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Pulse

I love the dual descriptive quality of it. Pulse can be a physical pounding of blood against skin or the “beat” of the city. It’s beautiful.

Leslie

Twain

Not as in Mark Twain, though that does give it a big plus. It means two things that are a pair or that are similar. Chances to use it don’t exactly come up often, but I love letting it slip.

Jesse Utah

Quotidian

‘Quotidian’ is not a quotidian word, so it’s something of a self-contradiction.

Ray Virginia

Supercilious

Sounds amusing and sorta supercilious to use it. On a Seinfeld episode, George’s father used it to describe Elaine. Funny. Interesting etymology.

George Bailey

Virus

The way it was pronounced in the movie Matrix was fabulous.

Hamed

Stellar

It is just an all-around great word I use to describe how good something is. it can be used in lieu of more commonplace words like “fantastic,” “fabulous” or “amazing.”

Using atypical words in your vocabulary is stellar.

Holly NYC, NY

Vulnerable

Just love hearing this word when the L is pronounced. To clarify, a lot of people say “vun-ruble,” but I prefer “vuL-nerable.”

Anon.

Asunder

It means to separate parts or pieces; break. It’s such a forceful word and always conjures up images of glorious destruction, like “the ground was split asunder beneath his feet.”

James

Forlorn

It is such an infinitely sad, but strangely beautiful word, meaning forsaken, left behind, forgotten.

James

Commiserate

I like commiserate because it sings out to those who miserate alone. By having others or even one other to commiserate, one doesn’t feel nearly as lonely.

Anita Ibison OK

Gription

It began with my son, when he was 12 (now 27). We found ourselves at a good fishing spot, with no fishing poles. I crafted two fishing poles, cut a notch for fishing line, and tied the line to it, a hook on the end, and opened a can of corn for bait. I [...]

Maniacal

I love the image it brings to mind. The laughter of your favorite super-villain as he’s about to send the hero through a swamp full of man-eating fish. The look your mildly sadistic teacher gets when she says the words “pop quiz.” That attitude Nascar fans get when talking about their favorite driver, or [...]