Author Topic: Favorite Words (Read 11125 times)

BP · « **on:** June 26, 2008, 05:38:42 AM »

I'm going to get right in and unleash my feelings about the word "bludgeon."

Bludgeon... it's so simple, yet refined and mature...

Its definition and connotation just leak from its lettering and sound like he savory liquids from a hamburger. Bludgeon. The presence of the "udge" really add the oomph to it. It sounds fierce. It sounds brutal. But at the same time, you can look at it and tell that it's not all beatings and violence. Even when not physically harmed, a villain can be bludgeoned with justice. A mother bludgeons her children with love. A liar will bludgeon you with insincerity.

Bludgeon... it's the best word in the English language.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2008, 12:27:41 PM »

I really like the word the, just because speech would be insanely difficult without it. I also like the term "albeit" because it's awesome and confuses less educated people when you use it, even though it simply means "all be it."

Glorb · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2008, 12:51:21 PM »

Beeftip and Dopefish are my favorites.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2008, 01:01:29 PM »

My favorite word is "ersatz".

Rao · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2008, 01:30:30 PM »

I really like "rhythm" and "beetle."

Kuromatsu · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2008, 01:57:11 PM »

Disdainful really caught my eye the first time I saw it.

Insane Steve · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2008, 05:18:58 PM »

Quote from: Chupperson Weird on June 26, 2008, 01:01:29 PM

My favorite word is "ersatz".

ooooh, good choice.

I like "rebuke" myself.

Rao · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2008, 06:00:42 PM »

"Philanthropy" is a really nice word too. As is "prestidigitation."

bobman37 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:35:54 PM »

My favorite words are not permitted to be posted in a family forum.

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:47:13 PM »

Quote from: Bird Person on June 26, 2008, 05:38:42 AM

The presence of the "udge" really add the oomph to it. It sounds fierce. It sounds brutal. But at the same time, you can look at it and tell that it's not all beatings and violence.

Curmudgeon

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #10 on:** June 26, 2008, 10:13:37 PM »

Here are some of my favorite words:

exsanguination
circumlocution
esoteric
contrition
pièce de résistance
raison d'être
apocryphal
raconteur
reprobates
pronate
supinate
floccinaucinihilipilification
piebald
defenestrate
bon mots
chiaroscuro
predilection
widdershins
grok
Brobdingnagian
exegesis
apheresis
panoply
pyritic
prestidigitation
temerity
pauciloquent
euphonious
auscultation
uniterable
insouciant
iconoclast
mendacious
interlocutor
solipsistic
execrable
tchotchke
onanist
ambit
décolletage

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #11 on:** June 26, 2008, 10:58:11 PM »

I suppose this thread isn't about intrinsically funny words, but "oats" or words ending with said series of letter crack me up for some reason (especially when said alone).

Ambulance Y · « **Reply #12 on:** June 26, 2008, 11:28:06 PM »

Electric, doldrum, and aquatic.

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2008, 01:24:31 AM »

Eclectic and cacophony are nice.

Rao · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2008, 10:04:47 AM »

"Eccentric", "concentration", and "xylophone" are some more of my favourites.