Favourite word(s) (1 Viewer)

[Iron]

cellar door

 

[div123]

haha cellar door aka "most beautiful phrase in the english language"

i seem to use euphemistic a fair bit tho

 

[NamelessOne]

*snip*

 

[xclusv2bhung]

rendezvous =]

 

[xeuyrawp]

haha cellar door aka "most beautiful phrase in the english language"

Mmm, phonaesthetics.

Considering Tolkien actually knew what a phrase is, I doubt he would have said that. He also didn't say it was the most beautiful, just that it was beautiful.

 

[the leader]

I quite like prolix and defenestrate

 

[m0ofin]

Vascular, eponymous, disregard, nuance, subtle and lame are but a few.

 

[P_Dilemma]

English:
Excruciating
Unlimited Blade Works

Japanese:
Katana (Japanese samurai sword)
Shinigami (death god)
Tengoku-Jigoku (Heaven-Hell)

-P_D

 

[Davriel]

"Splunge" - (Origin in Monty Python's Flying Circus) Meaning 'yes, no, maybe without being indecisive'.

"Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" - Fear of the number 666.

"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" - Fear of long words.

 

[lexonfire]

disarming:

removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.

 

[jazzmuzik]

maudlin: embarassingly sentimental

love love love this word! as it describes perfectly...

a) the majority of D&M convosations that arise in the early hours of the morning at any party
b) the majority of the compulsory English HSC creative writing responses

 

[m0ofin]

Phlegm. I like it wrongly pronounced as "Fleh-gum."

 

[ellen.louise]

discombobulating (this is why John Marsden is my hero: he used it in Circle of Flight)

-causing confusion, disconcerting

 

[ccc123]

Quintessence- the perfect embodiment of something.
Verisimilitude- [the quality of] having a semblance of truth.
Superfluous- excess or over abundance
Citadel- castle
Pulchritude- physical beauty
Archetype- the typical representation
Repercussions- consequences, basically
Ramifications- same as repercussions
Chimera- a grotesque product of the imagination
Inextricable- can not be extricated. I love saying things are "inextricably linked" even when they're not haha.
Transcend- Go beyond
Sacrosanct- sacred
Capricious- unpredictable
Subjugate- belittle, make subserviant etc.
Denigrate- similar to subjugate
Transgress- divert from the normal/accepted etc
Impetuous- rash, without though
Supercilious- air of superiority
Sanguine- the colour of blood
Paradigm- pattern
Incipient- Budding, in its initial stages
Altruism- consideration of other people
Veracity- Truth
Interpose- basically like interject
Microcosm- smaller representation of something larger
Facade- Outer show- e.g she assumed a cheerful facade, but deep doen she was devastated
Pretense- False show
Denouncement- the falling action is a play etc, before the resoluation
Catharsis- Purging action
Superficies- superficial appearance
Lascivious- lewd, lustful
Oh and that brings be to:
Salacious- which also means lustful

Yeah those are a few. Words are awesome

 

[ccc123]

discombobulating (this is why John Marsden is my hero: he used it in Circle of Flight)

-causing confusion, disconcerting

Omg completely forgot about that one. I went through a period where i was always like "I'm so discombobulated!"

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

fermenting
bizarre
prophetic
sickly
rendezvous
flagship
ostensibly
nonchalance
necessity

are a few of my faves. cbf to define them, you all know what they mean.

edit: flamboyance and illusion as well

 

[*maria*]

dendrophiliac: a person who has a sexual preference for trees...

 

[Legham]

"cunt" and "vadge" are both pretty hilarious. Especially when the people your with don't encourage swearing.

But, my favourite word will always be "Shenanigan"..

 

[offwithhercardi]

obsequious

 

[ssejamafone]

esoteric