I didn't see a thread covering this. so I thought I'd start one. What's your favourite word of the moment?
It can be a favourite for any reason, be it simple, hardy usability, its texture as it rolls off the tongue, or simple, pretentious complexity.
I'd currently go with 'licentious', I like the way it sounds as I spit it at those I deplore.
You?
Stargate.
Just finished catching up with SGU and I love the incredible connotation of the word.
The things we sf geeks take for granted...
I have learned new words (spoilers for the board game Cutthroat Caverns):
Are you a Were-Boar?
I tend to like obscure words that sane people wouldn't normally use. I don't use them either, or try to drop them into a conversation, because that would be twattish, but I like to know them.
Taghairm. Divination by lying in the hide of a bullock under a waterfall
Properispomenon. A greek word having a circumflex accent on the second to last syllable.
World Wide Word is a good place for this kind of thing.
My overall favorite word has been, for years, "diaphanous".
I have always been fond of persnickety.
1a : fussy about small details : fastidious b : having the characteristics of a snob
2: requiring great precision
— per·snick·e·ti·ness\-nəs\ noun
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
n., pl., humuhumunukunukuapua'a, or hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a'as.
Either of two triggerfishes, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or R. rectangulus, native to the outer reefs of Hawaii, the latter having a broad black band on the side and a black triangle at the beginning of the tail.
We went to Hawaii for our honeymoon.
Clixby (KLIKS-bee) adj.
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
Defenestration.....nuff said.
Defenestration.....nuff said.
That used to be mine for a long time too, but these days I think Callipygian would have to be my favourite.
I never use it, but I like the way kerfuffle sounds.
Increate.
To exist without having been created.
Indubitably.
To evident to be doubted. And fun to say.
wharrgarblish
not sure what i means yet....looking for a definition.
Clover suggested : It sounds Australian. I think it should refer to people talking nonsense in an Australian accent. (garble)
Lugubrious. Adjective - mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.
I like it because it's such a fun word to say and carries an implication that seriously, this is just getting ridiculous, stop sulking, you're embarrassing your family.
Rainsmercy wrote:Defenestration.....nuff said.
That used to be mine for a long time too, but these days I think Callipygian would have to be my favourite.
Your mom vastly improves my enjoyment of that word, too.
wharrgarblish
not sure what i means yet....looking for a definition.Clover suggested : It sounds Australian. I think it should refer to people talking nonsense in an Australian accent. (garble)
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I'm assuming it's a reference to this?
I've seen that word (and pic) used in internet political discourse, usually as an accusation that one's opponent is doing a lot of angry shouting with no actual meaning or context.
I like a bit of chutzpah.
Ouch. Lobster made a comment on my mom? Now I know the Universe is operating backwards today!
Defenestration.....nuff said.
This. Has been since high school.
I love Defenestrate, Guillotine, and Masticate.
In fact, I'm masticating right now...
Boustrophedonic, with crepuscular a close second, because boustrophedonic is hard to work into a conversation. Harder than crepuscular, at least.
I love the word famished. Just something about that sounds great, even though it's actually rarther horrible. Hearing someone say "I'm absolutely famished" in a British accent is awesome.
I also love f*ck just because there is no other word in existence with as many possible uses as that word.
I have been using Schmutz a fair bit lately.
It's a tie between Hoodlums and Pants.
Properispomenon. A greek word having a circumflex accent on the second to last syllable.
If only it would describe itself -- but alas, its accent is an acute on the antepenultimate. Come to think of it, "antepenultimate" is quite a word in its own right.
these days I think Callipygian would have to be my favourite.
It's one of my favorites, but loses out to "petrichor."
Undulating
hoary
Stargate.
I see your stargate and raise you Ch'ap'ai.
Exterminate (but only if it's said in Dalek voice)
It's even better when combined with maximum.
This is fun: http://testyourvocab.com/ I feel that I need to look up the words on page 2 that I didn't know.
(I came out with an approximate 34,000 word vocabulary, based on the test.)
Oh, and a word I like is mellifluous. Also graupel.
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