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Georgie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: what's your favorite word? |
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| I'm working on some project at the moment. It is related to words and manipulation of them. |
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Georgie
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I like the word "grass widow"
It means something along the lines of a woman separated from her husband by anything other then death. It could also mean a discarded mistress.
It is a very useful word today. |
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Batchman
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Sasquatch.
Just sounds fun! |
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JuntaJoe
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There is a word I'm seeing all over the place.
Ubiquitous. :wink: |
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CooJoe
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My favorite words are censored here :shock:
My favorite word is Electric.
I'm not sure why, I just like the way it sounds. |
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Brf
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Georgie
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NibbyCat
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onomatopoeia is fun to spell.
Sequoia, it has all 5 vowels.
Related joke: Q. What seven-letter word has three "U"s? A. I don't know, but it must be unusual. |
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Decoy
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Nefarious
Such a villainous word it is! |
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FrankyG888
Joined: 09 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I have always liked kinky.
Not necessarily for the meaning, but it's just a fun word to say. |
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JuntaJoe
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I like saying Holy Crap! like the old dude on tv's Everyone Loves Raymond.
It's a real attention getter without technically cussing.
I also liked the name for the last deader lounge in TWG:2.
I had fun repeating Tomptiedomptiedom to myself out loud. :lol: |
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Brf
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:43 am Post subject: |
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Brf wrote: Indubitably
Another fun word to say is aluminum... ala Bugs Bunny:
Aluminanuminanin. |
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bannie
Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Location: Boston
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Phantasmagoria
say it with me, phantasmagoria
this is what it means:
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a. A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever.
b. A constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.
2.Fantastic imagery as represented in art. |
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Georgie
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Goodwife.
It's a word not often used today. 'Might throw some people off one's track by using the word "goodwife". |
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Claire
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[quote="JuntaJoe"]I like saying Holy Crap! like the old dude on tv's Everyone Loves Raymond.
It's a real attention getter without technically cussing.
jiha'lon
It's the same thing in Farsi, but not so pristine, Joe. Very useful on days like yesterday.
...or when one can't go home again. |
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Georgie
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Emanation and penumbra
It's such an odd phrase |
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Luna
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| cellar door :D it's beutifull :D esp when you pronounce it quick |
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Georgie
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Degeneracy.
It can a very fitting word in today's world. |
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Decoy
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English: It's a word on the verge of extinction.
Punctuation: Escaped and is now running amok as emoticons :( (aye that be the remnants of punctuation there)
Spelling: Or should I say 5P3||1|\|G, or maybe speeling.
My 3 favourite endangered words. |
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Georgie
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Nay!
I have a big log of words that are now extinct.
Take literator,for example. It means"petty schoolmaster".
'Tas back in the days of Mcguffey's readers. |
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