Borborygmi

[Dilbertian]

Somehow such a pleasing word.

And it's onomatopoeic - another pleasing word.

This is a thread for happy word-nerds. What words please you, just by their existence?

When I was studying history at secondary school, I had a thing for the words demilitarisation and remilitarisation. So satisfying words to write in essays!

I love insidious, quixotic and axiomatic.

Leopard.

What does borborygmi mean

Insidious - yes, another lovely word that sounds like its meaning.

Borborygmi are the burbling sounds your guts make.

Ooh I love words. Sesquipedalian is my current favourite. I also love exsanguinate (not the meaning, just the sound)

@Dilbertian thank you - you've just given me a new favourite word. I have "digestive issues" so I'll get to use it often too! 😀

Synecdoche

Altruistic-lovely to say with associated lovely meaning. Always thought it would be a good name for a racehorse

Ooo 'synecdoche' - new word! I had to look it up

I shall gift it to dd (she's doing English Lit A-level ).

This is probably cheating as it is a place name and not an English word.
Monongahela, as in Monongahela Valley. I love singing this word with Bruce Springsteen in the song Youngstown.

Epicaricacy
Ubiquitous

Deciduous - sounds kinda juicy

I like squirrel, the way it sort of curls round the side of your tongue like a wave.

I love the word borborygmus. I find the plural loses something.

cantilever (it just sounds so right for what it is)
associate (all whispery behind the hands)
magnum (champagne, not the gun)
monomachy (so much better than mere fisticuffs)

Idiosyncrasies [and there are so many of them in the English language!]

zinzulation - making a buzzing noise

I love "onomatopoeia".
Also "salubrious", " gubernatorial" and "amanuensis".