Favo(u)rite words

toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
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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?
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    "B@ll@cks" has always been a favourite of mine :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    apart fron the normal four letter anglo saxon, I've always liked "Combobulation" as it sounds oldfashioned.along with "Kerfuffle" :)
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  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    "Gorp". As in "Wot yer Gorpin at?". And all the usual swear words that are out there.
    Oh and "gormless".
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  • TracyTracy the VillagePosts: 369MI6 Agent
    I have Predator to thank for introducing the word "campanology" to me - it means the art of bell playing, which I used to do.
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  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    "B@ll@cks" has always been a favourite of mine :D

    I'll have to second that.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    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. :))
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    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 :D

    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 :))
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  • toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
    Canoodle (to caress)
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  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    "Too old a cat to be f****d by the kittens". Just for cheeky kids/teenagers.
    "Yes,dammit,I said "was".The bitch is dead now."

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  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    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 :D

    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.... :p

    ( 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... :o

    Btw it's an urban myth that I like the word Desist.... :D
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  • JamesbondjrJamesbondjr Posts: 462MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

    Is Velvety a new Rice Krispies mascot?
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  • toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
    I forgot «opprobrium» and «hullabaloo».
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I love " Antidisestablishmentarianism " :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Agent SidewinderAgent Sidewinder Posts: 223MI6 Agent
    Drip, splash, smooth, smash, crumble, glide, ooze, blob, slither, glaze, crackle, glisten, crunch....all those wonderful onomatapoeic words.:x
  • PendragonPendragon ColoradoPosts: 2,640MI6 Agent
    well, apart from the swears...

    Australopithecus is one of my favorites, being the anthropology nerd that I am
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Jamesbondjr wrote:
    Lexi wrote:
    Like "crackle" or "velvety" or "snap"

    Is Velvety a new Rice Krispies mascot?

    :)) :))

    perhaps 'pop' popped off!
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  • Tokyo MattTokyo Matt Posts: 99MI6 Agent
    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 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    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?
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    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.
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    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 PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Lady Rose in her day job:

    louisefletcher.jpg

    "The patient seems supercilious and hostile. Will you make a note of that?"
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  • toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Lady Rose in her day job:

    louisefletcher.jpg

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

    I was scared of that woman for years.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    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.
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  • toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
    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?
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    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.
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Lady Rose in her day job:

    louisefletcher.jpg

    "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.'



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  • toutbruntoutbrun Washington, USAPosts: 1,501MI6 Agent
    Acerebral : without a brain.

    fandangle : non-sense, useless ornemental thing
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  • Mark HazardMark Hazard West Midlands, UKPosts: 495MI6 Agent
    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".
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    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 :D used to challenge us to try to say it, closest won a shilling.... I made my first million that way :s

    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

    Which reminds me....

    Fricative
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  • Tokyo MattTokyo Matt Posts: 99MI6 Agent
    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.
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