Jan
17
As a noun, a sluice is a floodgate. As a verb, to sluice means to wet or to wash with running water. The way the word sluice sounds fits its meaning perfectly. The way the word sluice slides and slaloms off the tongue just makes the word a little more descriptive. It’s almost an onomatopoeia. It moves off the tongue in a way that always reminds me of running water.
John L.
Michigan
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Jan
17
Skulduggery
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Because it sounds exactly like what it means. What else could skulduggery mean but trickery? I’ll tell you, kid…nothing. Nothing. Plus, I’m on board with any word that could be used to describe a plot against the Crown.
Joseph
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Jan
17
Sagacious
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What a fantastic way to say wise! It flows right off the tongue and sounds like such a smart word.
Steven
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Jan
13
Sludge
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It’s sludge. You say the word and you automatically think of what it is. Sludge is one of those word that is that it sounds like what it is. Sludge couldn’t be anything else BUT sludge!
Greg
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Jan
4
Septentrion
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Meaning: Any region lying in or toward the north, related to the seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major or Ursa Minor. Why? Because Aurora Septentrialis would sound so much cooler than Aurora Borealis.
Jeff Holmes
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Jan
4
Schadenfreude
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Schadenfreude n. Pleasure derived in the misfortune of others.
Only the brilliantly twisted mind of the German people could come up with a single word that in two syllables capture my inner thoughts each time I hear of a relationship breaking up, or someone having trouble at work. When spoken, one may have to explain the translation, but once the definition is spoken, its meaning is understood. It is an evil and narcissistic word that at once describes my secret joy and my secret shame.
Greg Wilson
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Jan
4
Succulent
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It just sounds lavish.
David
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Jan
4
Shoegaze
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A style of music from England in the early 1990’s, it’s loud drony distorted guitar pop which got its name from when the bands played live, they often would just stare down (looking for their distortion pedals). I love it because for such a short word, when saying it out loud you can extend its length, just like the beautiful music it represents…
Erik Peek
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Jan
4
Silver
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A lovely word for a lovely colour, one that I use to describe things that are both pretty and cold. Icicles are silver. New York City is silver.
Lindee Weiland
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Jan
4
Synchronicity
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I have a fondness for this word. Why? First of all, the possibility of seemingly unconnected events being aligned by unseen universal forces to bring about a significant occurrence is irresistibly intriguing to me. Second, it rolls off of one’s tongue in a delightfully mysterious manner. Pronouncing synchronicity makes those who say or listen to its five syllables feel a bit apprehensive, as if they’ve stumbled onto a secret they weren’t supposed to know. Third, it holds the distinction of being cleverly explained in lyrical form by one of my favorite 1980s rock band, The Police. They sang:
“…A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectible
Yet nothing is invincible
If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi
If you act, as you think
The missing link
Synchronicity
We know you, they know me
Extrasensory
Synchronicity…”
Jeff Giddens, Statesboro, GA, USA
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