"Indeed"...
I like this condescending way to agree with people.
Yes, i am an arrogant jerk, i know ;)
Two Favorite Words:
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Necromancy
Clattenberg.
Ooh. Glad this got necroed.
It has to be "quintessence."
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Allons-y!
"Quixotic" has been one of my favorite words since I read "The Importance of Being Earnest" back in college.
present.
{ding}
Beer.
Vengeance.
Perfidy / Perfidious
Sylvestris. As in Felis sylvestris sylvestris.
Until about 20 minutes ago, my fav was "moist."
Now, it's "hahahrawrrahaha."
I blame Cosmo for this being stuck in my head.
"Poignant"
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Until about 20 minutes ago, my fav was "moist."
That makes me want to start a "what're your LEAST favorite words" thread :P
Until about 20 minutes ago, my fav was "moist."That makes me want to start a "what're your LEAST favorite words" thread :P
Moist was one of the most frequently "loathed" words in a competition held by Schott's Vocab Blog though it was definitely biased because the competition description listed "moist" as an example of a terrible word :P
By itself I strongly dislike it, but it's usually acceptable when it's used to describe meat.
I would normally pick defenestration or blatherskite, though if German words are permissible I may have to use bockmist.
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My least favorite word is now "amazing."
Believe me, your salad is not "amazing" just because it tastes OK, unless your standard of expectation is low enough to make Eeyore seem an optimist in comparison.
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Until about 20 minutes ago, my fav was "moist."That makes me want to start a "what're your LEAST favorite words" thread :PMoist was one of the most frequently "loathed" words in a competition held by Schott's Vocab Blog though it was definitely biased because the competition description listed "moist" as an example of a terrible word :P
By itself I strongly dislike it, but it's usually acceptable when it's used to describe meat.
I didn't really think about the word "moist" at all, until a few years ago when I learned it was so disliked by so many... which immediately made me like it.
Thrice.
waffle or maybe whiffle, both are fun to say.
Masticate
I really like "Kerfufle".
"Potato" is always good for a laugh.
As for my favourite word in my native tongue, I'd choose "Desarzobispoconstantinopolizar".
Porridge. Or yataghan. Porridge yataghan. Or schmanzikh, which I made up. It could describe something ridiculously over-elaborate or be some sort of folk remedy for... boils?
"Oh, quit whining and put some schmanzikh on it"
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Lately, it appears to be binkle. Its what I call my newborn daughter.
Its what my dad called me when I was very little.
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This week it's interrobang which sadly doesn't mean what I thought it meant, but still sounds funny.
Oh, and for the person who said 'tatterdemalion,' here's it used in a song! (near the end)
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This week it's interrobang which sadly doesn't mean what I thought it meant, but still sounds funny.
Oh, and for the person who said 'tatterdemalion,' here's it used in a song! (near the end)
Interrobang would be a good name for a Mystery Men-like band of superheroes concerned about evil villainy in grammar.
Edit: Oooooooooo! If I could join, I got dibs on being ! And we'd need to recruit Stuffy Grammarian with her Flurry of Flung Erasers and Yardstick of Knuckle-Crushing.
Ah yiss!
F*@~wit
train, or rather the sound it makes. CHugga-chugga,CHugga-chugga (breathe in breathe out). Or maybe the word that means a spelling of a sound, but I don't remember what that is.
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And we'd need to recruit Stuffy Grammarian with her Flurry of Flung Erasers and Yardstick of Knuckle-Crushing.
Meter stick, thank you. I am not entirely as old-fashioned as you young people seem to believe.
Ah yiss!
Can I be the square peg in a round hole comic relief member?
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My favorite right now is either "gaylord" or "jimmies." I've been using them more than usual lately.
Meter stick, thank you. I am not entirely as old-fashioned as you young people seem to believe.
Hate to burst your bubble, but the metric system came before U.S. standard. It's actually MORE old fashioned.
Today's word of the day is...
coruscate
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Hate to burst your bubble, but the metric system came before U.S. standard. It's actually MORE old fashioned.
Meter first defined: 1793.
International standard yard defined in terms of meters: 1959.Yard first defined by law: ca. 1266-1303 (Compositio Ulnarum et Perticarum): "It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch, 12 inches make 1 foot, 3 feet make 1 yard, 5 yards and a half make a perch, and 40 perches in length and 4 in breadth make an acre."
So, if post-dating the yard by 500 years or so makes the meter "MORE old fashioned" to you, have at it.
Taxi Cab.
Comp or tip.
Imperturbable
Woop woop
Thingumie
Gnarled
Glandular
Orthorrhexia
... Oh gods, there are just too many...
Temerity is awesome, and has served well as a character name on occasion.
Audacity is good too, and when you least expect it.
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In Swedish: Flane
concordant
Audacity is good too, and when you least expect it.
Probably Quab