Favorite Words

[minoanmiss]

Whilst tagging a gorgeous image on Tumblr I used the word 'callipygian'. It's one of my favorite words. What are some of yours?

Comments

[rosefox]

I like saying the word mellifluous. It feels good in my mouth.

[minoanmiss]

Oooh, yes. It sounds and feels like what it means.

[acelightning]

I'm quite fond of "extraordinary", especially since I pronounce all the syllables (not like the British pronunciation, which sounds something like "strornry" - which is in Winnie-the-Pooh). I also like "lascivious" and "concupiscence" ;-)

[amaebi]

I'll try to catch myself at one.

[cmcmck]

The Kentish dialect words 'scowdowser' and juttybugger' (both insults).

[ilyena_sylph]

Thank you for a new word!

[corylea]

That's a great word! And it's so much more elegant than words like "bumtastic" or "bootylicious." :-)

I love words, but I'm not sure I have a favorite one; I'll have to think about it.

[mdlbear]

Hmm. "Abelian" was the first word that came to mind. (From that point I started going off on mathematical tangents (sic) rather than phonological ones.)

[bikergeek]

Q: What's purple and commutes?

A: An Abelian grape!

[mdlbear]

Yup! I self-identify as a lapsed mathematician.

Q: What's yellow and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice?
A: Zorn's Lemon.

[bikergeek]

*ogles your callipygian self*

[eustaciavye77]

*giggle* defenestrate
I am 12.

[lb_lee]

Defenestration is a great word.

I also quite like flabbergasted.

[julian]

Defenestrate, yes. I only just recentlty discovered eudaimonia, which is a nice thing to have a word for.

[darkmarcy]

I like "whippersnapper", using it makes me feel like a cranky old grandma shaking her stick at Youths who are messing about on her lawn. I mostly use it in my tumblr tags complaining about Kids These Days who don't know how to behave in fandom :'D

[wanted_a_pony]

Eeeeeeheeheehee! Yeah, I love posts about Kids These Days in fandom. I'm in advanced Curmudgeon training myself. ;-)))

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