Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Mine is 'schadenfreude', and Calvin has picked it up from me: Two conversations Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well shoot, I can't repeat mine here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Mine is 'schadenfreude', and Calvin has picked it up from me: Two conversations Laura My favorite word this week is "snap!" Yes, it's so intellectual, don't ya think!:tongue_smilie: This is what happens when you hang out with your kids too long who watch Disney Channel. Here's how you use it in case you don't know. Mom dropped a full gallon of red kool-aid all over the newly mopped wooden floor and she said, "Snap!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have two: onomatopoeia pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis :) (No, three: pamplemousse...French for 'grapefruit.') :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Woof, it's what I say when I am wiped out (after doing laundry, dealing with kid problems, etc.) or when I am frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 "peripatetic" rather describes my mind since giving birth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmeg Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Mellifluous. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 "Sapperlot", it's German, too, but not half as intellectual as "Schadenfreude". It's used (a lot in this house!) to tell someone off in a friendly-ish manner. Nobody else has picked it up though, cause in our house you're not allowed to tell people off in German, if you don't use it for normal communication, too. Dh loved to use "harsh sounding" German words for telling off, that I put an end to it.:smash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 "Sapperlot", it's German, too, but not half as intellectual as "Schadenfreude". It's used (a lot in this house!) to tell someone off in a friendly-ish manner. I speak French and Chinese, and can read some Spanish and Latin, but never learned German. What does 'Sapperlot' actually mean? Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don['t have a favorite word, but I have a few words I despise. http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=635025 You can read about it here if you like, I can't bring myself to type the word. ::::shudder:::::: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Some of mine: Hackneyed, preposterous, cheeky, flabergasted, trollop, bellicose, hellion, bassackwards :blink:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don['t have a favorite word, but I have a few words I despise. http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=635025 You can read about it here if you like, I can't bring myself to type the word. ::::shudder:::::: Oh LOL Amy! My dh has refers to wet wipes as "moist toweletts" which always makes me howl. I wasn't aware there was anyone else besides me (and now my daughters) who finds that word so funny. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I can't bring myself to type the word. ::::shudder:::::: LOL! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 LOL! :lol: Debra, what are you still doing up?? Isn't it like 2am in TX? Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 "Sapperlot" is rather unspecific, along the lines: "I've told you a million times to be careful, don't do that, get off, pay attention,....." it's just more succinct. However, it seems it's Southern German only, a Northern friend though for months that I was telling my children off in Tajik, lol. I wouldn't do that though, cause I'm a firm believer in not using another language just to tell somebody off, how unfair is that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 "Sapperlot" is rather unspecific, along the lines: "I've told you a million times to be careful, don't do that, get off, pay attention,....." it's just more succinct. Now that's one I've never heard, despite my familiarity with German. I looked it up and yeah, the translation, such as it is, is pretty unspecific, like you said. Several sources cited it as "sackerlot" and one stated that's an archaic curse formed from the French "sacre nom". Who knows?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 :glare: Did you have to look that one up? Now I'm not so sure if I want to continue cursing my children in French?!:ohmy: And it was one of my favourite words so far. The French connection has a true ring to it, since quite a few of the colloquial words used in the area where I come from ( around Stuttgart) were brought there by Napoleon's soldiers and then adapted. My dh has a knack to do this to me too. I pick up a new word, like "spunky" and he tells me it originally meant having high sperm count, or lively sperm, or whatever. Now I tell him I'm not really interested in the origin of my vocab, as long as I won't offend people too badly with it.:D He's a rather proper Brit and I love him very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 My dh has a knack to do this to me too. I pick up a new word, like "spunky" and he tells me it originally meant having high sperm count, or lively sperm, or whatever. Now I tell him I'm not really interested in the origin of my vocab, as long as I won't offend people too badly with it.:D He's a rather proper Brit and I love him very much. My Chambers dictionary has the origin of spunky as 'sponc', meaning tinder, therefore a spark, so 'spunky' means sparky or fiery. I think that it came to be used for someone presumed to be very fertile, but that's not the basic meaning. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have really fallen in love with the Danish language here. The words are so 'hygge' (a special Danish kind of cosiness). I love 'smuk' meaning beautiful, handsome or charming. A landscape can be 'smuk' or a person. It is such a funny perfect little word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volty Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 My favorite word is an insult we invented in the football cesspool I usually post at is : momofektard In our depravity, we also discovered we could use ass- as a prefix and make an insult out of anything: "Nobody wanted to sit next to the asshat on the bus since he hadn't showered in a week." Real words that I like are shampoo and pajamas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 surreptitiously. Ds4 mostly just likes the way it sounds, because I don't think he has a good grasp on the meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 defenestrate. My kids tell each other they are going to do it to each other. :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 parasitism I've always liked the way it rolls off my tongue. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I picked it up from Simon Cowell of AI and I love it. Of course, I had to look it up before I started to use it. It means cheesy or corny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I just love it when my friends and family pick it up too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Tintinnabulation and wretched are two I love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 The only place I ever see this work is G A Henty book. It just makes me smile. I have no idea why. Usually I am read the books aloud and ds and I both like the word and count how many pages we get into a Henty before it appears. As a side note Laura I like your British spelling of words. This is also another aspect of reading Henty books that is fun. The "u" must feel like a much more special letter in British literature than American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 disingenuous for its double negative, pastoral for what it makes me feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have a few rated G that I can share... Addlepated Smorgasbord Malfeasant :biggrinjester: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 As a side note Laura I like your British spelling of words. This is also another aspect of reading Henty books that is fun. The "u" must feel like a much more special letter in British literature than American I'm glad you enjoy it. I used the word 'fulfil', the other day, and had to check that Brits really spell it like that. We are standardising on British spelling for the boys (as they are heading for UK exams) and I have to check UK/US spelling differences for them almost every day. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I forgot.. Verbose :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in NC Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Serendipity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in NH Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Omphaloskepsis That has been my favorite word since I was about 12. it means: meditating while contemplating ones navel. I also like ameliorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I like ya'll... I feel so countryfried when I say it:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don't have a particular favorite but I LOVE Italian words like millefiore, tagliatelle, liguine, arrivederci. Italian is so mellifluous. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Yes, they almost send edible...:001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 I like ya'll... I feel so countryfried when I say it:D When DH (Texan) and I were thinking about courting, it was very useful to be able to understand if he was inviting me out on a date or including my flat-mates in the invitation. That was twenty years ago this year.... Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I like oof-dah. It was normal to use this in MN, but now that I've moved, it really sticks out when I say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well shoot, I can't repeat mine here. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm going with y'all. I a midwest gal living in the south, I'm even working on the accent. I enjoy using it with my friends from Minnesota, it drives 'em crazy. (Bless their hearts :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I like the word "intifada", although I have no idea why nor in what instance I would ever use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Words are so cool. How's a person to pick a favorite?! That said, I do especially like: gemutlichkeit. I also adore the word aluminum as pronounced the British way. Dd has two words she coined and used regularly while she was high school age: flarpenheimer and flarp. Hence, "Mom, my pencil just flarped onto the floor again!" "Oh flarpenheimer, where's that stupid lab sheet!" Dd also loves the words spleen and sock. They just make her crack up. Just this morning as dd was leaving for the tutor center at the college where she works, she opined about her new found joy over the word coagulate. We all get a kick out of everyday words that when said seem so unusual, like spatula or skillet. We have a lot of good, spleen massaging laughter here over words of all sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 There are words I just love the sound of. Several have been mentioned here already: onomatopoeia, tintinnabulation, and intifada. I get a kick out of a lot of the names I hear while listening to NPR news. They're just so much fun to say. Muqtada al-Sadr (yes, I had to look it up to spell it correctly!) is one. There was an (I think) Indian one a while back, but I can't remember what it was--something that sounded like it had fudge in it. Hagia Sophia is another. For me, the sound of a word is very important in determining how much I like it. The word interstices drives me out of my freakin' mind! I swear it sounds like some particularly nasty symptom or disease. Panties is another word I don't like. It just sounds dirty. (Like that should matter to me.) I don't like the words moist and moisture either, but they make me laugh like Amy said. I think Saturday Night Live is to blame for that. The ability to put words together in writing in a way that is pleasing to the ear often makes the difference in whether or not I like an author. Even if I'm only reading quietly, I hear the words. One of the reasons I love Steinbeck is because of how his words sound in my head. It's also the reason I do not care for Hemingway--short, choppy, no music. I love poems like Poe's "The Bells" because of the sounds. (Tintinnabulation anyone? And in discussing it, I can use another favorite word: onomatopoeia.) It took me a long time to warm up to free verse. As for words that I use often, well, I'm afraid they can't all be listed here. Some of my favorite words have to do with elimination and intercourse. The elimination word is used alternately in English and German. I also like "holy crapola" and a few other forms. I use y'all frequently. No music in those words:ohmy: I don't know what else. I'll have to think about it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Yes, and according to my baby book, it was my first two words: "ahh sh*t" I was only 9 months old. ;) And mom wrote "said when she couldn't get her blocks to stay up" And I still say it more than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Widdershins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I picked it up from Simon Cowell of AI and I love it. Of course, I had to look it up before I started to use it. It means cheesy or corny. "schmaltzy" (correct spelling!), is German in origin. "Schmaltz" is lard, but it does get used in the above stated meaning in German, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 drømmer --Norsk for dreams, vision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo4 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Escondido with a exaggerated Spanish accent. I just love the way it sounds. I want to name my next child that or at least our next pet.:001_tt2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I just love the way it sounds. There are afew others like that but I can't think of any of them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 superfluous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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