Posted by susandanziger (admin)
Mar 6, 2011 9:24 pm

Replies (115)

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• Feh. I often say Feh!

  Mar 7, 2011 11:07 am
  by tinyteri

• Histrionic! #greatword

  Mar 7, 2011 3:05 pm
  by shelob

• PANTS. or SLACKS. anything with that nasal sound.

  Mar 7, 2011 3:13 pm
  by pandamans

• Dilly-dally...words that sound like the action are pretty amazing.

  Mar 7, 2011 5:26 pm
  by aseixas

• Epiphany. Whoever thought to put a "piff!" in a divine manifestation was a genius.

  Mar 8, 2011 3:33 am
  by nordtomme

• Reconnoiter
  Just bounces around as you say it.

  Mar 8, 2011 8:52 am
  by maine

• flabbergasted or juxtaposition. I love them both

  Mar 8, 2011 11:35 am
  by Oskar3

• I am pushing a desperately needed neologism. Pygocalypsis n, (& adj-adv form pygocalyptic): Pygocalypsis is the metaphorical act of butt covering as one's primary defense against lawyers.

  Mar 8, 2011 11:39 am
  by chrweave

• Chicanery!

  Mar 8, 2011 3:27 pm
  by clayboy

• serendipity

  Mar 8, 2011 8:16 pm
  by BlueVelvet

• ask, believe, receive and possible

  Mar 9, 2011 11:54 am
  by PatriciaWald

• centrifugal

  Mar 9, 2011 2:10 pm
  by Flutterbot

• Gigglepuss

  Mar 9, 2011 11:34 pm
  by PamelaBart

• fascination

  Mar 10, 2011 9:00 am
  by dreamdust

• OUTSTANDING!

  Mar 10, 2011 2:14 pm
  by winterchocolate66

• curlicue

  Mar 10, 2011 9:40 pm
  by moengey

• Check-out www.merrian-webster.com for their top 10 words and the stories behind them. My favorites from their list: defenestration and callipygian.

  Mar 11, 2011 6:14 am
  by dreamdust

• Sesquipedalian
  
  - Having many syllables (literally means "a foot and a half long")

  Mar 11, 2011 11:04 am
  by sonata58

• rigamarole

  Mar 11, 2011 4:05 pm
  by moengey

• I forgot to put meanings: defenestration-a throwing of a person or a thing out of a window and callipygian-having shapely buttocks

  Mar 12, 2011 5:19 am
  by dreamdust

• grotesque

  Mar 12, 2011 4:20 pm
  by damagedblonde

• Serenity: Lifetime goal, haven't achieved it yet.

  Mar 12, 2011 8:31 pm
  by nomad

• Emphasize

  Mar 14, 2011 9:09 am
  by Sunshiny

• canoodle

  Mar 14, 2011 10:05 pm
  by moengey

• whimsy. it's a delight to say!

  Mar 15, 2011 12:56 am
  by hfeldman

• Mood

  Mar 15, 2011 7:47 am
  by Leylla.mell

• gobsmacked
  (Completely dumbfounded, shocked. From the Irish word "gob" meaning "mouth").

  Mar 15, 2011 9:55 am
  by moengey

• persnickety

  Mar 15, 2011 5:35 pm
  by artofambivalence

• badass
  (very cool).

  Mar 16, 2011 9:55 pm
  by moengey

• frolic

  Mar 17, 2011 8:35 am
  by dreamdust

• Dazlious...from the film Snow Cake

  Mar 17, 2011 12:16 pm
  by lisbie

• uncharacteristically
  (because it's a long word - 20 letters!)

  Mar 17, 2011 2:46 pm
  by moengey

• Egotistical. Or disingenuous. They're both words with a good kick-in-the-pants vibe.

  Mar 17, 2011 5:59 pm
  by Untzboy

• Summoned!! its kind of m#e!

  Mar 18, 2011 1:35 am
  by hbk153

• koochy-koo

  Mar 18, 2011 2:19 pm
  by moengey

• bafoon

  Mar 21, 2011 12:39 pm
  by moengey

• bufoon, bufoonery (a clown, clowning around)

  Mar 21, 2011 12:56 pm
  by moengey

• epiphany (sudden realization: a sudden intuitive leap of understanding)

  Mar 22, 2011 11:30 am
  by camille

• bookkeeping (2 o's, 2 k's, and 2 e's...all in a row)

  Mar 22, 2011 12:35 pm
  by moengey

• Frack.

  Mar 23, 2011 3:32 pm
  by Golem100

• thwart (stop or hinder)

  Mar 23, 2011 7:39 pm
  by moengey

• serendipity
  
  moments when i'm in a search (trying to answer a curios mental question), i inadvertently find books that give me the answer and more

  Mar 28, 2011 10:46 am
  by panganod

• Sprezzatura. (sprezzatura is the art of doing a difficult thing with grace, thereby making it look easy).

  Mar 28, 2011 8:47 pm
  by moengey

• Stymie, as in "I was stymied." Or as I like to misuse to bug my husband, "I'm at a stymie."

  Mar 30, 2011 2:31 pm
  by GinaMulligan

• strategery

  Mar 30, 2011 7:25 pm
  by JayO

• Circumluminator. A light fixture purpose built for darts which illuminates the dartboard without shadows by encircling it with light.

  Apr 1, 2011 2:53 pm
  by Timespacelight

• Be
  
  Simple word; a lifetime of practice to just "be."

  Apr 1, 2011 3:22 pm
  by blaz

• ubiquitous
  
  Present, appearing, or found everywhere

  Apr 4, 2011 3:05 pm
  by swatir

• the future

  Apr 5, 2011 12:54 am
  by zzmir

• M'Anythings...

  Apr 5, 2011 4:02 pm
  by BobBevard

• Here's a few: taradiddle, lacuna, zeitgeist, triskaidephobia, gnu and so many others

  Apr 21, 2011 12:16 am
  by transcendent4

• Ameliorate

  Apr 27, 2011 3:55 pm
  by OldVin

• demure

  May 21, 2011 6:50 am
  by dreamdust

• Jibon is the word I like most.

  May 22, 2011 1:30 pm
  by chrishwz

• phantasmagoria! --i for some unknown reason, particularly like the sound of the word!

  May 23, 2011 11:43 am
  by sidmary

• crimson

  May 24, 2011 12:08 am
  by lewis.m17

• Kill joy

  May 24, 2011 5:40 pm
  by sandib

• Mendacity

  May 24, 2011 7:36 pm
  by dcs767

• Shenanigans!

  May 28, 2011 7:53 pm
  by lynnie600

• Aye. I say the word aye a lot at the end of my sentences.

  May 29, 2011 3:12 pm
  by BMehzabin

• Awkward - what my 7 year old son called the Orchid when he gave it to me for Mother's Day. We now always refer to it as Mum's awkward!

  Aug 9, 2011 10:40 pm
  by nmetz

• e·ly·si·um
  2. A place or state of perfect happiness.

  Aug 10, 2011 1:10 am
  by Calibelle

• pulchritude

  Aug 10, 2011 2:58 am
  by centrifuge

• Brilliant!

  Aug 10, 2011 9:32 am
  by spacheco

• Vatic.

  Aug 10, 2011 4:03 pm
  by Thamus

• cognac... the color
  wallowing,. a state of relaxation

  Aug 10, 2011 5:02 pm
  by diamond4

• Vacillate - don't know why, just is...

  Aug 11, 2011 4:01 am
  by Shelbycat

• Androgynous- It just sounds well...like androgynous would sound...

  Aug 11, 2011 10:23 am
  by millie179

• stone

  Aug 11, 2011 2:48 pm
  by Jonn

• stone... ditto that!
  and smooth; soothe--
  the smooth stone is soothing to feel

  Aug 12, 2011 11:42 am
  by DayLily

• Onomatopoeia

  Aug 12, 2011 4:46 pm
  by makl96

• alliteration

  Aug 12, 2011 8:06 pm
  by DayLily

• chocolate

  Aug 17, 2011 9:50 am
  by panganod

• Meh.

  Aug 17, 2011 4:47 pm
  by a565371

• bittersweet, ephemeral twilight

  Aug 18, 2011 2:09 pm
  by DayLily

• felicity or disapprobation (Thanks Jane!)

  Aug 18, 2011 11:14 pm
  by remmett11

• Raxicoricofallipatorius! Yes, it's a made-up word from a science fiction show; (Doctor Who) but I've been able to use it in several forums to find new online friends who share the same love of the show.
  
  Tattoo: the word is onomatopoeic for the way they were originally administered.
  
  Expelliarmus and Jiggery-Pokery from Harry Potter, and from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon: Hocus-Kadabera, and Abraca-Pocus.

  Aug 21, 2011 10:20 pm
  by Xena13

• pandalirium, thanks to Jeff Foxworthy

  Aug 24, 2011 3:04 pm
  by ISAAudrey

• kismet

  Aug 28, 2011 6:18 pm
  by AprilGrayce

• Bruise

  Sep 29, 2011 5:34 am
  by lewis.m17

• Flip-flop
  or
  Phantasmagorical :)

  Oct 6, 2011 6:24 am
  by nicnic

• Counterrevolutionary...because, just like Uncharacteristically, it has 20 letters.

  Oct 11, 2011 9:27 pm
  by moengey

• one of mine is pandemonium

  Oct 11, 2011 11:50 pm
  by leviathan

• lolaapalooza; it means an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event

  Oct 13, 2011 1:19 am
  by anisha_astrologer

• Nonchalant

  Oct 14, 2011 10:13 am
  by wideawake

• Schadenfreude.

  Oct 14, 2011 12:08 pm
  by zSweetJane

• Plethora is one of my favorite words. The opportunity to use it doesn't often arise but when it does....

  Oct 24, 2011 12:39 pm
  by christinebriel

• fantastic.

  Dec 2, 2011 9:46 am
  by CAgoldbear

• Annihilation. Meaning total destruction, and besides, it simply sounds strong....

  Dec 6, 2011 5:18 am
  by Rusmir

• rejuvenation

  Dec 8, 2011 6:17 am
  by dreamdust

• I like words that people make up on the spot that are, by accident, new words that fit the situation. My latest is "ransackel" which being a combination of ransacked and ramshackle makes me wonder if the house was ransacked and then collapsed.

  Dec 8, 2011 1:50 pm
  by ta0questi

• Krishna

  Dec 9, 2011 3:46 am
  by rathipriya2004

• Some of these words are great -- love "Gigglepuss"; "curlicue" (I think that's the first time I've written that word!); never thought of the "piff" in Epiphany; fun to learn the derivation of "gobsmacked" and "tattoo", and some I've never heard of: "Pygocalypsis", "Sesquipedalian"? My favorite new word here is Sprezzatura -- I'm going to try to use that one!

  Dec 9, 2011 9:20 am
  by susandanziger (admin)

• Stellar! I use it when I'm excited and also use it sarcastically....it works lots of different ways.

  Mar 5, 2012 12:54 pm
  by smileyphx7

• Today my favorite word is "vent"...as in, I don't want you to solve my dilemma, I just want to vent.
  
  ("Dilemma" is another favorite word!)

  Mar 6, 2012 4:07 pm
  by moengey

• Currently: usufruct.
  Love how it efficiently synthesizes two intangibles - use and pleasure.

  Mar 6, 2012 6:06 pm
  by EVPea

• lollygag and shenanigans -- i use them all the time.

  Mar 7, 2012 5:59 pm
  by buetow63

• My current favorite adjectives---nonsensical and cockeyed

  Mar 9, 2012 10:02 am
  by Bookworm71

• nostalgia

  Mar 9, 2012 12:38 pm
  by ginah5

• I have two: indefatigable (adj: untiring) and defenestrate (v: to throw out a window).

  Mar 10, 2012 10:03 am
  by bluecaterpillar

• indubitably

  Mar 10, 2012 11:34 pm
  by cybersuze

• melange. It just rolls off the tongue.

  Mar 15, 2012 2:37 am
  by JohnBullock

• WONDERFUL !

  Mar 15, 2012 7:48 am
  by thangavelu

• hope
  underpants
  aplomb

  Mar 15, 2012 8:13 pm
  by Catfish

• Aquarium

  Mar 16, 2012 4:13 pm
  by Kenneth2

• Simple

  Mar 26, 2012 11:08 pm
  by Doniv

• petrichor (the smell of rain on dry ground) and avuncular (having the qualities of an uncle)

  Mar 27, 2012 12:09 pm
  by eseide

• my favourite word is curious.

  Mar 30, 2012 8:00 am
  by karanchanana75

• strong

  Mar 30, 2012 8:02 am
  by karanchanana75

• Vintage! ;)

  Apr 2, 2012 10:02 am
  by mayraguerra

• Brilliant

  Apr 6, 2012 1:03 am
  by doctorkumaran

• Fantabulous

  Apr 15, 2012 8:51 pm
  by Jaishreeb

• Irrelevant.. Sometimes we waste our time on things that really don´t matter..

  May 13, 2012 7:08 pm
  by Majo

• irreverent

  May 20, 2012 12:15 pm
  by dreamdust

• Curmudgeon

  May 23, 2012 9:57 am
  by alamobecky