It’s so simple, so common, so useful. And yet if you just let the sound sink into your mind, you can invest it with so much imaginary meaning. Frommm, the sound a warm cat makes. Have a glass of From, a wicked Nordic eggnog. Let’s go fromming together – a kind of light-hearted, skipping, [...]
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I love this word just because it uses all the vowels simultaneously. Patricia Toronto, Ontario Tweet Pin It A religious specialist practicing Haruspicy (divination of the liver – usually goats or poultry). It is a gruesome word, but it’s so fun to say. And I rarely get to use it, so I was really motivated to post. Matt Texas Tweet Pin It I like the way you can say it in loads of situations and conversations! Also I like the way you can say it in loads of different tones of voice.. and the way it just sounds cool. Jessica Tweet Pin It Well ever since i saw the word back when i was young and it was the name of a PC Game advertised in the PCZone magazine, it has stuck in my head for a few reasons…. firstly it’s delightfully long and magical/gothic sounding with strong associations with horror (due to the theme of the [...] When I was a teenager the mother of one of my friends said I was “an eclectic.” I knew what the word meant as an adjective but had never heard it used in that (unusual) way. I have long considered that one of the best compliments I’ve ever received. Patrick S. Rogers New [...] Because it has the prettiest sound I’ve ever heard, and it can be used so many ways. Chloe Spurrell-West Vancouver, BC Tweet Pin It Its syllables exemplify the word’s definition: melodious. Tara North Carolina Tweet Pin It This word is the epitome of the English language. When you say it, you just feel a surging wave of intelligence coursing through you. The context in which you say it… will always be that of a profound nature. Jake England Tweet Pin It My favorite words tend to be place names; this is a district in Tokyo, and it’s so much fun to say. A literal translation is “high field horse place”. KarenK China Tweet Pin It The Francophile air, the naughty mystery, the sense of not being quite the thing and oh yeah and who cares. The devil-may-care. Webster’s online says it derives from French, literally, cross-eyed, squint-eyed, from Latin luscus, blind in one eye…. A wink that could mean many things, or nothing at all. Kathe Koja Tweet Pin It Because it sounds like something that you need for your car rather than female beauty. Margaret M. Ryan Chicago Tweet Pin It |
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