I’m a chemist… this is an element on the periodic table. I think it has a really nice ring to it yet is kind of awkward to say, all at the same time. Plus, “M” is my favorite letter. moe-leb-dih-num … ahhhh….
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I use this word a lot when playing Mad Libs! I love the sound of it. I love anything that’s a farce – not in the fraudulent sense, but in the entertaining sense. (A lot of things I say are either farcical or facetious; sometimes it’s hard to know where the boundary is.) It [...] I studied French in high school and college, and was delighted to learn that my increasing knowledge of a foreign language also broadened my understanding of English. “Ennui” fascinated me because there was no easy way to translate it into English. The best my teacher could do was add several melancholy adjectives to the [...] I like the mouthfeel. It’s mostly used in the techie world; its dictionary meaning is to link together. Like the technical use of the the word “connectivity,” the emphasis is on the ‘aw’ sound in the first syllable. I like that too. Eileen Q., Minneapolis, MN Tweet Pin It I don’t condone the act of boxing or fighting, so why should it be that this word should be my favorite? I can’t tell you. I have no idea. But I do know that every time I hear it (which is not often) or roll it around in my head, I get a silly [...] Really, what can be better than a Britishism with only one consonant and a whole slew of silent vowels? Well … maybe a lot of things … but I still really like “queue.” Amy Lange Tweet Pin It A concordant confluence of conflicting cosmologies. It has a notion of the mystical in it since its opposing sub-parts are thought to be in violent opposition. It is my favorite word because it offers hope to me of all that is in apparent conflict in thought and in the world. It allows me [...] Gregarious, meaning “fond of company; sociable.” When I was a teen, my step-father wanted me to expand my vocabulary. He would give me a new word each day, ask me to guess the meaning, and then look it up. I remember telling him it sounded like a fun word, and I also liked how [...] When I first read it somewhere, “defenestrate” was a word I had to look up immediately. As someone with very little knowledge of Latin, I didn’t see any connection to windows, but the mere sound of the word struck me as mischievous and a bit dirty. Even so, I wasn’t disappointed to learn that [...] I’m a sucker for scientific words, but I’m also a fan of melodious, mysterious-sounding words with antiquated, mysterious, romanticized alchemy-meets-Poe connotations. “Phosphorescent” is both, plus it’s downright fun to say. There isn’t really a good alternative to it, either. There’s no other umbrella term to conjure up a cool, eerie, chemical glow without becoming [...] As well as its variations, renascence and renascent. To be born anew, the state of being born anew. Buds on trees, flowers opening, winning the junior high school spelling bee. There is hope for everyone and everything. The future is beautiful. The word caresses my tongue and makes me feel I am capable of [...] The “g” is soft, and it kinda builds up to the “ho,” where the main accent is. It’s the name of a place in Louisiana. The first time I heard someone use that word in conversation (referring quite matter-of-factly to the place), I laughed out loud. I thought they were making it up. Someday [...] |
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