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Favorite Words in the English Language

Posted By: MistaMista Tom Hagen

Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 07:57 AM

I was just typing up a long report today and I came across a few I really liked, and then they got me thinking.

Vat (n) - A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.

Apricot (n) - Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach.

Opt (v) -To make a choice or decision.

Indeed (adv) - Without a doubt; certainly.

Sliver (n) - A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter.

Extinguish (v) - To put out.

Sex (v) - The sexual urge or instinct as it manifests itself in behavior.

Rue (v) - To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

Zeppelin (n) - A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

Cataclysm (n) - A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.

Fuck (int) - Used to express extreme displeasure.

Sacrosanct (adj) - Regarded as sacred and inviolable.

Ox (n) - A bovine mammal.

Strawberry (n) - Sweet fleshy red fruit.

Jacuzzi (n) - A large whirlpool bathtub with underwater jets that massage the body. (This might be a proper noun, I'm not sure.)

Cigarette (n) - A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper.
Posted By: Lavinia from Italy

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 08:04 AM



err...let me see, Mista.....why do you like these English words? For the sound, the spelling, the meaning?

I got many. One is definitely the adverbe "outrageously", such a great sound, once your tongue gets untwisted! Others will follow...
Posted By: MistaMista Tom Hagen

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 08:14 AM

I like those for the sound and the spelling, nothing to do with the meaning in most cases.
Posted By: JustMe

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 10:57 AM

Definitely. :p
Posted By: Turi Giuliano

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 11:19 AM

Soup
Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 05:04 PM

I don't really value any words on an individual level. I appreciate them much more when juxtaposed together in ways you don't normally see them; I love oxymorons and paradoxical, surreal metaphors.

"Cellar door" is, according to Donnie Darko, the best (paraphrased adjective, since I've not seen it in a while) two-word combination known.

I prefer aesthetic extraculation.

Only the former word exists, but it somehow communicates what I'm trying to say. It sounds beautiful.
Posted By: XDCX

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 05:08 PM

Masticate.

And not because it sounds like masturbate.
Posted By: The Dr. who fixed Lucy

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 05:10 PM

It's better to masticate than expecterate
Posted By: Enzo Scifo

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 07:30 PM

The words the following person sometimes utters, like

Quote:
Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra:
juxtaposed oxymorons and paradoxical, surreal metaphors. paraphrased adjective aesthetic extraculation.
Posted By: Luciano Fanucci

Re: Favorite Words in the English Language - 01/30/06 07:59 PM

Just two:

Precipitation - A scientific word for rain.

Archipeligo - A group of islands.

Dont as me why I like these words because I do not know.
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