Discussion Word appreciation.

[Forever Sleep]

Are there any words you particularly like?

I like the word: 'Disgruntled' for example.

Are there words you like in other people's languages or dialects? I like the way American's say 'Aluminum'. It sounds more magical than the UK pronounciation. I wonder why we add an 'i': It's 'Aluminium' here but then, lots of our spelling is confusing.

 

[lamy's sacred sleep]

verbocken

 

[SomewhatLoved]

my favourite word in the english language for a long time was "wife"... I felt it held a certain closeness and vulnerability that I envied.

Now my favourite word is still. There is a song lyric:

you are someone else
I am still right here

I find it fascinating, because when I first heard it I thought of "still" as meaning unchanged, same, etc. But after hearing it a few times I started to think of still in the sense of unmoving. The idea that you are "still" in the more literal sense that you are unchanged, but in the metaphorical sense you have not moved. I like how the word "still" can have this double meaning of literally being physically still, or emotionally/spiritually being unchanged.

I used to like studying languages and I remember learning words in other languages that do not exist or have exact equivalents in English and being fascinated by the meaning and concept of those words, but I've since stopped this study and have forgotten those words.

 

[Jadeith]

you are someone else
I am still right here

Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair

My fav.... i think it's "kłębuszek". Polish word meaning mainly "small ball of yarn" but might also mean cutely curled up animal and also has medical use as equivalent of "glomerulus"

 

[_Gollum_]

Quixotic is a fun one

Funny that you find "aluminum" to sound better, because as a Canadian (where in French we say it with the i but in English without), I prefer your guys's way of pronouncing it!

 

[Forever Sleep]

Quixotic is a fun one

Funny that you find "aluminum" to sound better, because as a Canadian (where in French we say it with the i but in English without), I prefer your guys's way of pronouncing it!

Ha ha- I've heard others say that about 'aluminium vs. aluminum'. I guess it's just the novelty of a different pronounciation.

English is weird though, even some words people will pronounce differently- scones is another one.

 

[Scythe]

I like 'macabre' it's got a sharp sound to it and it was used a lot in a text game I played.

 

[NoPoint2Life]

I'm surprised I can even remember anything from school. But I've always liked the word hyperbole. I just think it sounds cute. I don't know why. I probably do exaggerate a lot so it fits. Thinking about it now I don't think I've ever heard the word be used other than outside an English class!

 

[Anonymousa]

With me being autistic I can like repeating certain words cus of stimming. First I gotta mention any animal noise word like "moo" "meow" "arf" and other words like that cus of me being child-like and like making animal noises. Also like saying youse for some reason and fluff as a way of self censoring myself. Also also got admit swear words are funny to me still.

 

[U. A.]

"Dirigible" is a winner.

 

[Bxtra]

Inexplicable is a fun one

 

[Anura]

tiramisu, I love how the word feels when I say it out loud

 

[nobody_oac]

I promise, this isn't an indication of who I am. But, my favorite word is:

Schadenfreude

I don't really believe in a karmic order, but when I think someone is getting what is coming to them, it absolutely delights me.

Runner-up:

Defenestration

 

[Satori Komeiji]

Onomatopoeia is very fun to say

 

[33K1LLM3]

snobbersguoder, which is West Frisian for candy, such a satisfying and cute word in such an under appreciated language <3

 

[Forever Sleep]

I promise, this isn't an indication of who I am. But, my favorite word is:

Schadenfreude

I don't really believe in a karmic order, but when I think someone is getting what is coming to them, it absolutely delights me.

Runner-up:

Defenestration

I'd never heard of 'defenestation'... Throwing someone out a window seems to be one definition. Who'd think that would happen enough to have a word for it?

 

[star.trip]

I have heard how it is pronounced in American English and to me it reminds me of some kind of spell from harry potter.
I see it from the Spanish-speaking point of view, nobody get angry.

Atolondrado: Means clueless, a person who acts clumsily, without reflection

 

[Emerita]

I love words:

Abide
Ablative
Accustomed
Adorned
Anomaly
Brevity
Circuit
Dichotomy
Disposition
Dwelling
Etymology
Ephemeral
Fraudulent
Inertia
Languor
Ossify
Orbit
Palliative
Peninsula
Periphery
Perishable
Prosody
Repose
Stature
Stimulus
Supine
Tangerine
Tranquility

I also like 'Tis, 'Neath and Morrow

Im not religious by any means but I do like the sound of of the word: Cathedral

Oh one more: Snickerdoodle

I'll stop there, theres many more. I have a dictionary app on my phone and I used to have a giant list of my favourite words saved. They changed the app and got rid of that feature, Im still choked about that.