Mar
8
Audacity
Filed Under A | Leave a Comment
This is not my favorite word of all time, but it holds a special place in my heart because I actually remember exactly when and how I learned it: from the movie Legends of the Fall. I can still vividly recall Aidan Quinn spitting that someone “had the audacity” to do something, and I knew right then exactly what the word meant, and how powerful of a word choice it could be. I do not remember a single other thing about that movie, save for that short scene.
Arianna
Boston, MA
Rate this:
(8 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
Loading ...
Mar
8
Disambiguation
Filed Under D | Leave a Comment
Just feels so good to say… and it’s kind of self explanatory. Just love it!
Henrik Rosen
FL
Rate this:
(10 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Defenestration
Filed Under D | Leave a Comment
How can you not love a word that means specifically to throw someone out of a window? That’s just plain awesome in every single way. I especially like to use it against people who have no earthly idea what it means. They usually end up thinking it means something close to “castrate.”
Thomas
Alabama
Rate this:
(18 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Filed Under U | Leave a Comment
Something that I have personally experienced. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) is a procedure that removes excess tissue in the throat to make the airway wider. This sometimes can allow air to move through the throat more easily when you breathe, reducing the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The tissues that are removed may include:
- The soft fingerlike tissue that hangs down from the back of the roof of the mouth into the throat (uvula).
- Part of the roof of the mouth (soft palate).
- Excess throat tissue, tonsils, and adenoids.
Robert B.
Des Moines, IA
Rate this:
(8 votes, average: 2 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Philtrum
Filed Under P | Leave a Comment
The philtrum is the vertical midline groove in the upper lip that runs from the top of the lip to the nose. According to the Talmud, (Niddah 30b), and other sources, God sends an angel to each womb just before a baby is born, when the angel touches it between the upper lip and the nose and whispers, “Shh…don’t tell what you know.”
Mike Jones
Central Texas
Rate this:
(6 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Mellifluous
Filed Under M | Leave a Comment
This word meaning is something that is sweet sounding or smoothly flowing and I think the word itself is mellifluous.
Tom
Melbourne
Rate this:
(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Onomatopoeia
Filed Under O | Leave a Comment
Used when a word sounds like the one it is describing …..buzz…bark…moo…meow.
Jamie
Eire
Rate this:
(14 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Manifest
Filed Under M | Leave a Comment
1. readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error. 2. Psychoanalysis. of or pertaining to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
Andra
Rancho Cucamonga
Rate this:
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
8
Porcelain
Filed Under P | Leave a Comment
The word conveys images of Arabic merchants trading in India and stuffy British ladies sipping tea in their overly lavish tea rooms. It reminds me of Asia and purity, and fits nicely into any poem.
Jordan
California
Rate this:
(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5) Loading ...
Mar
2
Triskaidekaphobia
Filed Under T | Leave a Comment
Triskaidekaphobia comes from the Greek words ‘Tris’ (three), ‘Kai’ (and), ‘Deka’ (ten), and ‘Phobia’ (fear). Literally translated it means the fear of the number 13. It is my favorite word because not only is it a beautiful and fun word to say, but also because it is thought to come from a Norse legend of Loki, the god of mischief (and also the 13th god). In this legend there is a party, and Loki tricks another god, Baldr (the 13th guest to arrive a this party), to accidentally kill his brother. This is where we get the superstition that when 13 are gathered together, one will die in the coming year. I also enjoy this word because it’s mere existence just makes the world so turned around. Some buildings don’t have 13th floors. Some airplanes don’t have 13th seats. It’s so silly!
Rebecca
Tuscaloosa, AL
Rate this:
(13 votes, average: 3.15 out of 5) Loading ...
-
Highest Rated Posts
-
-
Google News items on "Favorite Word"