Words /phrases you love?

[LoyalOliveShaker]

losing my religion

Verfremdungseffekt.

C bomb

I know it's not "real" but I adore "rest bite" for respite. It's so perfect and descriptive.

The Irish "grand" which covers everything from death's door to ecstatically happy depending on context and tone.

Nuance is a current favourite.

Great thread OP, will be reading with interest.

Salubrious

Pontificate
Conjure

Tip top
the very dab
looking very “dapper”

Festina lente - make haste slowly

In deo est mea fiducia - in God is my trust

Only dead fish flow with the stream

Aggregation

Gallimaufry

Facta non verba - actions, not words

Daddocky - dialect word for 'wonky'

Hodenkobold - a testicle gremlin.

It confuses and intrigues me.

Also I would like to henceforth be known as a Muffin Walloper - an unmarried woman who enjoys meeting up with friends to chat over tea and cakes.

Serendipity
Hiraeth
Cwtch

Fab

"She showed them a clean pair of heels."

My favourite word is discombobulated. I use it at every appropriate opportunity.

Another recent slang word I love is 'delulu'. It's such fun to say and sounds like exactly what it means.

Segue
I find it leads nicely into most conversations

Eijit and give over are also two of my favourites.
Often used in conjunction with one another

Grand.

Lugubrious
Etruscan
Dilettante