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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Mar
8
Superfluous
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Had fun learning it in ninth grade. Flows off tongue.
Melissa
US
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Mar
2
Sonata
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The word itself sounds as musical as what it represents. “Sonata” just rings gently in your head.
Beth
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Mar
1
Squish
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I love this word. it just reminds me of a rubber duck and sponge. Really though, it makes me wanna dance.
Tash
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Mar
1
Snazzy
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Not just decent or good, but snazzy. Snazzy fills in that small gap in verbiage between the good and the amazing. You know something breaks out of the norm and brings something to the table that any other great thing doesn’t when it’s snazzy.
Rob
Honolulu
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Mar
1
Shindig
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Who doesn’t like a party? A shindig is more than just a party, it’s people having fun and enjoying themselves. Anyone can go to a party, but you know something’s going down at a shindig.
Rob
Honolulu
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Mar
1
Scintilla
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A word meaning “a very small amount; a shred,” it comes from the Latin word for “spark” and is often used in the law world to describe evidence. I like it because it is so fun to say, with the smooth hiss at the beginning to the pop in the middle and the end rolls right out afterwards. In addition it is a very useful word.
Alex
Atlanta
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