Jan
24
Butyraceous
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It popped up during an episode of Psych I was watching with friends. The moment they said the definition we just looked at each other and laughed. Who knew there was a word for having the qualities of butter?
Orangeheart
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Jan
24
Bloodlust
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A big, black and sinful desire for bloodshed can’t be expressed in a better way, except by this wonderful word: bloodlust. It’s violence, strength, wildness and a bit of lust, pure energy.
Greetings from Chile, South America!
Pilar Naturali
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Jan
17
Blatant
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The tone needed to say the word actually sounds, well…blatant! So it always conveys the emotion it evokes.
Brandon MacNeil
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Jan
17
Bohemian
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A Slavic kingdom lost to time; an opera by Puccini; philosophers, musicians, artists, and writers alike. The connotations alone are wonderful. And phonetically, this is one of those few English words that has H pronounced right in the middle.
Sam
Vancouver
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Jan
13
Bloviate
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To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. It instantly paints a picture of most politicians that resonates with most of us.
Jim Averill
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Jan
10
Bailiwick
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Bailiwick - which originally meant the district of a bailiff — and now means one’s particular area of activity, authority, interest, etc., or a special domain.
I love the sound of the word (which I thought was Irish), and it means different things at different times of the day, depending if I am at home or at work, working at work or on the phone with a client: I have many bailiwicks and I can have as many as I want as a bailiwick is (largely) in the eye of the beholder: Flowers are my bailiwick, trusts and estates are my bailiwick, my house is my bailiwick, reading is my bailiwick: it encompasses knowledge, legal authority, practical authority, or even a willingness to learn (as in “I would like to make [insert field of knowledge or activity] my bailiwick”).
After hours of gardening in the hot sun, I like to think of bailiwick as a changeling on its way to becoming a verb: You better bailiwick on out of here if you know what’s good for you, varmint.
Now, go find your own bailiwick — this one’s mine.
Janet Rae Montgomery
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Jan
2
Breathe
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When you speak this wonderful word, you need to push air out of your body, followed by an air intake. Saying it makes it happen! How magical is that? This word also conjures an image in our mind of our own selves connected as living beings right now. It implies the natural, yet miraculous, gift of our presence.
Judy Nickels
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Jan
2
Bogus
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It sounds like slang but it’s an old and legitimate word. And it’s just fun to say it: Start with the “b”, then you’ve got that long “o” sound in the first syllable, a hard “g” to turn the corner, the short “u”, and ending on the “s” that you can either cut short or drag out into a hiss if the situation requires.
Chris Dawson
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Jan
2
Bamboozled
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It just makes my mouth happy to say, and it’s such a specific word. More than “cheated” or “tricked,” you were bamboozled!
Heather Leinen
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Jan
1
Biscuit
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Biscuit starts and ends abruptly, but slides in the middle. They also taste good. Especially slathered in butter.
Adam Harvey
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