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What is your favourite word?

There are some words that sound mundane, but once you pay attention to them, you notice that they are quirky, funny, special, ...

Do you have a word like this?
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Though neither are mundane as such, sanguine holds a special place in my heart for meaning both hopeful or bloody, depending on context. I’m also a fan of defenestrate...because at some point “throwing things, and/or people, out a window” was apparently too many words.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@SW-User oh, defenestrate is so cool, thanks, never heard of that one. Because there are actually many occasions when I would like to defenestrate someone :D
SW-User
I think we all have those occasions 😆@sumojumo
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@SW-User that is why we need to investigate words like this

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
I love thinking about etymology. It's always fun with Slavic words. You change a suffix and suddenly it sounds really funny. xD
sumojumo · 36-40, M
krasno might also mean beautiful, but brace yourself ;), najlepši mean the most beautiful, and I think in Slovak is "the best"? And I believe there are tons of these lying around :)
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@sumojumo 😱 Yes, it means the best. That's so strange for me! 😅
What about užasny? xD It means wonderful here.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
Omg, someone is messing up with us. In Croatian užasno means horrible. This looks like someone shuffled the meaning of words and is now rolling on the floor when two Slavic people meet and try to make sense of words... This could be a nice David Lynch series ;).
Onomatopoeia is my favorite. Some runners up are 'sesquipedalian' and 'ethereal' ....Flibbertigibbet is nice one too.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@puck61 These sound like words that Douglas Adams would appreciate :)
I just thought in retrospect, that these are not "mundane" sounding words though, so I'll have to think about that.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@puck61 perfectly fine words if you ask me, if they are interesting to you, that is all that matters. By mundane I was just trying to give an example
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Fliggle. For brits it would be fligglour.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@MasterLee I am not a native English speaker, so I had to google this one. I found it in the urban dictionary :)
RubySoo · 56-60, F
Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@RubySoo I wish I could answer in your language, maybe one day :)
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@sumojumo im asgamed go admit in not fluent. Oes just means yes in answer to your previous question. X
sumojumo · 36-40, M
ok, i see 😀
MasterLee · 56-60, M
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@MasterLee I like the meaning of this one, and also the words sound like something very exquisite
@sumojumo That's 'ethereal's' cousin!
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@puck61 yes, ethereal is another exquitite word, which you can almost taste.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@valobasa4ever I am relieved actually, because I think that is complete bollocks :)
@sumojumo haha. okay Chill .
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@valobasa4ever chilling
SW-User
Maybe. I like it, because it suggests potential in one's favor
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@SW-User I like that you view it like this. Before I saw it more weak, like indecisiveness.
SW-User
@sumojumo I did too.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Cornucopia

Auspicious

Clobbered
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@Picklebobble2 Any special reason? Or you just like the sounds?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@sumojumo Cornucopia has five syllables which is fairly unusual for such a short word. It almost 'sounds' 'plentiful' as you say it.

Auspicious has an unusual sound to it. Similar to suspicious but with almost a totally opposite meaning.

Clobbered just because it's almost never used these days. In fact it's origin is said to be from World War 2 but it's unclear where from.
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@Picklebobble2 thanks for the explanation, now I see the beauty in these words as well - so cool
RubySoo · 56-60, F
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@RubySoo groovy is a fantastic word, reminds me of Austin Powers ;)
sinister and appendage
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@DuchessOfMapleSyrup interesting - any special reason?
JamesHanes · 26-30, M
Honda (my car and bike).
midnightsun · 26-30, M
JamesHanes · 26-30, M
Clean your mind bro. @midnightsun
Happenstance, serendipitous. Both express a certain [b]randomness[/b].
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@bijouxbroussard Randomness with an intellectual twist

 
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