Sep
18
Inkling
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My favourite English word is definitely inkling. I learned it when looking for some other word in my dictionary, and it immediately made me think of the detective stories I used to read during the summer holidays when I was about 14 years old. This is the perfect word to express the suspicions you have when reading such a story, since they are suspicions that arise from a world of paper… and ink.
lady of the lake
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Sep
14
Incognito
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One out of the list of my favourite words. I like it because it’s so different to most words you come across. And it has a pretty cool meaning as well: “The condition of having a disguised or concealed identity”
Paul Hunn
Weymouth, Dorset, UK
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Sep
12
Ineluctable
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You cannot escape the meaning of this word, which means “cannot avoid or escape.”
I was always trying to find words my mother hadn’t heard or read. It was most unfair she had a head start by being born before I was. She also read and did crossword puzzles daily. I could never catch up.
The odd thing about ‘ineluctable’ is that there is no ‘eluctable’
Veida Wissler
Pennsylvania
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May
9
Iota is all vowels with one measly consonant. And you can insert it into “My Sharona” by The Knack… “muh-muh-muh myyyy iota.”
Brittany
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Nov
19
Inevitability
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I just like saying it fast: “It’s an inevitability”. Some people can’t. And if you stumble on it, it is your own little sobriety test. Try it after a few brews.
wowjimi
Michigan- but right now – Iraq
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Apr
17
Ink
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When I was in kindergarten my favorite color was pink. Not because I liked the color very much but because I loved the way it sounded with the word, ink. Just say it a few times. Say it a few times fast even. I still like it to this day!
Kori
Rockwall
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Mar
8
Indelible
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A synonym for “permanent,” but filled with so much more. It is a poetic and powerful way to say “incapable of being erased or forgotten.”
Nicole
Seattle
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Feb
14
Inconceivable
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I may have fallen in love with this word after hearing the cute little bald man in “The Princess Bride” say it. It is such a forceful word, but if you say it with a slight lisp it makes you sort of lovable and vulnerable.
Song Bolin
Switzerland
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Feb
9
Idiosyncratic
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I like the way it feels in my mouth. I like that things should not all be the same.
Pam Murray
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Feb
9
Indeed
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I love this word because one can pack so much meaning into it. Simply by tone of voice, a person can make this tiny little word convey quite a lot. It is indeed a useful word.
Leeann
Mississippi
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