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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:
GW297 · 05/09/2012 21:10

Miscellaneous and sporadic
Panacea, disingenuous, antediluvian and acquiesce
I also love penultimate, hyperbolic, recalcitrant and symbiotic!

brendarenda · 05/09/2012 21:11

bandicoot
foof

Bellyjaby · 05/09/2012 21:11

Shart

brendarenda · 05/09/2012 21:14

chicanery

everlong · 05/09/2012 21:15

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NinthWave · 05/09/2012 21:15

squirrel

Peacocklady · 05/09/2012 21:21

Indefatigable

Busyoldfool · 05/09/2012 21:26

Deliquescent, sequestered, concatenation

also second discombobulated and serendipitous and loved Sesquipedalian which I didn't know so had to look up.

Plenty of other favourites on here too.

TellyBug · 05/09/2012 21:27

Discombobulated, obviously.

Also, CHUNKY.

WorraLiberty · 05/09/2012 21:32

Quintessential

But I hardly ever use it

alienreflux · 05/09/2012 21:34

globule, oblong and fanny

WorraLiberty · 05/09/2012 21:35

Bulbous

That's another one

alienreflux · 05/09/2012 21:36

skulduggery is also v cool

apostropheuse · 05/09/2012 21:36

mastication
antidisestablishmentarianism
ought
definitive
alluring
revelatory

...and many more

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 05/09/2012 21:38

Gotta love a good CUNT! Grin

alienreflux · 05/09/2012 21:39

ice, slice and dice are nice

alienreflux · 05/09/2012 21:39

with mice, said twice. time to go to bed i think

alienreflux · 05/09/2012 21:40

lice

GW297 · 05/09/2012 21:40

Plethora, plausible, decadent...

busymother1234 · 05/09/2012 21:40

COMPRESSOR

But only can you imagine arnold schwarzenegger saying it. :)

dimplebum · 05/09/2012 21:41

Goblin!

MeerkatMerkin · 05/09/2012 21:44

Foible

sheeesh · 05/09/2012 21:44

Palaver

iklboo · 05/09/2012 21:45

Unctuous
Discombobulate

LottoQueen · 05/09/2012 21:46

Expostulate clearly a posh word with no ambiguous meanings

Pop as in fizzy drink

Bog as in toilet

Toilet as in 'She is at her toilet' (Carry On Cleo)