Once Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like extrapolate. I have to check the spelling though. I also like jello. I like the way it sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Fluctuating. That's a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Fluctuating. That's a good one. or its cousin "fluctuant." It just sounds so wonderfully squishy (in a gross sort of way! :tongue_smilie:) Thanks to everyone who is contributing to this thread! I just LOVE words. I used to have a running unspoken game with a nurse I worked with. I would make a point of trying to use an unusual word when I wrote my notes (after seeing a patient) and she would make a point of then trying to use that word the following week, when updating me about certain patients (to let me know that she was reading my notes without actually telling me). (Most nurses, at least where I've worked, don't read doctors' notes, so it was fun that she was actually reading them in the first place! The vocabulary game was a bonus!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yes, flabbergastipated has me discombobulated (and ROFL).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like extrapolate. I have to check the spelling though. I also like jello. I like the way it sounds. I, too, like extrapolate... it reminds me of the interview with Billy Sheehan where he used the word and then (when learning what the word diatonic meant) stating that he just played something "diatonacious". I like words that sound woody... can't stand the tinny ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Well......they *do* sorta go together...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like words that sound woody... can't stand the tinny ones. Hmm. Could we say the mellifluity of woody words? I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I also like the words "crass" and "masterful". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Vixen. I really like the word vixen. Especially when you pair it with Saucy, as my dh often does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Wretched. I also like vile and vexed. Hmmm...I'm seeing a pattern here. :001_huh: Plaid -- Then you would enjoy reading A Series of Unfortunate Events! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like the phrase "external oblique." It's a biology term. I actually no longer remember what it means, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 vapid & addlepated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 It's diaphanous Puts me in mind of my brain. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria from IN Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I like the fact that one can't say laugh without smiling...at least, this one can't. Slartibartfast was almost the name of the dog we got a couple of years ago, simply because I giggled so much at the way the man said his name in the movie (Hitchhiker's Guide). It's a good thing I gave him an easy name like Fiver because I wouldn't have been able to train him at all with all that giggling.:D I have to say my mantra is Haagen-Dazs. You can't say that without exhaling a nice cleansing breath. Everything about it is relaxing--especially the eating!:w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Crass is good. But I would not consider it "woody". Trying to think of what makes a word "woody". It's the vowels right!? I have a "tinny" name and dislike it. I refused to use the letter i in my children's names. I thought I was the only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Crass is good. But I would not consider it "woody". Trying to think of what makes a word "woody". It's the vowels right!? I have a "tinny" name and dislike it. I refused to use the letter i in my children's names. I thought I was the only one. I think you're right. Crass is neither woody nor tinny. It seems to be maybe.. aquatic?? organic?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think you're right. Crass is neither woody nor tinny. It seems to be maybe.. aquatic?? organic?? It's aquatic. It reminds me of wet grass... therefore... seaweed. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in CA Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 garrulous arduous conundrum ludicrous stymied tenacious superfluous interminable obdurate scintillating and my favorite word already mentioned is defenestrate. "Oh my, that fireman is going to defenestrate the lady!" Gets um every time... :lol: Or how about, "Pediatricians warn against the risks of young children defenestrating themselves." :001_huh: I have yet to talk to a single person who knows the definition. It's quite fun to mess with them. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Oops... I remembered two more favorites! Fecund. (fertile) Great word. Shocks people everywhere. It was a vocab. word in my senior year. My best friend and I just loved saying, "My, but they are as fecund as rabbits!" :tongue_smilie: And I also like the word fard for the same reason (innocent words that have great shock value). It means, "to apply make up." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Mine is geschmacksache. Yes, I know it's German, but still my favorite word. Unfortunately, I don't get to use it in conversation very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 effulgent :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 lackadaisical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 lackadaisical. Oh, I love it! And genie reminded me last night that paradoxical really sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 squishy & gooey. They sound what they mean. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 serendipity is my favorite word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Heather Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 plethora ubiquitous ambiguous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschoolmom22 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I seem to say absolutely a lot!!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 ... When I was a kid, my dad would have said "well" was my favorite word. He called me the well-bird because I started almost every sentence with "Well, ..." ;) I guess that is why you like the Well-Trained Mind! My teen's favorite word in English is propitious. Her favorite in Latin is inimicitia ... every other letter is an 'i'. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I am partial to arguendo (for the sake of argument), and sua sponte (to act spontaneously without prompting from another party), which are common legal terms. My knowledge of Latin does not extend beyond legal terminology, but I love the few words I know because they sum things up so neatly without excess verbiage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjsotr Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Verbose Homonymous Hemianopsia (I know it is really two words, but they are used together) dysdiadochokinesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Apparently it is bugga, as in, "Bugga, this is a resurrectionist thread. I got excited to see Plaid Dad was back but then saw the date." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 navigable :thumbup1: DH makes fun of me because I cannot see or hear of a river and not ponder aloud whether or not it is navigable. I just like to say it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Persnickety Serendipity Nincompoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Putz and Schmuck. Especially while driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 nonchalant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Plethora... I use it every chance I get, and my kids think I am weird for it. Lol. I, also, like epiphany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Wow, I really need to up my vocabulary.... My favorite word is sleep, because it seems I never get enough of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Smote - it's just so deliciously final gobsmacked ornery kerfuffle I think I watch too much BBC America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Oh man, this thread is a blast from the past... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Myriad Incognito Facetious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 May I just say how much fun it was to read through this thread from '08! Many old friends from long ago participated. Sniff! And many of us old codgers are still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I love the word "illuminate" for how it sounds and for what it means. I also like "sparkling." Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Pet Let's have fun with our favorite words at FavoriteWords.com! I liked what I saw there so far and am very interested. Apparently it is bugga, as in, "Bugga, this is a resurrectionist thread. I got excited to see Plaid Dad was back but then saw the date." Yeah, apparently we have a spammer. Three posts, and the two I looked at are identical posts and on old threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Incredulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I like "absolutely", as in "absolutely not!", which I use with my kids often. :) We purposely butcher the work therapeutic because of an Andy Griffith episode, where Barney pronounces it "Thera-pettic." Therapeutic just doesn't sound right any more. Boogered or boogery. For when we get fabric pills on our sheets or clothes. "The sheets are all boogered up. We need new ones." Malady, insipid, passe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I also love the word literally because of Rob Lowe's character in Parks and Rec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 "yes" I like to hear it in reply to a question I ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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