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Favourite words!

Cool, I didn't know that. Thanks for posting on this thread. Right now I have to get some zzzzzssss. Have a good Monday.


rollerskate said:
Actually it has a deeper meaning than what we typically think of... It means completion, perfection, fulfillment.
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Scintillating
Thrilling
Seraphim
Mythology
Lore
Cryptic
Romantic
Empathise
Narcissistic
Legend
Truffle
Gothic
Spherical
Glorious
 
My utmost favorite word is:
DOOFUS
I use it everyday because I encounter so many!

My second favorite word is:
BIATCH
Because I live next to one!
 
Behooves, correct or affirmative instead of yes, discombobulated, hamajang (Hawaiian pidgin English for discombobulated), nefarious, whateva, combustible, probably lots more.
 
"Quark." James Joyce coined it, and were it not for the whimsy of particle physicists it would have been long forgotten. (I mean, come on...has anyone REALLY read Finnegan's Wake?)

I mean, just say it aloud to yourself: "Quark. Quark. Quark, quark, quark-quark-quark!"

There's a Calvin & Hobbes comic on it, in fact; which might be the first time I ever heard the word.
 
Arrogant Penguin said:
Behooves, correct or affirmative instead of yes, discombobulated, hamajang (Hawaiian pidgin English for discombobulated), nefarious, whateva, combustible, probably lots more.
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I used the word "combustible" just last night describing to my coworkers of what I was going to be after eating my dinner of chili (with extra beans) and an extra large carbonated beverage. One poor soul still didn't understand what I was meaning until I said, "Bring out the peppermint oil and hide all sources of fire starters!" (Need I say more? What a doofus.)
 
magnanimous-having or showing a generous and kind nature

Obliquity-deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking, indirectness or deliberate obscurity of speech or conduct.

Example "you are lacking moral obliquity"

Plenitude- a large number or amount of something
 
nurseangela said:
I used the word "combustible" just last night describing to my coworkers of what I was going to be after eating my dinner of chili (with extra beans) and an extra large carbonated beverage. One poor soul still didn't understand what I was meaning until I said, "Bring out the peppermint oil and hide all sources of fire starters!" (Need I say more? What a doofus.)
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Oh Angie - that's just hilarious! :D (your entertaining stories never cease to make me smile)
 
Some of my favourite words, however it is hard to choose when the whole of the English language is before you :)

Scripturient ~ "Having a strong urge to write."
Nemophilist ~ "One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods."
Psithurism ~ "The sound of wind in the trees and rustling of leaves."
Nyctophilia ~ "Love of darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness."
 
Sev said:
Some of my favourite words, however it is hard to choose when the whole of the English language is before you :)

Scripturient ~ "Having a strong urge to write."
Nemophilist ~ "One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods."
Psithurism ~ "The sound of wind in the trees and rustling of leaves."
Nyctophilia ~ "Love of darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness."
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ROFL, I read that last one wrong at first and thought it said necrophilia. I was like... REALLY? O _ o
 
Stoichiometric ratios: the amounts of oxygen and fuel needed to gain the most power and efficiency from an internal combustion engine.

Zeldowitz...make up your own definition for this one
 
Dillie-wacker :tongueout:

Transmogriphication :coldsweat:

Dweeb :crocodile: just pretend the croc is an Izod alligator

Crustoleum :D

Skeege...if you are one,please stop ;)

Dunder-head...I was called this by my fifth grade teacher :rolleyes: :p
 
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