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It’s so simple, so common, so useful. And yet if you just let the sound sink into your mind, you can invest it with so much imaginary meaning. Frommm, the sound a warm cat makes. Have a glass of From, a wicked Nordic eggnog. Let’s go fromming together – a kind of light-hearted, skipping, joyful walk. A from is also an old fashioned lacy decoration around the outside of a doily. Can you think of any more?
Barbara
South Africa
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I love this word just because it uses all the vowels simultaneously.
Patricia
Toronto, Ontario
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Haruspex
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A religious specialist practicing Haruspicy (divination of the liver – usually goats or poultry). It is a gruesome word, but it’s so fun to say. And I rarely get to use it, so I was really motivated to post. 
Matt
Texas
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Honestly
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I like the way you can say it in loads of situations and conversations! Also I like the way you can say it in loads of different tones of voice.. and the way it just sounds cool.
Jessica
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Phantasmagoria
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Well ever since i saw the word back when i was young and it was the name of a PC Game advertised in the PCZone magazine, it has stuck in my head for a few reasons…. firstly it’s delightfully long and magical/gothic sounding with strong associations with horror (due to the theme of the game) and second because it’s defined as a ‘a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)’which sounds a lot like my life
Bo
UK
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Eclectic
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When I was a teenager the mother of one of my friends said I was “an eclectic.” I knew what the word meant as an adjective but had never heard it used in that (unusual) way. I have long considered that one of the best compliments I’ve ever received.
Patrick S. Rogers
New York City
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Peripheral
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Because it has the prettiest sound I’ve ever heard, and it can be used so many ways.
Chloe Spurrell-West
Vancouver, BC
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Its syllables exemplify the word’s definition: melodious.
Tara
North Carolina
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Contradiction
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This word is the epitome of the English language. When you say it, you just feel a surging wave of intelligence coursing through you. The context in which you say it… will always be that of a profound nature.
Jake
England
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Takadanobaba
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My favorite words tend to be place names; this is a district in Tokyo, and it’s so much fun to say. A literal translation is “high field horse place”.
KarenK
China
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