Nov
17
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, joyful walk. A from is also an old fashioned lacy decoration around the outside of a doily. Can you think of any more?
Barbara
South Africa
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Oct
5
Froward
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Meaning perverse or willfully contrary; refractory; not easily managed.
Froward is fun to write as readers often assume you are both misspelling and misusing ‘forward’.
Isidore
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Sep
30
Fabulist
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A liar, or one who tells fables.
This word thrills me to no end, not only for the fact that I rarely hear it, but also because it sounds so similar to fabulous, which fabulists most certainly are.
Chyna
Alaska
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Sep
9
Feckless
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In High School i used this in a thesis paper and the teacher had to look it up.
K.D.
Berkley, MA
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Aug
10
Frowzy
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Frowzy means scruffy and neglected in appearance, which I love. Frowzy people are the best. Plus, it just sounds (and looks) cool. Best word EVER.
Willa
Davenport, Iowa
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Jun
9
Filth
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You can never say it without meaning it- there’s a delicious way it slides out from between one’s teeth like vermin. Perfect.
Anna
Sydney, Australia
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May
9
Flautist
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It’s rather flamboyant sounding, and conjures up images of a rather foppish flute player with lace cuffs and white stockings. And a curly wig. It’s also quite beautiful.
HazzaH
New Zealand
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Mar
8
Foochi
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In Spanish slang, “foochi” (or “foochy”) generally means icky or yucky. I just think it’s such a funny little adjective, and very versatile, especially for kids — i.e., foochi spinach, foochi snails, foochi guts. I used it so frequently changing my son’s diaper that it ended up being his first word. (The Urban Dictionary has a different, English definition of “foochy”.)
Blisterina
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Mar
8
I find it amazing that a word used to mean “constantly likely to change” should be a word that has transcended the ages and never changed itself.
Nichole
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Feb
26
Ficus
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There’s a Hannah Montana episode in which Hannah decides to make a ficus her new best friend. She accidentally calls it a fern. Her real best friend Lily corrects her and Hannah replies, “It’s a ficus named Fern!” It’s just such a funny word.
Laura
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