Words you like

[DebbieTheCat]

...for no particular reason!

I like pamphlet.

Oomska

As In Monty in Withnail and I

You mean you've been up here in all this beastly mud and oomska without wellingtons?
This afternoon I'll take you both into Penrith and get you fitted with some good quality rubber boots.

Buttercup
crunch

button
chocolate
funnyocity
crumpet
wiggle

I like the words sartorial and pastiche but I have absolutely no idea what they mean. I also feel I will never grasp their meaning in my lifetime

Inertia

Preposterous!

Crumpet
Frazzle
Banana
Dimple

Fillip
Cognisant
Egregious
Bumble
Stramash
Saunter
Avocado
Queenly
Galleon
Picnic
Zeitgeist
Sockdolager

Codswallop

Melodramatic.
Harbinger.
Doom.
Skedaddle.
Panhandle.
Morose.
Armistice.
Devilish.
Devilled.
Maladaptive.
Dinky.
Honourable.

Globule.
Negligence.

Sartorial just means "relating to clothes", so someone who dresses well has lovely sartorial taste.

A pastiche is an imitation of a work of art/drama/music - usually intended as a homage rather than for comical/ironic purposes. So it's a bit like the opposite of a parody.

Loving this thread!

Obstreperous.

My dad used to call me this on at least a weekly basis as a child so I always think of him when I hear it

Unctuous
Another vote for discombobulated too.
Mimsy

I also like double 'm' words.

Immemorial

Commemorative

Genre
Niche

Discombobulated
Plethora
Shenanigans

Another vote for discombobulated.
Midden
Guddle
Nonsense!
I like the word hyperbole when I see it written down but it's not a word I would ever use.

Pastiche, amorous, felicity,
and one that many people hate: moist. Or even better, moistly.

Also flamingo, crepuscular and murmur.

Soft

Gentle

Perhaps

Apricity.

Cambazola.

Lovely words and lovely things.

Iteration
Tranche
Impactful

I love ‘outwith’. I use it daily ❤️

snicket

Kerfuffle

Gallivant
Titivate

AI explanation of the use of ‘outwith’:

"Outwith" is a preposition that means outside of something or not within something. It is primarily used in Scottish English. Here are some examples of "outwith" in a sentence:

"He had lived outwith Scotland for five years".

"Women who defer childbearing do so for many reasons, both within and outwith their control".

"I knew I should be apologizing, saying something about never forgiving myself -- but I knew that this lay outwith the reach of words".

"Only from 1770 onwards did local law permit building outwith the old town wall".

The word "outwith" was first used in the 13th century.