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Really fun words

64 replies

charlieunt · 12/11/2023 00:22

Lovely words that are really satisfying:

Discombobulated
Sausage
Plop
Crevice
Crust

Give me some more…

OP posts:
SundayAnon · 12/11/2023 00:23

Synecdoche

SundayAnon · 12/11/2023 00:23

Haberdashery

mycatsanutter · 12/11/2023 00:25

I love discombobulated it's one of my favourite words ! (Can't think of any of my own atm cos I've had 7 gins 🤷‍♀️)

SophieHope7 · 12/11/2023 00:26

Molluscs!

OfficerChurlish · 12/11/2023 00:28

Brouhaha
Epiphany
Flabbergasted
Onomatopoeia
Widdershins

TheresaCrowd · 12/11/2023 00:43

Scurryfunge

Crapulent

Spuddle

Instinct1 · 12/11/2023 00:52

Boffin

Shrub

charlieunt · 12/11/2023 00:58

Love all of these. I’ve had 7 wines!

Haberdashery! Love that one…

Flummox
Shrub
Flabbergasted
Epiphany (I have lots of those)
Mollusc

@TheresaCrowd and @OfficerChurlish are they real words or made up? I love them!

OP posts:
charlieunt · 12/11/2023 00:59

Reminds me of Miranda:

PLUNGE!

OP posts:
Bringonthesunforthewashing · 12/11/2023 01:16

Berk. I may reintroduce it.

CesareBorgia · 12/11/2023 01:17

Nincompoop

SinnerBoy · 12/11/2023 02:03

Marmalade.

Dunno why, but a friend said it when I was 18 and we both started to giggle, then had uncontrollable laughter.

Tilllly · 12/11/2023 02:11

mycatsanutter · 12/11/2023 00:25

I love discombobulated it's one of my favourite words ! (Can't think of any of my own atm cos I've had 7 gins 🤷‍♀️)

I've found my person 🤣🤣🤣

Tilllly · 12/11/2023 02:12

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Catsmere · 12/11/2023 02:14

Mine's one I made up - pawdiologist. (My cat is fascinated when I change hearing aid batteries.)

Also cat-related puns like supurrvisor, incapussitated, expurrt, meowther and so on.

Tittyfilarious81 · 12/11/2023 02:37

Confuzzled

scotstarstrikestwo · 12/11/2023 02:38

Lollipop

I love typing it too

Superduper02 · 12/11/2023 03:08

I came to say discombobulated. Also cerfuffle a firm favourite.

Pratincole · 12/11/2023 05:04

I love saying beavers, grebes, and outfits. I am also fond of discombobulated.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 12/11/2023 05:39

Dongle

Juxtaposition

NotFastButFurious · 12/11/2023 06:45

Flange

KnickerlessParsons · 12/11/2023 07:02

Rambunctious
Gubernatorial
Amanuensis
Salubrious
Antimacassar
Mantelpiece

Not "fun" words, but words I love.

Eminybob · 12/11/2023 07:38

Skidaddle

Eminybob · 12/11/2023 07:39

Or should that be spelt skedaddle?

ThisIsTrifficult · 12/11/2023 07:39

Always loved oubliette but I rarely, if ever, get a chance to say it unless I'm talking about favourite words or that one scene in labyrinth