tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post116146808587777550..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: WORDS: Fun to SayTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-79747551525316888082008-04-02T06:08:00.000-07:002008-04-02T06:08:00.000-07:00The word "pudenda" is awfully fun to say.The word "pudenda" is awfully fun to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-25166118212840721002007-02-16T10:34:00.000-08:002007-02-16T10:34:00.000-08:00Have you visited wordie.org? You can keep a list o...Have you visited wordie.org? You can keep a list of your favorite words. <BR/><BR/>superfluous<BR/>kerfluffleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162823479206312512006-11-06T06:31:00.000-08:002006-11-06T06:31:00.000-08:00Hey! Didn't Horace Walpole give us 'serendipitous'...Hey! Didn't Horace Walpole give us 'serendipitous' in his short story "The Three Princes of Serendip"? <BR/><BR/>It's a small small world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162521129770227532006-11-02T18:32:00.000-08:002006-11-02T18:32:00.000-08:00I have always loved the word glue. Just say it, s...I have always loved the word glue. Just say it, slowly, lovingly. Let the glottal gl burst forth into a long, drawn out ooof, naturally, the l developing organically from the g and the tongue bowing forward ... it's a fun word, is what I'm saying.<BR/>People have never really understood that about me. I get these funny looks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162512208880750262006-11-02T16:03:00.000-08:002006-11-02T16:03:00.000-08:00AestheticSerendipitousAmbiguityMittenAesthetic<BR/>Serendipitous<BR/>Ambiguity<BR/>Mittenkatherine m. millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696088292440895110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162438734245353382006-11-01T19:38:00.000-08:002006-11-01T19:38:00.000-08:00archipelagotopicsnowplougharchipelago<BR/>topic<BR/>snowploughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162432318617407152006-11-01T17:51:00.000-08:002006-11-01T17:51:00.000-08:00tatterdemalion (name of my new blog)bougainvilleaf...tatterdemalion (name of my new blog)<BR/>bougainvillea<BR/>flibbertigibbet<BR/>perambulateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162421840239936602006-11-01T14:57:00.000-08:002006-11-01T14:57:00.000-08:00What about 'pillow'? That's a good word. 'Water wi...What about 'pillow'? That's a good word. 'Water wings' two simple words that sound great together. 'Wichita'. I met my wife in 'Wichita'. Oh, and 'fudgesicle'.trophycasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711415493454478199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162419821313928612006-11-01T14:23:00.000-08:002006-11-01T14:23:00.000-08:00I like to say "ecclesiastical," "iconoclast," and ...I like to say "ecclesiastical," "iconoclast," and "anachronism." That "ksst" sound is delicious. Hilda, I like "zaftig," too.<BR/><BR/>Other words I like for no particular reason, I just do: tatterdemalion, plebian, hoecake. My all time favorite has to be "syzygy." (By the way, I just consulted dictionary number two for the spelling of that one.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162417177923398792006-11-01T13:39:00.000-08:002006-11-01T13:39:00.000-08:00like yr. list. last nite a friends 12 yr. old daug...like yr. list. last nite a friends 12 yr. old daugher laughed when i said jeepers. she said that i was the only one beside her mother who said it - in other words we're ancient. sad but true.rdlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062856086277201874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162417011062432832006-11-01T13:36:00.000-08:002006-11-01T13:36:00.000-08:00Fork. Fork. FORK!Love it.CxxFork. Fork. FORK!<BR/><BR/>Love it.<BR/><BR/>CxxClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681193035888306703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162414898060736262006-11-01T13:01:00.000-08:002006-11-01T13:01:00.000-08:00My favourite?"Flummoxed."Savour it on your tongue ...My favourite?<BR/><BR/>"Flummoxed."<BR/><BR/>Savour it on your tongue like a soft mint. Flummoxed. Mmmmm.<BR/><BR/>I actually got praise from a partner when I was a lawyer. "Corey used the word flummoxed in front of a judge!"<BR/><BR/>Good times.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287835957314437176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162414843053317942006-11-01T13:00:00.000-08:002006-11-01T13:00:00.000-08:00I like words that evoke their meaning. "Allure" d...I like words that evoke their meaning. "Allure" does a good job of that, I think, and "skillet" sounds exactly like the noise you get when you throw chopped onion into a hot one. <BR/><BR/>I often get stuck on saying a word again and again in my mind, more often even than songs sneak in and clog up the works. <BR/><BR/>--bristlesageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1162414084030472522006-11-01T12:48:00.000-08:002006-11-01T12:48:00.000-08:00I like to say "plethora" - if James lipton were to...I like to say "plethora" - if James lipton were to ever ask me what my favorite word is, i would say "plethora". Just rolls off the tongue..."plethora".<BR/><BR/>"Zeitgeist", "zaftig", "alas" and my word du jour "phenomenal"!Hildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606429468531084214noreply@blogger.com