Favourite words?

Discussion in 'General Chatter' started by PotteryWalrus, Oct 3, 2016.

  1. PotteryWalrus

    PotteryWalrus halfway hideous and halfway sweet

    Does anyone else have some favourite words (in any language) to say? I mean not necessarily words that mean nice things or good things, but just taste good on your tongue and are fun to say.

    I like 'deliquesce' (to dissolve/decay into a liquid form) and 'recalcitrant'. The last one I try to fit into conversation as much as I can, because it's such a pleasant mouth-and-tongue shape for me.

    I also like 'bakero' (idiot/fool) in japanese, because I've been indulging my inner weeb by finishing the Naruto anime lately and Killer Bee's "Bakero, konero!" is so fun to roll off my tongue :P (I like a lot of japanese words, actually - I really need to learn at least hiragana so I can do them more justice XD)
     
  2. swirlingflight

    swirlingflight inane analysis and story spinning is my passion

    I am very fond of the sounds of "Wotan," which is awkward because I believe saying a name three times is a way to ping for attention...
     
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  3. Ipuntya

    Ipuntya return of eggplant

    my fav english word is ephemeral, because the word itself feels fleeting
     
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  4. a small fis)(

    a small fis)( 26 people in a trench coat

    it's obviously
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    (which is acutally a v good verbal stim.... glubglub glub glubglubglub!!!!)
     
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  5. emythos

    emythos Lipstick Hoarding Dragon

    smol and squish are very good words. they just are.
     
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  6. a small fis)(

    a small fis)( 26 people in a trench coat

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    smol squish
     
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  7. emythos

    emythos Lipstick Hoarding Dragon

    v smol. v squish. is v good.
     
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  8. Sethrial MacCoill

    Sethrial MacCoill Attempts were made

    Vitriolic and visceral are my favorites right now. Honorable mention goes to allophone, both for being a delightfully obscure word and for having a nice mouth shape.
     
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  9. swirlingflight

    swirlingflight inane analysis and story spinning is my passion

    Smol is a very good mouth sound yes
     
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  10. Ipuntya

    Ipuntya return of eggplant

    as are nom and bum!
     
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  11. emythos

    emythos Lipstick Hoarding Dragon

    ye
     
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  12. wixbloom

    wixbloom artcute

    sylph

    or in portuguese

    sílfide

    the word MILK in english is also good

    I also love swear words in either language, they tend to have bold sounds that add their own rhythym to a sentence and they carry a lot of dramatic weight... that's why I use them so much, haha
     
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  13. Secret Squirrel

    Secret Squirrel certainly something

    caveat
    fecundity
    volition
     
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  14. PotteryWalrus

    PotteryWalrus halfway hideous and halfway sweet

    -cheek press- Eeee these are all such Good Words yes thank give me more <3
     
  15. swirlingflight

    swirlingflight inane analysis and story spinning is my passion

    Albeit
     
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  16. Everett

    Everett local rats so small, so tiny

    +1 for smol, better than small or smal

    catte is good
    For words that arent weird pronunciations of other words, "thrice"
     
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  17. hyrax

    hyrax we'll ride 'till the planets collide

    @Ipuntya ephemeral is also one of my favorite words! *ephemeral hi-five* other faves:
    -brackish
    -phantasmagoria
    -exsanguinate (just dang fun to say, the way your tongue rolls around your mouth)
     
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  18. hyrax

    hyrax we'll ride 'till the planets collide

    oh! and how could i forget! hyrax! the entire reason i chose it as a 'nym is because i think it's such a cool looking word, it's got a y and an x and vaguely looks like the name you'd make up for a dark elf OC. and yet it's applied to a fat little fuzzy mammal with goofy little fangs. how adorable is that.
     
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  19. Deresto

    Deresto Foolish Mortal

    Coffee is such a nice, comfortable word. It feels like something i wanna say over and over, even though short o sounds are usually a little too blue for me.
     
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  20. PotteryWalrus

    PotteryWalrus halfway hideous and halfway sweet

    HYRAX IS SUCH A GOOD ANIMAL WORD. So is 'elephant' and 'lammegeier' and also 'ossifrage'.
     
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