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What words do you love?

138 replies

anditwasallyellow · 05/09/2012 18:36

Might aswell strike a balance.

I love

codswallop
gallavanting
shenanigans

OP posts:
onebigwish · 05/09/2012 18:54

Eloquent

PandaNot · 05/09/2012 18:55

Serendipity.

gallifrey · 05/09/2012 18:55

Encapsulated

sugarice · 05/09/2012 18:55

Sonia yes dappled is a lovely word Grin

anditwasallyellow · 05/09/2012 18:55

Oh I like sparkle and agree gabby altercation is pretty cool too

OP posts:
OlaRapaceFru · 05/09/2012 18:56

churlish
cantankerous

SPsFanjoSponsoredByOrange · 05/09/2012 18:56

Fuck

Especially when in a bad mood.

LittleFrieda · 05/09/2012 18:58

Eww at some of these words. Plethora is vile, too much tongue in and out.

Bloat is a nice word.

amillionyears · 05/09/2012 18:59

schmooze

love can be nice!

joanofarchitrave · 05/09/2012 19:00

Loam
Foam
Cottage cheese

sugarice · 05/09/2012 19:02

I love Plethora, it's such a floaty word. Grin. < yes I have wine>

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 05/09/2012 19:02

Esplanade

Bimblepops · 05/09/2012 19:03

Iridescent

OlaRapaceFru · 05/09/2012 19:04

Sorry, Spottyblancmange, just realised I've X-posted with your cantankerous, but then you did love my discombobulated! Clearly we think alike Grin

lastSplash · 05/09/2012 19:05

rapscallion

LastnightDNAruinedmylife · 05/09/2012 19:08

Capacious

Carapace

Lots of soft C words here, maybe it's because you have to give a sexy pout when you say one.

OlaRapaceFru · 05/09/2012 19:09

haughty
ingenious

mignonette · 05/09/2012 19:10

Bosky
Crepuscular
Sidereal
Ghost
Sibilant (Gives me mental image of a snake)
Dank
Gloaming
Bellicose
Mirin
Plink
Tuft
Tup
Pumpkin
Traipse

ReshapeWhileDamp · 05/09/2012 19:10

God, I hate shenannigans. Grin

Tumescent. even though it has a lonely

reverberatory

apple

Hooleywhipper · 05/09/2012 19:11

Moist

juniper904 · 05/09/2012 19:13

nonchalant. I imagine it on a see-saw, and it totally falls towards chalant. Too weird? Confused

candyflossisevil · 05/09/2012 19:16

Hyperbole
Redonkulous! (I know its not a real word but its ds' word of choice and makes me Smile

Cheddars · 05/09/2012 19:16

Biscuit
Onomatopoeia
Pitter-Patter

HappyOrchid · 05/09/2012 19:17

Serendipotous (not sure its a real word, but it's lovely)
So if two events occur that have serendipity it's a serendipotous event. Aaah feel all shimmery now.

Also I use disclude as a less serious version of exclude, which just sounds so final.

HappyOrchid · 05/09/2012 19:18

Also excrapolate - expanding a theory until its just rubbish Grin