Dec
29
Spookasem
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Am I allowed to pick a foreign language word? If yes, I’d like to submit spookasem (spook pronounced as per the English word for a ghost and asem pronounced ah-sim). This is an Afrikaans word which quite literally translates as “ghost breath,” to me, the most wonderful description for candyfloss [”cotton candy” in the US], which in fact is exactly what spookasem is: candyfloss in Afrikaans.
Virginia Irving
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Dec
29
Marshmallow
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My favorite word is “marshmallow.” Say it slowly in front of a mirror and it not only looks like you’re eating one, but it also looks like the way your mouth moves when you kiss someone on the lips. So sweet and so smooth and soft.
Gina, Tasmania
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Dec
29
Serendipitous
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Serendipitous–to make a fortunate discovery by accident. I try to spend as much of my life as possible looking for fortunate accidents and by doing so very often find them. It’s a lovely word and a lovely way to spend one’s time.
Barbara Blann
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Dec
29
Entrails
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I’m not a sicko or anything, but I’ve always thought it was just such a descriptive word. I’m into medicine, so I guess it’s fitting I have a medical word.
Sonja
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Dec
29
Tawny
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My favorite word is “tawny.” The visual imagery it evokes is powerful. I first came to appreciate it in Alfred Noyes’ poem The Highwayman:
“He did not come in the dawning; He did not come at noon; And out o’ the tawny sunset, before the rise of the…”
I see that sunset! I see the troop of Redcoats marching, silhouetted against that tawny sunset. I can see the tawny lion charging from out of the… There is a beautiful blond woman I know with tawny hair which suggests strength of character and action. I like to say the word! I like the way it comes off the tongue, an adjective that gives force to any noun it modifies. Thank you for giving me the reason for putting my feeling for words into words!
Scrub
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Dec
29
Omphaloskepsis
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It tickles me that there is a word for the act of contemplating your navel. How could it not be the coolest word in the English language?
shea
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Dec
29
Zebra
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I always liked the word just the way it sounds. Zeb-ra. It’s just a small, cute, fast word.
Dory
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Dec
29
Miscellaneous
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My favorite word is miscellaneous because that is how our world is today. An odd assortment of races and personalities joining together to be one single subject.
Emily
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Dec
29
Lime
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My favorite word is lime, preferably the plural, limes. I like it because it is just fun to say. Also a great flavor
Bebey
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Dec
29
Schnapps
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This word is great when you’re playing hangman: eight letters and only one vowel! The usual strategy of guessing vowels before consonants fails completely.
Peter Turney
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