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Hippopotamus

All the sounds come together and just make this a really fun word to say. Plus you cant help but smile when you hear it and imagine this magnificent animal!!!

Denali Idaho

Strumpet

It’s an insult, but at least you sound super classy and intelligent when calling someone that!

Jessi

 

Squat

I can’t help but smile when I say this word; literally, the shape my mouth must form to pronounce this word is very similar to a smile. I think it may be one of the funniest words in the english language.

JP

 

Felicitous

The short vowels in the word always make me think of a happy, delightful, fleeting little firefly. This word makes me feel all fuzzy inside.

Greg United States

oblivion

It’s the action of forgetting or being forgotten. Both the meaning and sound of letters in this particular order captivate me.

Maria

 

apoptosis

I read it in a Baudrillard’s Cool Memories (which should be reason enough to love it instantly). When I learned what it meant, I wished that I had known it in high school. If I had, then my perfect excuse for not doing my homework would have been: apoptosis. The brain cells devoted to [...]

Enigma

I love how the meaning of the word and the phonetic sound of the word go hand in hand. Just the word enigma has an air of mystery surrounding it.

Arathi Vinod Singapore

Simultaneously

I like the sound of it and when I was learning English I got excited when I heard this word for the first time !! Ps : I am Greek

Georgia Rhodes,Greece