Dec
29
Poignant
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The perfect English word. Sharp and precise. Travels from the mouth with purpose and meaning. Its sound and feel when spoken coincide directly with its meaning. The perfect English word.
Struglas
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Dec
29
Etiolated
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Many years ago, when I was looking for a “big word” one day, my dad taught me to say that something is “etiolated.” Although it generally refers to plants which have been made pale due to lack of light (e.g. “white asparagus”), it can refer to paleness or loss of energy in a person. Alas, neither of these issues are common in conversation, but we used it as an “in joke” between the two of us, because nobody knows what it means.
Annie
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Dec
29
Schadenfreude
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I first read this word a few years ago in a magazine. It describes the guilty pleasure one feels when someone else is going through something unpleasant. It’s a truly unkind feeling that we all feel at times. I was thrilled to see a name given to that feeling.
Valerie Hixon
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Dec
29
Phantasmagoria
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Simple yet elegant, easy to say, and even has a pleasant aesthetic quality when written. It can be used in so many wonderful situations and describes something wondrous, altogether pleasing to the mind, in my opinion.
Shaun
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Dec
29
Obstreperous
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This is my favorite word because it is like a lateral onomatopoeia, in that simply using it is harmony with its meaning!
Howard
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Dec
29
Sycophant
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It means “a servile flatterer.” How many times have I had this very thought about someone, and wasn’t able to elegantly sum it up in one word, until I stumbled upon sycophant. Fun to say!
Jamie
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