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AIBU?

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Original poster

To ask you what the most successful onomatopeia is

99 replies

twiney · 20/12/2017 14:37

I vote for swish

OP posts:

maisiestar · 20/12/2017 20:18

Tintinabulation - the tinkling of little bells

jarviscockatiel · 20/12/2017 23:22

Thwack!

JaneyGotAGun · 20/12/2017 23:34

Boom

Agerbilatemycardigan · 20/12/2017 23:35

Splat!

QuinnsNo1Lady · 20/12/2017 23:37

Microwave

GrainOfSalt · 21/12/2017 00:40

Atishoo

FreeNiki · 21/12/2017 00:44

Cuckoo

FreeNiki · 21/12/2017 00:47

Jingle
Moo
Neigh
Tick Tock
Zip

fpurplea · 21/12/2017 00:47

fap!

JanetsPlain · 21/12/2017 06:17

ILoveMillhousesDad · 21/12/2017 06:27

Seeming it's Christmas:

Plink Plink Fizz

Love this thread, although a quarter of the words on here are not onomatopeiac

Mum2OneTeen · 21/12/2017 06:29

Slither

ethelfleda · 21/12/2017 06:31

I like splat

Also, woof in Korean - meong meong

JanetsPlain · 21/12/2017 06:32

Oi mum2, you Janeted my slither .

feebeemee · 21/12/2017 06:32

Squoosh

AndromedaPerseus · 21/12/2017 08:40

Schlep

LoniceraJaponica · 21/12/2017 08:49

Miaow

FreeNiki · 21/12/2017 09:16

schlep means haul or carry.

How is that an onomatopeia?

echt · 21/12/2017 09:51

Hellooooo......quite a few of the suggestions are not onomatopeiac.

However:

tintinnabulation. And very festive too.

MrsApplepants · 21/12/2017 09:54

Parp

gingergenius · 21/12/2017 09:57

Splosh

FreeNiki · 21/12/2017 21:11

How could I forget

Oink

🐖

yawning801 · 21/12/2017 21:13

Sizzle

wanderings · 21/12/2017 21:17

Boing!

Here's a French one: "Coin". Means quack, and is pronounced in a similar way, without the "k" sound at the end.

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