What's your favourite word? And worst?

[Halo]

(What is that word for words that sound like what they are describing?)

Onomatopoeia.

 

[StillILearn]

Onomatopoeia.

Thank you, Halo! You're a genius. (I'm going to write that word on the back of my hand so I won't forget it.)

 

[G4G]

CDA, I saw a pickup truck with an exact and immense replica of your avatar on its door parked outside my house the other day. I did a doubletake (as you can imagine), and saw that it had the words "ATOMIC PRINTING" written beneath. I had to laugh! It wasn't you, was it?

Lol - 'twas not I! If I saw a truck outside my house with that on the side I'd be doubletaking as well.

 

[StillILearn]

No kidding! I was just about ready to duck and cover before I saw the name of the company.

 

[Poppy1]

My favourite words are: stuff and thing. I have the worlds worst memory and when I can't remember what you call something I can just say, "Bring me that stuff" or "Get me that thing."

In our house we use words like scooby, flurvel and wizza-wazza for words we can't think of. Stuff and thingy feature quite a lot too.

I hate complicated words for simple things like peripheral extremities instead of boundary fence.

 

[Peronel]

I love words people use when they are surprised; they're always so spontaneous!! (being the nature of surprise).

A favourite: egad!

Least favourite word: whenever people use the word 'literally' when they aren't actually being literal e.g - "I literally died when I heard that". NO YOU DIDN'T!!!

Sorry for the craziness, it just bugs me when people no speaka English good.

 

[sputnick]

fave word at moment

Favourite : Uber

 

[blue cat]

Favourite : Uber

Oh I like that one

Other favs: Sodden
Facetious

Hate: Issues (as in "He has issues.")

 

[-Carlos-]

What is Your Favorite WORD?

My word is, get ready for this one:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

It's a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash.

It's my favorite word, NOT! I must ponder this one folks for I do not have a favorite word...yet.

What's your favorite word??

 

[unKeMPt]

I'm a fan of serendipitous.

 

[-Carlos-]

synchronicity:

1. The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism.

2. Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related, conceived in Jungian theory as an explanatory principle on the same order as causality.

Maybe that's my word, maybe not. Hmmm.

 

[FrodoLIVES]

I've been researching since this thread was posted and I think I have a few favorites:
schadenfreude: pleasure derived from another's misfortune
tatterdemalion: a person dressed in tattered or ragged clothing

 

[claybugg]

I like: Raconteur, Nihilism, and Esoteric.

 

[Proxy]

I'm rather fond of Mellifluous. Because it's.. well... mellifluous

 

[Rien]

Chortle. There's nothing better.

 

[stephiebaby]

Bootylicious? Fergielicious? Do those count? Just Kidding!!!!!

I’d have to say my favorite word is………….Facetious it describes my personality to the tee, I intend to be humorous but often am silly or inappropriate.

 

[mama-sama]

I like: Raconteur, Nihilism, and Esoteric.

Isn't Raconteur the name of a band?

I like exponentionally. Seems appropriate for the way our inventions of the 20th century are progressing.

 

[claybugg]

Isn't Raconteur the name of a band?

I like exponentionally. Seems appropriate for the way our inventions of the 20th century are progressing.

Yep. The Raconteurs. Jack White, from the White Stripes, is the frontman.

 

[Peronel]

Off the top of my head, I like delicious (as pronounced by Buster in AD when he's thinking of an english muffin).

Can I say my least favourite word? Please?

Surreptitiously . Ironically, I've never seen that word used in a subtle way.

 

[Vespertilio91]

Jejune. meaning something very boring, though the word itself is very exciting to say.