Words you LOVE

[Ali]

In keeping with the positive, educational spirit of the forums (and to have a little fun!) please list some words that you LOVE! If you have something unique or unusual, help us all broaden our vocabulary and list some of your favorites here.

I''ll start:

felicitous - because it just sounds happy!

 

[meresal]

Snazzy...

I love when people use funky words to describe things. Always makes me chuckle.

 

[princesss]

Loquacious! I actively look for ways to use it in conversations.

 

[Iowa Lizzy]

Juxtaposition. I think anyone sounds instantly smart when they use that word.

 

[whitby_2773]

ok, so i'm a writer and i just love words. here are a few of my favorites:

celestial
heavenly
mystical
colossal
goop
glide
sashay
fade
sepia
haven (hi Haven!

)
salacious
cool
green
verdant
idiosyncratic
oceanic
sandy
toasty
natty
weep
joy
laughter
giggle
niggle
wriggle
home
mousey
wan
canine
evocative
gargantuan
detente
cyclical
ephemeral
icy
esoteric
ellipsis
ease
pulse
spicy
caress
gentle

(ETA - oops! sorry - just re-read ali's OP. these words aren't all that unusual; i've added them because i love the way they sound and the way they feel to say.)

 

[Ali]

Date: 7/3/2009 9:33:21 AM
Author: whitby_2773
celestial
heavenly
star
mystical
colossal
goop
glide
fade
haven (hi Haven!

)
cool
green
verdant
oceanic
sandy
toasty
weep
joy
laughter
giggle
home
mouse
canine
gargantuan
detente
cyclical
ephemeral
icy
esoteric
ease
pulse
spicy
caress
gentle
and on and on and on, till we get to....

''Rabbit.''

- which is my husband''s nickname for me. And nothing sounds better to me than him saying my name.

Those are great Whitby! It sounds like some kind of poem.
Or a......

Soliloquy!

Love that word

 

[whitby_2773]

lol - ali! i am undone!

i did a big edit to try to stay more in keeping with the spirit of your OP and you found me out!

i confess - i got excited when i saw your post about words (cause i LOVE words!) and wrote....then edited!

well, you can now see where i started AND ended with that post!

and i love felicitous - have always loved it. there''s just no negativity in that word, is there?

 

[Lorelei]

horse
tenacity
flight
cat
stars
heavens
celestial
orion
twilight
blue
angel
night
home
glorious
sparkle
nuit
magnificent
aurora
ephemeral
epitome
dusk
snow
pool
perfume

 

[Ali]

Whitby, they are beautiful! I was singing as I was reading them. Amazing what words can convey.
Thanks for putting together such a lovely list!

 

[KimberlyH]

joy
friend
deciduous (it''s fun to say!)
twitterpated
rose (it sounds as beautiful as the thing it represents)
peace
didactic
learn
read
dessert
book
red
strong
soft
kind
love

 

[atroop711]

there are lots but one of my favs to hear or say is MAGMA...just fun to say

 

[Haven]

Hi, Whitby! I love the word haven too--DH and I possibly want to name a future child Haven.

I love words, these are my very favorites:

- Tangerine
- Javelin
- Vendetta
- Vivacious

I love them for the way they sound, not their meanings, of course. I always tell DH that if we ever buy a lot of property and build a home on it, we''re naming our street Tangerine, and we''re going to live at 17 Tangerine.

 

[Haven]

Date: 7/3/2009 10:23:32 AM
Author: atroop711
there are lots but one of my favs to hear or say is MAGMA...just fun to say

This reminds me of that Austin Powers movie where Dr. Evil keeps repeating MAG-MA! (At least, I think it''s Dr. Evil.)

 

[OUpearlgirl]

Bliss
Vivacious
Twee

 

[princessplease]

Exquisite, fabulous, magnificent, flamboyant, meander, vivacious, and I''m sure there are many more I can''t think of.

BTW, I had no intentions of the words you hate post to turn into something inappropriate. I''m sorry if the post offended anyone. I meant for it to be something like words you don''t like how they sound, etc. I really am sorry.

 

[AGBF]

I just happen to keep a book.... Actually, the book started out being a book where I wrote definitions of words I didn''t know, many years ago. I keep adding to it. It contains some of these words from my early days as a reader, but not all of these. It also contains many more. These are among my favorites because I use these a lot, not because they have a beautiful "sound". If I want to hear words that sound beautiful, I speak French or Italian. That is what it sounds as if Haven chose to do when she made her choice of words, hence: "vendetta"!!!



ubiquitous
esoteric
epiphany
ineffable
heuristic
ineluctable
eponymous

AGBF

 

[Lynnie]

delicious
fantasm
debutante (not sure if that''s spelled correctly, but I like the way it sounds!)
snicker
merrily
jolly
equilateral, rotund, obtuse, lunatic
chocolate...mmmm such a sexy word

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Ohh, this is fun!

sublime
pedantic
elucidate
fatuous
scandal

cheers--Sharon

 

[ksluice]

I second twitterpated
and add: catawampus
kerfuffle
wonky

 

[upgrade]

Funnily (always makes me giggle)

 

[Rock_of_Love]

honeysuckle
languid
devour
electric
cupcake

 

[AGBF]

Date: 7/3/2009 9:56:53 AM
Author: Lorelei

horse
tenacity
flight
cat
stars
heavens
celestial
orion
twilight
blue
night
home
glorious
sparkle
nuit
magnificent
aurora
ephemeral
epitome
dusk
snow
pool
perfume

Thinking of, "aurora" made me think of the film, "The Haiku Tunnel". I hope everyone posting to this thread has had the pleasure of seeing that delightful movie! Everytime I see the word, "aurora" I think of Josh saying the names of the attorneys and the names of the secretaries, with the name, "Aurora" just rolling out of his mouth!

AGBF

 

[Loves Vintage]

Hubris.

I just like the way it sounds. It''s not a word I often use.

 

[klewis]

Perfect - A friend of mine uses this word often and pronounces it perfectly with as much emphasis on the fect as the per. I love it when she says it.
Orrery - Not a beautiful word but I like it because there seems to be too many Rs when you say it.

 

[HollyS]

Perspicacity or Perspicacious.

"Acute mental vision or discernment." - Webster''s

I like what it means, but I love the way it sounds. You never hear this word, and I''ve only seen it in print. Why? Too long when a shorter word will do??

 

[packrat]

Onomatopoeia. I like how it sounds.

 

[Porridge]

Ameliorate. I knew it in French first (améliorer) and loved it.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 7/3/2009 3:34:36 PM
Author: klewis

Orrery - Not a beautiful word but I like it because there seems to be too many Rs when you say it.

I was glad I had my book of words close at hand because I had to look up, "orrery"! I then, dutifully, wrote it in my book so that I could "learn" it. In case anyone else is not familiar with the word, it is a moving clockwork model of the bodies of the solar system with the bodies represented by balls. It got its name from the patron of the putative inventor (George Graham), Charles Boyle, who was the Fourth Earl of Orrery!

AGBF

 

[FrekeChild]

I LOVE "wonky"!!!!!!!!!!! (miracles' daughter doesn't FYI!)

tempestuous
innocuous
plethora

There are more...

FI likes

onomatopoeia

 

[OUpearlgirl]

Date: 7/3/2009 4:08:27 PM
Author: packrat
Onomatopoeia. I like how it sounds.

Oh good one!!!