Jan
20
It ripples and lilts over the tongue, has mystery. I picture an Italian piazza in mid afternoon, with shadows and bright flowers.
Katy
Spokane, WA
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Jan
20
Constellation
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This word brings amazing images of swirling stars and light to mind. I think a word should feel good to say as well as what it conjures in your head.
Erin
Canada
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Jan
17
Cornobble
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Defined strictly it simply means “to hit in the head” however it is more commonly used in a more absurd sense. That being “to hit with a fish,” it is hilariously useless and silly but can be used, with a little planning, quite effectively.
Devin Green
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Jan
13
Coelacanth
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This was the imaginary fish that existed. How wonderful, to be thought extinct, then show up in a net in 1938! It’s enough to make one want to drop out of sight for fifty years, only to make a grand re-entry off Africa’s coast. Of course, this only works if there’s some previous fossil record of your mysterious self.
Nicole Harvey
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Jan
13
Claptrap
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It has the hollow sound of its meaning: early on was considered as the first applause-getter, laugh-track style. As used by an old friend of mine, claptrap refers to the emptiness of insincere words.
Nicole Harvey
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Jan
13
Curmudgeon
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I love the word curmudgeon because i love how it sounds when you pronounce it and because I know, for sure, that when i get old, I’ll be a curmudgeonly lady. In fact, I’m a curmudgeonly twenty-something girl right now. i think it describes me very accurately. I love it.
Carmen Duarte
Chile
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Jan
10
Chthonic
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The juxtaposition of “ch” and “th” is unique and exciting, and the meaning, “relating to the Underworld” is powerful and suggestive.
Harry Hancock
New York
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Jan
8
Chondrichthyes
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I love the way it sounds, but it is terribly hard to work into conversation.
Sarah
Santa Fe
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Jan
4
Coruscate
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To glimmer, like sun on virgin snow or starlight in the West. It reminds me of the way a young child’s eye’s light up at candy or carousels or other fantastical things. It is the spark of romance, the shine of a lover’s eyes. Majestic, purely majestic.
Scott
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Jan
4
Circumlocutious
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I was an English Lit student in University so I came across some great words. I always found it amusing how some people can talk in circles without saying a thing, so circumlocutious: roundabout and unnecessarily wordy, seemed to hit the nail on the head. I guess verbose could fit as well but it has less of a hypocritical nuance to it
Kristian
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