Jan
27
Oblivion
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Oblivion is not only a great-sounding word, but the meaning is very mysterious. I like the word itself and everything it stands for.
Taylor
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Jan
24
Otolaryngologist
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It is just an overall fun word to say. I mean say it oto- laren- gola-gist. it just flows it means ear, nose and throat doctor, yet it is an amazingly fun word to say!
Samantha Neal
New Mexico
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Jan
17
Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like it means. Buzz, snap, pop. Just the sound of the word soothes the ear.
Jennifer
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Jan
13
Oxygen Thief
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In moments of complete and utter condescending superiority, when calling someone “stupid” or “idiotic” will not cut it, this little phrase is a true wonder of an insult.
Reverend Douglas William Mowbray
Baltimore, Maryland
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Jan
2
Ominous
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My pop taught me this word in the 6th grade. We used to drive 45 minutes every morning to my school (we lived way out in the woods and it’s a long story why I didn’t go to the local school). This was pretty much the only time I had my pop to me and we used to have long and very deep (as deep as a 12 year-old could get, anyway) conversations.
One day we crossed a bridge and noticed there was a very strange natural phenomenon happening on the lake. The lake we were crossing had wisps of fog that looked like thousands and thousands of little ghostly branches. Pop and I stopped the car to look at the phenomenon and he turned to me and said, “That’s ominous!” Being the wordy nerdy I was (and still am), I just absolutely loved the way ominous rolled off my tongue as I tried it out for the first time like a luscious strawberry. Even now, 20 years later, every time I’ve used the word ominous in his presence, I still get a belly laugh out of him.
Ominous. Doesn’t that just send chills up your spine?!
Carrie
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Jan
2
Ocelot
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It simply rolls off the tongue wonderfully. It also looks cool — especially when it’s all in lower case–with a bunch of low round letters and two tall ones.
Daniel Sack
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Jan
2
Oneirophrenia
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Oneirophrenia: a dream-like state or clouding of consciousness.
I am particularly fond of this world because it’s fairly mellifluous, for one, and also describes a particularly interesting state of mind that I’ve enjoyed quite a few times while under the influence of the demon rum.
Derek C. F. Pegritz
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Jan
1
Orthogonal
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Orthogonal (link) — “At right angles. The term is used to describe electronic signals that appear at 90 degree angles to each other. It is also widely used to describe conditions that are contradictory, or opposite, rather than in parallel or in sync with each other.”
Why? I love the way it sounds, the way it rolls off my tongue. It also has a great sound of authority and knowledge — you don’t pull that one out unless you really, really mean what you’re saying. I use it occasionally in conversation for the “contradictory” definition, to my own thrill, usually accompanied by a single raised eyebrow.
Bunk Trudy
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Jan
1
Ooops
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Because it’s fun to say; generally follows doing something that was probably fun to do; and looks really good in a number of typefaces — especially throwing in extra o’s.
Scott Fannen
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Dec
30
Oniony
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And its derivatives onionier and onioniest. As in ‘Sir, that must surely be the onioniest curry I have ever yet tasted.’ I love the word for its sinuous profile, its mellifluous sound, and its earthy tang. A literary citation: “Desdemona could detect the telltale oniony aroma of a Hungarian woman on her right,” Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex.
Stuart Heath
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