Favo(u)rite words

toutbrun

I was wondering if you had any exotic words that you like.

I myself LOVE to say «fancy», as in «Would you fancy a cup of tea». Very british.

Or I like to use «castigate», which means to criticize severely.


What about you guys?

danjaq_0ff

"B@ll@cks" has always been a favourite of mine

Thunderpussy

apart fron the normal four letter anglo saxon, I've always liked "Combobulation" as it sounds oldfashioned.along with "Kerfuffle"

zig zag

"Gorp". As in "Wot yer Gorpin at?". And all the usual swear words that are out there.
Oh and "gormless".

Tracy

I have Predator to thank for introducing the word "campanology" to me - it means the art of bell playing, which I used to do.

DaltonFan1

danjaq_0ff wrote:

"B@ll@cks" has always been a favourite of mine

I'll have to second that.

Thunderpussy

Not a word but an expression I heard from my older brother on equality of the sexes.
"We're all equal until it comes to Pissing into a Bucket!"
Not shakespeare, But it puts a smile on my face. )

Lexi

well sometimes a good hard swear word releases the tension of how you are feeling - but it's not big, and not clever )

My favourite word is "ubiquitous" - only heard it a few years ago.... I just love its pretentiousness

I also love any onomatopoeia type words (the ones that sound like they mean – and that was a b*gger to spell correctly )

Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

And for some reason, I hate the word "necklace" have no idea why, just try and never say it if I can )

toutbrun

Canoodle (to caress)

zig zag

"Too old a cat to be f****d by the kittens". Just for cheeky kids/teenagers.

ke02eww

Lexi wrote:

well sometimes a good hard swear word releases the tension of how you are feeling - but it's not big, and not clever )

My favourite word is "ubiquitous" - only heard it a few years ago.... I just love its pretentiousness

I also love any onomatopoeia type words (the ones that sound like they mean – and that was a b*gger to spell correctly )

Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

And for some reason, I hate the word "necklace" have no idea why, just try and never say it if I can )

Uncanny, ubiquitous is my favourite word too...

I try to use it in at least one email per week...

And Words that are formed using onomatopoeia are called onomatopes....

( is Lexi an example of an onomatope? )

Oh and necklace has lost it's virtue with ladies since the pearl version became popular with new "comers" to the language...

Btw it's an urban myth that I like the word Desist....

Jamesbondjr

Lexi wrote:

Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

Is Velvety a new Rice Krispies mascot?

toutbrun

I forgot «opprobrium» and «hullabaloo».

Thunderpussy

I love " Antidisestablishmentarianism " )

Agent Sidewinder

Drip, splash, smooth, smash, crumble, glide, ooze, blob, slither, glaze, crackle, glisten, crunch....all those wonderful onomatapoeic words.:x

Pendragon

well, apart from the swears...

Australopithecus is one of my favorites, being the anthropology nerd that I am

Lexi

Jamesbondjr wrote:

Lexi wrote:

Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

Is Velvety a new Rice Krispies mascot?

) )

perhaps 'pop' popped off!

Tokyo Matt

I can swear for England. But I like to use oldie worldy swear words. Cobblers, poppycock, fiddlesticks.

Began when I started using "Cobblers" a few years back.

Why? True story........

My japanese wife and I were standing in a long queue. She wanted to practice her english. The japanese have difficulty hearing the difference between the letters "B" and "V".

If you say "bread", they do not know if you are saying "bread" or "vread".

My wife's english language is very good so I have to think of uncommon examples. Things like "sieve", "vice", "veritable".

I thought cobbler would be a good example. No way she learnt that word in school, the english word for a man who repairs shoes. She won't have used or heard that word very often, if ever.

"Not a good example she said, I know what a cobbler is, so I know it's a "B-word".

"How can you know what it is? Go on then, tell me what a cobbler is!"

Wifey raised an eye brow, gave a slow, confident knowing nod and said.......
"Snake."

Not poppycock, true story.

bumknobwillyfart...............ah, that's better.

DEFIANT 74205

Thunderpussy wrote:

I love " Antidisestablishmentarianism " )

Haha, I learnt that word very early on - in primary school, if I'm not mistaken.

My other two favourites:

anthropomorphism - I learnt that a couple of years ago ...

In truth, while providing the plane with its most recognizable feature, the upper-deck annex is softly and smoothly integral to the fuselage, tapering forward—the cockpit windscreens anthropomorphizing as eyebrows—to a stately and confident prow. All together, the plane looks less like an airliner than it does an ocean liner.

indubitably - only learnt this one a week ago. I've always used "undoubtably" in its place. Are they interchangeable?

Hardyboy

Here's one I was using a lot today as I watched Agora, the Rachel Weisz movie that tries to be a new take on the old Early Christianity sword-and-sandal epic by making the Early Christians themselves into (I kid you not) book-burning, anti-Semitic, anti-science, misogynistic flat-earthers: risible.

Lady Rose

Facetious and Supercilious are my two favourites.


Facetious because that's what I'm being most of the time

and

Supercillious because its a great insult when you're in a situation were swearing is not approriate

Napoleon Plural

Lady Rose in her day job:



"The patient seems supercilious and hostile. Will you make a note of that?"

toutbrun

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Lady Rose in her day job:



"The patient seems supercilious and hostile. Will you make a note of that?"

I was scared of that woman for years.

Napoleon Plural

Go back to your bed, toutbrun. The boys will assist you. You've been very aggressive of late, and it will be written in the book.

toutbrun

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Go back to your bed, toutbrun. The boys will assist you. You've been very aggressive of late, and it will be written in the book.

Yes madam. Can we watch TV like the other guy said?

Napoleon Plural

You know very well you're not allowed to watch baseball - it is inconsiderate to the older patients who will be expecting to get some sleep. Anyway, it's coming up to six o'clock, and it's ward policy that there's no television after that time.

Lady Rose

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Lady Rose in her day job:



"The patient seems supercilious and hostile. Will you make a note of that?"

'You know NP, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this.'



A true heroine of mine ......

toutbrun

Acerebral : without a brain.

fandangle : non-sense, useless ornemental thing

Mark Hazard

Thunderpussy wrote:

apart fron the normal four letter anglo saxon, I've always liked "Combobulation" as it sounds oldfashioned.along with "Kerfuffle"

Probably a connected word, one of my favourites is "discombobulate".

ke02eww

I know its a place name as so prob doesn't count but it's still one of my favourites

My welsh music teacher mrs jones used to challenge us to try to say it, closest won a shilling.... I made my first million that way

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Which reminds me....

Fricative

Tokyo Matt

What happened to my post???????????????

Where'd it go?

Fiddlesticks. Start again.

I like some japanese animal names. They seem onomatopoeiac to me. ( Did I spell that correctly? Onomatopeia? Onomatopeiac? Onomatopoeia'ish? Like an onomatepoeia thingy!).

(Lexi, this was you're word. Jump in any time you like).

Monkey - Saru. A cheeky, lively, bouncy word.

Bird - Tori. Sounds chirpy, sweet, delicate and light.

Bear - Kuma. Sounds heavy, rounded, cuddley and warm. I can imagine if I asked a bear his name, he might reply in a heavy, low, growly voice, "Kuma".

O.K. I admit. Occasionally, I'm a bit out there.