Favourite word

[pumpy]

Having just read the "Active post" re;"My carbon footprint", which then went onto the definition of the word "parsinomious" (or something),i thought -that's a good word. My personal favourite is Vituperous (poison tongued),......what's yours??

[Milims]

I like the word calumny. It's one of those that you can use and not many will know what you are saying but you make a good point IYKWIM!

[Annpan]

I quite like mellifluous, but onomatopoeia is by far my favourite.

[pumpy]

blimey, thas a goodun'.... howabout Pontificate?

[Rosendula]

It's not a single word (and it's bringing the tone down to toddler level), but as a fan of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, and a fan of the Ferocious Beast in particular, I like the phrase, 'Great Googly Moogly'. My partner has it has his ring tone on his phone My 2-year-old says it - 'geet googy moogy' and it's so sweet. No really, it is!

[Ellendra]

Twitterpated, that's my favorite word. But I get so few opportunities to use it :p

[Merry]

To go back to `parsimonious` - my OH loves it when I say `frugal`. I`ve got the common speech impediment where `r` sounds like `w` but for some reason it`s worse following `f` so frugal comes out as `ferwoogle`. I try not to say `fruit` or `fright`too often as he could laugh himself into a fit!
Ooh missis, innit fun to mock the afflicted!

[shell]

well theres one word that always gets my attention,i shout it out alot,i run to the person saying it,and i drink it when i`m miserable,i offer it to people when they come in,and it always cheers me up,
TEA

[Milims]

I quite like mellifluous, but onomatopoeia is by far my favourite.

I wanted to say onomatopeia - but forgot how to spell it!

[snapdragon]

Theodolite

I just want to be a surveyor so I'd have the chance to say it on a daily basis

[Annpan]

I quite like mellifluous, but onomatopoeia is by far my favourite.

I wanted to say onomatopeia - but forgot how to spell it!

and so it was, God gave us firefox dictionary plugin


Onomatopoeia itself is onomatopoetic (that's not a real word, but I like it too)

There must be an even more interesting word that describes a word that describes itself... but now I can't think of any other examples

To go back to `parsimonious` - my OH loves it when I say `frugal`. I`ve got the common speech impediment where `r` sounds like `w` but for some reason it`s worse following `f` so frugal comes out as `ferwoogle`. I try not to say `fruit` or `fright`too often as he could laugh himself into a fit!
Ooh missis, innit fun to mock the afflicted!

Oh I know I shouldn't laugh

[sleepyowl]

Gride or possibly exsanguinous

[mrsflibble]

flaps.
flange.
vertices.
vortex.

[Milims]

Theodolite

I just want to be a surveyor so I'd have the chance to say it on a daily basis

A wonderful word - sounds like you're yodelling!

[Cheezy]

I have always thought moist is such a great word, quite descriptive.

Miasma is also up there.
Language is a great thing , I'd like to know more about where names come from, for example
who came up with : gusset! really quite a naughty sounding word.