Apr
17
Aforementioned
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I like this word because it is a simply elegant way of saying ‘previously mentioned’. Its meaning is unusually simple and straightforward. I like how it only exists in the past tense.
Dee
Galway
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17
Panache
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Another lovely French word with no true English equivalent. I
came across this in high school when my French class studied Cyrano de Bergerac, a play. Panache is a sort of flamboyant style, or flair. It also happens to be a giant plume that one would wear on a hat (think: Three Musketeers hat).
It also just begs to be yelled out loud, but perhaps that’s just me.
Brittany
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17
Fiasco
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I am so accustomed to working in situations that would be described as catastrophes or disasters that I am always overcome with blissful jubilation when things improve so vastly and dramatically that they can be termed a fiasco. I have no experience with any set of conditions better than this.
Chris
USA
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17
Ink
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When I was in kindergarten my favorite color was pink. Not
because I liked the color very much but because I loved the way it
sounded with the word, ink. Just say it a few times. Say it a few
times fast even. I still like it to this day!
Kori
Rockwall
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17
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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17
Math
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Math is my favorite subject in school.
Joshua
Virginia
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17
Cruller
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The “cr” at the start makes the “r” at the end even more pronounced and interesting. Known as a rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing. Sometimes called a French cruller.
Donna
USA
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17
Cantabile
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It is so melodious. It is lovely and it makes me think of lullabies.
Alyssa
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17
Verily
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It’s fun to say and sounds almost gilded, like an antique of a noble time. Tolkien made me a fan of this word, and the odd looks one gets when one uses it in conversation is almost worth getting pegged as being pretentious.
Jenna K.
NYC
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17
Elucidate
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Look at it! It’s elucidate! How much more awesome can you get than that? No more, that’s how much!
Andy
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