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Adjacent

I have no idea what this word means i heard it on a tv show and i just love the way it sounds.

Randolph Campbell/ Mr. Platts class Clark State

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spa

I love all “S” words and I also love words that end with an open ah sound. So this word fits completely and compactly…And it opens up a whole world of relaxtion and rest. Just three little letters can invite a whole day of leisure.

Jonathan Clark State

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Plyometrics

A workout on P90x that is extrememly hard and one of the worst workouts on the fitness program. The workouts remind me of what a pro-football player would have to do when training. I had to do this as the second workout on the program which made me realize I am very out of [...]

Eclectic

When I was a teenager the mother of one of my friends said I was “an eclectic.” I knew what the word meant as an adjective but had never heard it used in that (unusual) way. I have long considered that one of the best compliments I’ve ever received.

Patrick S. Rogers New York City

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mellifluous

Its syllables exemplify the word’s definition: melodious.

Tara North Carolina

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Nonchalant

NON-chul-AHNT. Not non-CHAL-ent.

A fancy and elegent-sounding word with a simple meaning: indifferent. This word just feels good as it leaves your lips… if you know how to say it right.

Chelsey

 

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nonplussed

Nonplussed

I was raised with this word. We progressed from nonplussed to taken aback and if the situation worsened we were poleaxed.

Midi California

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Purpose

It has use. There is a reason to use it. It looks solid but flows when written in lower case. To me it is rather like ‘serendipity’ but far less fashionable (a good thing). They both almost sound the same as their meaning. ‘Purpose’ is for the person who likes to be direct in [...]

picnic

I just love the word picnic. Nice to think about, as picnics are generally pleasurable experiences unless it rains! Nice to say too, “pic-nic”, two rhyming syllables. Can a word be any better? I can’t think of a picnic without imagining a basket topped with a red and white gingham cloth under which lies [...]

Slugabed

it rolls off the tongue like a piece of ice off your palm.

slug-uh-bed

use it tonight, in 5 minutes, at 1 in the morning or at 5:23 p.m. and it still means the same thing not matter what time of day

to stay in bed because of laziness…

roberta

 

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Ecstasy

Its a very feel-good word with a ring to it. I am not sure, that is probably, due to the pre-conceived notion of the relation of the word to psychoactive drugs (but honestly, I learnt the word earlier, later came to now about the drug..)

I named my blog after the same.. “Ecstasy is [...]

Smarmy

Say it slowly: smaaarrrmmmmly Can’t you just see that smarmy oily greasy personality oozing toward you, smiling and gushing about… Never mind your high school teacher using “murmur” to explain onomatopoeia, smarmy takes the crown. (Takes the cake?)

Alix

 

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