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indefatigable

form — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:35:57 +0000

it just sounds like a word you don’t want to make angry

mark
california

Inept

form — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:43:28 +0000

This word immediately makes me think of “apt”, which has the exact opposite definition of “inept”. Oh, the irony.

Francesca

Inkling

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:10:15 +0000

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

Incognito

form — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:43:54 +0000

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

Ineluctable

form — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:50:42 +0000

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

Iota

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:39:31 +0000

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

Inevitability

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:06:59 +0000

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

Ink

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:37:51 +0000

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

Indelible

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:04:37 +0000

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

Inconceivable

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:37:52 +0000

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

Idiosyncratic

admin — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:02:12 +0000

I like the way it feels in my mouth. I like that things should not all be the same.

Pam Murray

Indeed

admin — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:43:21 +0000

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