Dec
26
Serendipity
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This is one of my favourite words just because of the way it seems to roll off your tongue as you say it, like molten gold. Even just looking at the word inspires you to want to say it out loud in an elongated voice!
I often try to use it in a sentence but it never seems to fit anywhere. It was voted number two on Britain’s favourite word list and it deserves its place rightly so.
Serendipity
-The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
-The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
-An instance of making such a discovery.
Lara Lipscombe-Southwell
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Dec
26
Micawber
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This word is awesome, not because of the sweet beauty that a word sometimes has as it rolls across the tongue, or the uncanny similarity between its pronunciation and its meaning, but rather because of its complete “oddness.” Very rarely in the English language do we find the wb found written together (although I hear it put there quite often here in the South, “corn on the cawb”, “turn the knawb”). Its oddity gives a sort of savage intonation. The word’s meaning, however, has nothing to do with its sound:
“One who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune.”
What makes the word even better is that it comes from a piece of literature. It stems from Wilkins Micawber, a character from Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield.
Caleb Smith
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Dec
26
Perfunctory
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Absolutely brilliant word … it snaps with a sound similar to a machine, doing its job, without thought or emotion, and its use to describe the actions of a person doing anything without feeling is so in your face! Gotta love it.
John Wiedenhoff
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Dec
26
Abhor
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The sound of the word so perfectly captures its essence. To abhor something just sounds so full of spite and anger.
Ray
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Dec
26
Vixen
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Because it sounds like its meaning and it’s a wonderfully sinister word. I like it so much it’s in my email address!
Vixen
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Dec
26
Aurora Borealis
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A mystical magical lightshow from the north… what’s not to love about it?
The word just rolls around in your mouth when you say it…
(This entry submitted by her daughter Christina, since my Mom isn’t with us anymore, but she loved words, and passed that love on to me, and I hopefully pass it on to my children).
Margaret Gustavsson
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