Favorite Word

[mattx110]

I don't know if this truly deserves it's own thread, but I think so.


What's your favorite word, and why?

Mine's "nick". It's got about 50 bajillion meanings. It's a name, the process of denting or chipping something, to steal something, to put something in jail, or the jail itself, similar to "knick", my hometown NBA team...

It's an awesome word that can probably be used 5 times differently in a sentence.

Nick nicked the stereo and when the police found that paint from his car matched the resultant nick from where he nicked it while nicking it, they nicked him and threw him in the nick, with another guy named Nick, who likes nickles.

I guess Carlin has had a certain influence on my thoughts. But I'm cleaner. Any takers?

[Paradox]

SPLUNGE!

It means ... it's a great-idea-but-possibly-not-and-I'm-not-being-indecisive! :wink:

..then Rock Hudson says 'I'm a very rich film producer and I need a lobotomy'

[Gingold]

Motherfucker. It should be used sparingly, but there are times when it's the only appropriate word for a given situation. And it just rolls off the tongue, you know?

[mattx110]

Motherfucker.
This isn't "Inside the Actor's Studio".

It doesn't have to be a swear word.

[Paradox]

mattx110 should warn a guy:

This isn't "Inside the Actor's Studio".

It isn't?

You mean I just did twenty minutes on "interacting with your director" to...no one??

[mattx110]

It isn't?

You mean I just did twenty minutes on interacting with your director to...no one??
"Y'know, I asked we not film on sunny days, because I couldn't get into the mood for my character... the director said 'this is a film about california filmed in california' but I still think it would've helped me find a place emotionally where I could translate how my feelings would be if I were actually feeling the feelings I was portraying, y'know?"

Am I deriding my own thread? sorry...

[Ben Morgan]

It isn't?

You mean I just did twenty minutes on "interacting with your director" to...no one??
You were talking to Matt's mother.

[Paradox]

Hmmm...that whole section about getting your girlfriend to screw the director was probably lost on her, then.

Or was it?

[Michael P]

"Sussurus."

[Fenris]

Cantaloupe.

It's just fun to say, in a semi-musical way. The syllables bounce around in my mouth like basketballs.


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It's my "cellar door!"

[gary bolt]

Salubrious.

My dad used to work it into conversations in an intentionally wrong way when I was a kid. "Ah, very salubrious" ended up meaning right on or I agree for the whole family.

[Bonestorm]

"Cunt"

I never use it, but I am entertained by the fact that its actually managed to gain power over the years and has managed to morph from a swear word to a genuine slur. I also quite enjoy that the people getting in an uproar over it aren't aware that doing so is giving the word its power.

Good times

[Ontir]

Mine is actually two words, and they are the name of a country:

Burkina Faso.

Five lovely syllables that roll so nicely off the tongue. They are very satisfying words to say as well.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Sasquatch.

[The Confessor]

Pumpkin


It's just a nice word to say I think...you know, kinda feels nice in your mouth as you say it.

[Typo Lad]

"Matamim". It's Ancient Hebrew for "Tasty Foods". Just love the way it rolls of the tongue.

[Matthew E]

"She". It seems incomplete to me, like an attempt to use letters to impressionistically suggest the femininity it denotes.

[josephrey]

chode.



as in, "who's the chode that made the 10 character minimum rule?"

[Dreadstar]

"Popinjay."

[Puma]

bugger


it's a verb and a noun.


and it got me into trouble at work.

[jesse_custer]

Notwithstanding.

Notwithstanding that I enjoy many other words.

[jesse_custer]

double post

Also, I like aforementioned a lot, too.

[Gilda Dent]

"Sublime". I have no idea why, it just appeals to me.

[rZi]

Yuck

It just says utter discust and snobishly

[Haydn C]

Oubliette

I love the sound of this word even if it does mean something horrible. Well an unpleasant place anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubliette

[Athena Bast]

squee

*wibble* comes in second because of a ten character rule.

[Serik]

Gemini.

http://www.todojuguetes.com/img/Mattel/American_Gladiators/4015.jpg

[mattx110]

Oubliette

I love the sound of this word even if it does mean something horrible. Well an unpleasant place anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubliette
As an attemped writer of historical fiction, I thank you amazingly. That's a cool fricken word.
squee

*wibble* comes in second because of a ten character rule.
And then there's the combo squibble.

[bushboy]

Digital

Like many other things in my life, I have no idea why.

[Gamma Charge]

Defenestrate

The word means the action of throwing someone or something through a window. I love the sound of the word. I also try to make excuses to use the word in sentences.

[K'Nort]

I don't have one, but I dated a guy whose favorite word was ramekin.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ch/1992/ch920623.gif

[berk]

One I came across recently that I like:

uncomeatable

Apparently fairly common in the 18th century, it's obviously fallen out of use since then.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Elbow

Pinwheel

Meandering

OK, that's three. Sue me.

[Haydn C]

As an attemped writer of historical fiction, I thank you amazingly. That's a cool fricken word.

And then there's the combo squibble.

Why thank you.
The only place I have heard it used is in the film Labyrinth and on an episode of Time Team over here in the UK.
My old flatmate who is Cornish knew the word though. Said there was loads of them in Cornwall. I can only assume everyone was very very bad there.

[mattx110]

One I came across recently that I like:

uncomeatable

Apparently fairly common in the 18th century, it's obviously fallen out of use since then.I find women uncomeonable...

Why thank you.
The only place I have heard it used is in the film Labyrinth and on an episode of Time Team over here in the UK.
My old flatmate who is Cornish knew the word though. Said there was loads of them in Cornwall. I can only assume everyone was very very bad there.
Y'know, they had their own language once...

Wonder what happened to it. Lost to the oubliettes.

[morna]

paradigm

loathe

phlegm

(ya I'm a sucker for the gm thing)

contrapuntal

billirubin

chyme

so so many more

[Paradox]

morna crosses the line:

paradigm

:mad:

YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!!!




I shouldn't blame you. It's a nice word. Business morons killed it for me, though.:frown:

[mgs]

bubkiss!

Can only be used for those 'special' occasions. And it's kind of a cuss word, but not. Kind of a way of expressing anger but not really. Sort of like calling someone or something a lie(r), with conviction. Said with force, it's noticeable cause it's not commonly used. :D

[Typo Lad]

"Nothing" is kind of like a curse word?

[Slam_Bradley]

Retromingent. It covers so many people and situations.

[Haydn C]

Y'know, they had their own language once...


When drunk they still do in my experience.

I also like the words pumpernickel and crenellation.

[SOGG]

"Matamim". It's Ancient Hebrew for "Tasty Foods". Just love the way it rolls of the tongue.

Interesting. "Matamis" is Old Tagalog for "sweet". Not just sugary, but used to describe foods that have achived sublimity. (may or may not be a word)

[captain_unimpressive]

"Why." It's the most useful word in the English language.

Runners-up include "tesselate", "entropy", and "captain".

[howyadoin]

Dunno if I'd call it a favourite, but I get a lot of mileage out of "apparently".

[howyadoin]

As an attemped writer of historical fiction, I thank you amazingly.Um, that would mean that your thank you is the amazing part, rather than the word he mentioned.


"Amazedly" would work, though.

[Fenris]

"Why." It's the most useful word in the English language.

Especially for a five-year-old testing the limits of adult knowledge.


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"Because it JUST IS!"

[mattx110]

Um, that would mean that your thank you is the amazing part, rather than the word he mentioned.


"Amazedly" would work, though.
Um....

I was thanking amazingly. I know my englishs.

[Sanagi]

"Mammaquatia"

[Dennis K]

my new favorite word is "ass-tastic"

[Slam_Bradley]

Peckerwood is another favorite.

[mgs]

"Why." It's the most useful word in the English language.
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"why"? O.o

I could just replace that with the more mature sounding, 'explain'.

[captain_unimpressive]

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"why"? O.o

I could just replace that with the more mature sounding, 'explain'.

"Explain", from a practical viewpoint, is just a more advanced form of "why". "Why?" is pretty much the shortest, most basic question you can express in English. And "Explain" has to be declarative to have the same use, which can get confusing without the inquisitive inflection. "Explain. Explain. Explain." "Explain?" is asking whether the person should explain or not, to which the proper answer isn't an explanation, but "yes" or "no". That's too much muckwork; "why" is a lot more efficient.

Especially for a five-year-old testing the limits of adult knowledge.


Exactly. How else are they supposed to learn anything?
This might sound naive, but when I have a kid I'm never going to say "because it just is" to any question. I'll just follow the course of interrogation until the answers get too advanced for any explanation. Then when the words get too advanced for them, I'll tell them what they mean. No hyperactive youngster will get the best of me; we'll just see who tires out first.

[Paradox]

I've always been of the mind that if you can't explain something to a five year old, perhaps you ought to examine your own knowledge of the subject.

There are exceptions, of course, mostly maturity subjects such as sex, but you can still dance around enough to satisfy a five year old.

[howyadoin]

This might sound naive, but when I have a kid...If you don't have any kids already, then yeah, it already sounds naive.