Word of the Day!

A fun word in part brought to my attention via The Good Place episode title, and one of the many cool words i see when I was hunting for synonyms for my fanfic

Pandemonium

It feels quite poetic

 

rallentando if musical terms count

one of the various terms to mean "slow down"

rall ən TAN do......u gotta gently put the brakes on ur oboe etc

 

Phantasm!

 

ooh, yes! and similar derivatives, like phantasmagorical!

 

Fun words in this phrase
- rend a heart in twain

(From a amazing world of gumball episode, said by smart blue egg boy)

 

Ephemeral

 

Homoscedasticity/Heteroscedasticity
(hō-mō-si-ˌda-ˈsti-sə-tē) / (hedərō-si-ˌda-ˈsti-sə-tē)
I recognize that technically the c is silent but I like the words better when you pronounce the c as a hard c.

 

Eureka!

 

Babie <- spelled like that

Ruminate

 

Jaa'm

 

Periphrasis is a cool word; it’s the use of multiple words when a single word could just as correctly suffice (for instance, saying “more happy” instead of “happier” would be a mild example of periphrasis). It’s just fun to say in my head!

Also, another word that fits its meaning perfectly: whisper. I think it sounds just right if you...well, whisper it.

 

Purr!

 

Also: cephalophore. Sounds like a scientific term of some sort, at least to me—but it actually refers to art of saints martyred by beheading, in which the saint in question is portrayed carrying their own severed head.

 

Yup, I’m pretty sure it literally translates to “head bearer!” I first heard it in a TMBG song and thought it was a creature of some sort, and then I looked it up and...it wasn’t, but it does make perfect linguistic sense! (And I’m right-brained enough to be a bit more fascinated by art than by science, admittedly...)

 

Eschew

 

Toothsome, Boyful

 

Some words that are Nice To Say:

Calamity! Also jötunheimr, mastodon, and mystery