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Words you like

128 replies

DebbieTheCat · 10/12/2024 08:57

...for no particular reason!

I like pamphlet.

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Wigtopia · 11/12/2024 22:34

Flannel.

StinkerTroll · 11/12/2024 22:36

Haberdashery and tintinabulation are my favourites 😍

Shinyandnew1 · 11/12/2024 22:38

Obsequious
obfuscate

CarpeVitam · 11/12/2024 22:39

Somnolent

flutterby1 · 11/12/2024 22:39

Bulbous globules

abracadabra1980 · 11/12/2024 22:41

scrumptious
colloquialism
ragamuffin
scallywag

devongirl12 · 11/12/2024 22:43

ComtesseDeSpair · 10/12/2024 09:32

Thanks to the Simpsons, cromulent.

I haven't seen the Simpson's or heard that word, but just looked it up.

"Acceptable or adequate"

So you could say "that will be cromulent, thank you" ?

Fabulous.

Incakewetrust · 11/12/2024 22:51

I've always found 'pudding' to be a very satisfying word.
Also 'bastard' when said with a bit of oomph.

DebbieTheCat · 11/12/2024 22:55

I'm very fond of flibbertigibbet.
It reminds me of The Sound of Music.

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7catsisnotenough · 11/12/2024 22:57

Strumpet and salubrious - not together!🤣

AngelontopoftheTree · 11/12/2024 23:03

Yay! Love this thread ❤️

My favourite word is Sphincter - just for the way it "feels" in your mouth.

I also love Scurryfunge, which I learned from Susie Dent. To run around quickly tidying up before a visitor arrives (especially an unexpected visitor - not that any one on MN would ever do that 😉)

Boyce · 11/12/2024 23:42

(Phrases I know, but) Pig's Trotters
Pork luncheon meat

Infrastructure
Gantry
Kiosk

Glad to find others like me!! 🤣

Ohyeahwaitaminute · 11/12/2024 23:44

Vertiginous

coastergirl · 11/12/2024 23:55

Skedaddle! Often called out to my kids or the children I work with when they are being pests!

MagnoliaTreeBlossom · 11/12/2024 23:59

Great thread! 😊I also love 'outwith' and...

skelf - splinter of wood under the skin
chook(ie) - used in the expression, 'Did I chook! and 'That'll be chookie!' although wee chookie birdie also makes me happy.
coorie (in) - cuddle in or squeeze up and make room.

MissDicey · 12/12/2024 00:10

DebbieTheCat · 10/12/2024 08:57

...for no particular reason!

I like pamphlet.

Audacity

ChristmasfoodisOverrated · 12/12/2024 00:12

Indulgent. "That's so indulgent." "Yes it is!"

SwordToFlamethrower · 12/12/2024 00:13

Blow dry - that feeling at the hairdressers when you've been pampered and now you're almost done and getting your hair styled. Amazing

Book - reading a good book!

Enough4me · 12/12/2024 00:14

Delicious

Avatartar · 12/12/2024 00:31

seditious
soporific
hamster
lurk

Azertyuio123 · 12/12/2024 01:12

Plop

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/12/2024 01:21

I'd forgotten one if my favourites. Verisimilitude. I use the quote below wherever possible 🤣.
Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
With thanks to Mr Gilbert.

Happyinarcon · 12/12/2024 03:17

Cardboardeaux · 11/12/2024 20:14

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!

Edited

Thanks :-) The meaning of sartorial surprised me. Here’s me been thinking it’s referring to something highfaluting and intellectual all these years…

GertrudeJekyllAndHyde · 12/12/2024 07:36

Have we had 'petrichor' yet?

Many years ago, there was an MNer called Scurryfunge.

MrsSethGecko · 12/12/2024 07:46

Atenolol
Ether
Glacier
Hartlepool
Indigo
Bergamot