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Honky-tonk

Such a quaint word – has absolutely nothing to do with bars or musical entertainment, but there you are! Honky-tonk!

Chris J India

Plinth

It’s has such a lovely mouth feel. Very tonguey.

Ellie

Mellifluous

meaning pleasant to hear or musical, this is one of my all time favorites. The sound of the word matches its description perfectly!

csmith Portland, OR

flabbergasted

It’s one of those word whose meaning (at least in my opinion)could be understood only from the way the word is pronounced. Also, it sounds a bit classy and I like that.

Lilith

Oats

It’s just an all around funny word. The way it sounds is pretty amusing.

Angie

Porcelain

It’s such a pretty and delicate sounding word. I love the combination of the letters as well.

Kelsey

Soup

IT IS SOOOOOO MUCH FUN TO SAY!

Niklas

Eccentric

Besides the double ‘c’ lending an unusual twist to the word, I love what it conveys – someone slightly quirky, fun, unusual. An individualist. If we consider the fact that double ‘c’s are somewhat rare, the word itself could even be considered eccentric!

Liz

Babushka

it’s just a fun word to say! it pops into my head regularly bah BOOSH kah

Stephanie

 

Live

It’s not just a simple word, it’s an emotion, an action. For me, Live isn’t just breathing the air, Live is enjoy and love life. We born, we live and then we die. So I think that’s just about that, you know, because that word can makes us remind that we have a lot [...]

Die.

I can’t pinpoint exactly why, but there is just something comforting about it. If I’m down it helps to say or think “die die die”. This may seem a bit negative, but I think not. I think of death as a beautiful thing. As Albus Dumbledore Once said, “Death is but the next great [...]

Twelve

It’s my favourite number (as it’s close to danger) and altogether it rolls off your tongue, but if you listen very closely when speaking it, it’s actually a very strange word to say.

Big up twelve!!!

Lewis Averillo-Singh Bum Village