Then people passing by look at me funny when I'm doing the chant. So... Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 lollygag - to waste time in a pleasant idle way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thought of a couple more: Episcopalian Archipelago (once I learned how to pronounce it I loved it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Just to add, I love the word Poppy! It is a word that is pleasing to say, read and hear. It can be said in a comical manner, but has the additional gravity of being a word that leads onward to drug wars, ganglords and addictions, also to the deeper reference to European wars. lol Chrissy, glad you like my name I also love poppet. Cherish is a lovely word, makes me smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Ooohh...I lovethe word ethereal. People used to use it to describe me, back when I was skinny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I love that word too, Echo. There was a horse in the Melbourne Cup named Ethereal several years ago, and because I love the word so much I put some money on it and chanced getting it in a couple of different sweeps. It won...the only time my horse has ever come in first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) It's acceptable to use 'myriad of'. Usage Note: Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of men. In the 19th century it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad men. Both usages in English are acceptable, as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Myriad myriads of lives." This poetic, adjectival use became so well entrenched generally that many people came to consider it as the only correct use. In fact, both uses in English are parallel with those of the original ancient Greek. The Greek word mūrias, from which myriad derives, could be used as either a noun or an adjective, but the noun mūrias was used in general prose and in mathematics while the adjective mūrias was used only in poetry. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/myriad+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad Edited February 8, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Oh, thanks Janet! I will now feel better reading 'myriad of'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Talkies, when referring to the era when movies started having sound. The word is just adorable and I smile whenever I hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Fiend Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ooh I have lots of favourite words! The only ones I can remember at the minute are: Nonchalant It just sounds so, well, nonchalant! Superflous Totalitarian Squidgy It's just makes me smile! I'll be back with more when I can think of some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Superfluous is one of mine too Chaos is another because I love the way you spell it. Tangent is another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Nonchalant It just sounds so, well, nonchalant!Superflous I agree with these two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Landsman Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I've always loved Superfluous, because it's a word that I take a strange enjoyment out of saying. Verisimilitude is another cracker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I just remembered another favourite: asphalt! Don't ask me why. It makes me think of lying on the ground on a summer evening to feel the heat it's absorbed through the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Thanks for bumping the thread, Noll, as it's reminded me of another .... You can't beat Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Vuvuzela What? It's fun to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Fumergating (when I'm *really* p*^^%d off) Toptastic "Whatever" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Nail Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Fave word: Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nienna Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I've always really liked the word sentinel for some reason. It sounds really strong and protective or something. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 For some reason, I love the word sinister. I like the way it sounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis_stage Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) There many words I adore but two that come to mind right this minute are Eclectic and Esoteric Reading Nienna's has reminded me of another word I like - Sentient as well as Sublime Edited June 16, 2010 by chrysalis_stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I will think of three in ten seconds xD Perpendicular Lozenge Wisteria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Can i have a French one ? I always liked Trottoir when i was learning French at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (I wasn't entirely sure where this should go so sorry if I put it in the wrong place!) I had a language lecturer who told us her favourite word was 'serendipity' because it was nice to say. I still haven't worked out what my favourite word is though! Do any of you have a favourite word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I have a few! This Favourite words thread has mine and some others for you to mull over, Hayley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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