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What are the Words you like?

92 replies

GoneToTheDock · 30/08/2019 20:46

so there are plenty of threads on words you don't like - possibly some threads on word you like...

I was listening to the radio and I heard "acquiescence" (yes I had to use spellcheck) I really like that!

What words do you like?

OP posts:
Barkette · 30/08/2019 22:44

Irked

NoTheresa · 30/08/2019 22:47

Anapurna
detritus
minutiae
ampersand.

NoTheresa · 30/08/2019 22:48

Because I enjoy the sound of each one.

BeBraveAndBeKind · 30/08/2019 22:48

Vexed
Vexatious
Moxy
Whimsy

I'm also another pamplemousse lover Smile

NoTheresa · 30/08/2019 22:51

disingenuous
hyperbole
epitome

EmmiJay · 30/08/2019 22:57

Loquacious (I actually get excited whenever I can use this word lol)
Inertia
Plethora
Cantankerous
Rambunctious

DoctorTwo · 30/08/2019 23:03

I also quite like the word bugger, I think it has a nice ring to it.

ROFL

AmIOdetteOrOdile · 30/08/2019 23:04

Wintry
I love language and the official lack of 'e' makes me warm and fuzzy.

MrsIronfoundersson · 30/08/2019 23:05

Sussuration
Blancmange
Antidisestablishmentarianism - I love typing that (though don't often get the chance these days!)

motorcyclenumptiness · 30/08/2019 23:08

Amygdala

lotusbell · 30/08/2019 23:10

Oooh I like this thread! Some fabulous choices here, my personal fave is globular, with onomatopoeia a close second. I also like pop and perpendicular.

lotusbell · 30/08/2019 23:12

@DoctorTwo, how on earth did I miss that one!!!! Grin Grin

Legomadx2 · 30/08/2019 23:14

Serendipity
Effervescent
Fuck
Yes

Justaboutawake · 30/08/2019 23:17

Totally outing but I’ve had a drink so here goes...

Schwannoma

Because it makes me feel like Sean Connery when I say it....

LightDrizzle · 30/08/2019 23:23

petrichor - both the thing itself, and the fact that there is a word for it

perspicacious
serendipitous
troglodyte (as an insult)
asinine

Vinotinto78 · 30/08/2019 23:26

Surreptitiously
Nob
Facsimile

motorcyclenumptiness · 30/08/2019 23:27

Inchoate

areukiddingme · 30/08/2019 23:27

Condescending

bionicnemonic · 30/08/2019 23:39

Anodyne

LuciferTheCat · 30/08/2019 23:40

Fresh

LuciferTheCat · 30/08/2019 23:41

oh and cloud

NCB2019 · 30/08/2019 23:44

There's so many to choose from but I will go with these two as they're so different from each other but I love them both equally...

Cabbage

AND...

Laissez-faire

ParrotsForLife · 30/08/2019 23:46

Falafel
Slough (as in wound healing, not the place)
Mafting

SuperLoudPoppingAction · 30/08/2019 23:51

Peduncular

ArianaCandelabra · 30/08/2019 23:57

Archipelago