Mar
8
It means a trick or a deception. i like it because it is so much more satisfying to say “subterfuge” instead of just plain old “trick”
Claire
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Feb
26
Soft
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This is one of the first words I learnt to spell and write. And i can never get enough of it. It conjures up images of evening, of a mother singing to her child, the moment before a kiss…
Kanishk
India
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Feb
26
Serendipity
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I think it’s a beautiful word that sounds like the name of someone very glamourous. It always sounds peaceful to me.
Serendipity is when something absolutely wonderful happens or is discovered completely by accident, often when you are looking for something completely different. A fantastic word for a fantastic occurrence.
Briony
UK
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Feb
26
Sylph
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I love the way this word sounds, all soft and airy, just like it’s meaning; a slim and graceful woman or girl, an imaginary creature believed to live in the air.
Iso Isooo
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Feb
26
Serendipity
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It is just wonderful that there is a word that means “a happy accident.” I also love the way it sounds.
Lorraine
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Feb
26
Stresstrated
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Stresstrated is stressed out and frustrated. My friend’s 7 year old came up with that one and it’s perfect
Lianne Lish
San Diego
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Nov
19
A adjective meaning “polysyllabic,” or “long.” An appropriate word, no doubt.
Jeff Mason
Kansas City, MO
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Apr
17
Spindrift
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The word simply sounds good when said aloud, and it looks good in its written state. Picture ships at sea battling the mighty spindrift they encounter! The word captures the feeling conveyed in all those great Alistair McLean and Hammond Innes books.
Mark Anderson
Cortland, Illinois
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Apr
17
Syzygy
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When I was a little girl learning to spell my dad would say, “How do you spell ’syzygy’?” I never knew it was a real word. I just thought he made it up. Then I found it one day in the dictionary. It is the word used to describe when all the planets line up in a straight line.
Suzanne
Pittsburgh, PA
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Apr
4
Always rely on German for really dramatic words. People are always misusing the word “sadism.” Sadism is the joy of inflicting pain upon another, but Schadenfreude is revelling in another’s pain, not necessarily inflicted by the reveller.
Jack Silverman
Houston, TX
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