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To ask - your favourite word?

212 replies

doid · 10/02/2019 18:49

Not sure if it's weird but I just have a little collection of words I love (mainly for their meaning and not the sound).

I loved limerence when I first heard it.

Does anyone have any other words that they really like the meaning of? I'm actually looking for one-word tattoo inspiration (don't judge for the tattoo!), so I'm reading, googling, being more conscious of words in films etc but I thought I'd ask you users as well!

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rightreckoner · 19/02/2019 22:22

I like anti-Macassar

Not much call for it these days but I like the sound and the weirdness of it as a thing.

Also

Black and Decker Workmate

It’s like a mini rap.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/02/2019 23:10

Nincompoop.

Hobbledehoy.

Hisnamesblaine · 19/02/2019 23:19

Paraphernalia! Wish i could use it more in conversation

Excitedforxmas · 19/02/2019 23:19

Spatchcock

HeronLanyon · 19/02/2019 23:25

Liminal
Globular
Bamboozled

HeronLanyon · 19/02/2019 23:29

rightreckoner re anti Macassar my mind was blown a few years ago when I found out it is to do with Macassar (Indonesia) oil - men’s hair oil. Anti m’s used to protect upholstery from it. Love it !! Never even thought what it meant.

TheClaws · 19/02/2019 23:58

Serendipity.

taxiforme · 20/02/2019 00:34

Velvet

daisychain01 · 20/02/2019 05:27

Sublime

When used to describe a solid that vapourises without passing though a liquid first.

NutElla5x · 20/02/2019 05:32

Cunt Blush

DontCallMeCharlotte · 20/02/2019 08:33

Sublime

When used to describe a solid that vapourises without passing though a liquid first.

Which is the only explanation I think of for the top tier of my wedding cake completely disappearing despite being appropriately stored.

HeronLanyon · 20/02/2019 09:42

daisychain liminal on my top three. Now yet another interesting linked concept. Love it. Didn’t know that usage of sublime.

BiglyBadgers · 20/02/2019 09:51

Onomatopoeia is just the most beautiful word to say. I love the way rolls out the mouth and the rhythm of it. Sometimes I just sit and say it for the pure pleasure.

I also seriously considered naming my daughter Mezzanine. It's just such a lovely word.

Amibeingnaive · 20/02/2019 16:35

Polyp

Alacrity

Magniloquent

Micturate

Quango

Pedagogue

suchasoftersin · 20/02/2019 16:44

Debauchery - I like the shape the mouth makes to say the 'bau' sound.

Loquacious - just rolls off the tongue.

Acrasia · 20/02/2019 17:21

Bumblebee

I love the feel of it when I say it!

NameChanger75 · 20/02/2019 17:23

Heltaskelter
Pretentious
Knob jockey

Disfordarkchocolate · 20/02/2019 17:24

Banana, it's so lovely to write in cursive. Just writing it makes me all happy and relaxed.

UtterlyDesperate · 20/02/2019 17:25

Lugubrious
Louche

Though not loo Grin

Swedetalker · 20/02/2019 18:49

Interstitial
Barbarous
Saponification
Ovipositer

Overtheborder · 20/02/2019 18:52

I love the word "evidently" Smile

TheClaws · 21/02/2019 00:04

Another one - epiphany.

Connieston · 21/02/2019 00:06

Vertiginous

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 21/02/2019 00:27

Sublime, but someone has beaten me to it.

Sursuration

Murmuration (Starlings)

Kerfuffle

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 21/02/2019 00:42

Ouagadougou.

Pert & Buttocks (the words come as a pair - obviously!).

Dirty - but only when said in a broad Glaswegian accent.

Bahookie.

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