September 29, 2004
So, I’ve decided I like the word gregarious. I am going to try to work it into conversation more because it’s just a cool word. Do you have any words like that? That you just like? Quintessential. Thats another one, but I’m not sure exactly how to use that one, so I don’t. But I like it when other people use it.
What are your favorite words?
One of my all-time favorite words comes from a SNL sketch where Will Ferrell spoofs James Lipton from “Inside the Actor’s Studio.”
scrumtrulescent - The absolute peak of perfection
Incongruous, succulent, mecca, plethora, nonchalant, superfluous, ecletic, lackidaisical (me, according to my mother)…many that others have already used…the list goes on and on….
Magnanimous and hubris. I heart them. And apparently, “I heart [blank]” is the saying du jour in my house.
Akimbo! Love that. So sad that I rarely have an excuse to use it.
I like copious.
Ever since high school government class, my favorite word has been “oligarchy.”
esoteric is my favorite word…I like they way it slips off the tongue…also amongst my favorites are your garden variety cuss words…
Knucklehead is my favorite. Zephyr would be #2. Then in random order; stinker/stinky, lugubrious, twinkie, chuckle/chucklehead, Farfel, cheesy.
Oh, and Z, you have the quintessential blog (representative of the best)
My neighbour alway used the word gregarious to describe herself, but I think a much better word for her would have been obnoxious.
extrapolate - I had a teacher that used it all the time, and now I find myself trying to fit it into conversation. Why?
my favorites, by far are: keebler (it’s fun to say), concrete and isuzu. my hubby got me into saying things incorrectly too… like instead of frappe (its a massachusetts thing) i’ll say frap-pay, and fragile becomes fra-jil-lay. kinda like Dory in Nemo… “Look, here’s something! ‘ESSS-CA-PE’! I wonder what that means. It’s funny, it’s spelled
just like the word ‘escape’.”
I’ve always liked facetious!
My favorite word is payday.
:o)
just to piss junkie off, i’ll steal her’s: superfulous!
mine? well, there are dozens. i’ll have to think on that . . . after coffee?
For some reason, I’ve always liked the word umbrella. And defenestrate.
Plethora.
Quidnunc and bumptious.
magnificent…sounds so regal.
I like the way asthetic sounds. When I was a little girl if I was scared I would say evoo over and over like a mantra, because I’m weird like that.
Uh, chocolate? I like that word. Alot. I try to mention it every day, mostly as “I’m glad I’m eating this chocolate right now.”
incognito.
Bunny rabbit and strawberry
I do like the word quintessential. I use it to describe Salem, MA (where I live). It’s quintessential New England!
Other than that, I’m not too sure…
what a fun post!
i’m surprised no one mentioned - discombobulated - yet
confabulation is my choice although I like antidisestablimentarianism too (it means originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country.)
Go to dictionary.com and enroll in the word of the day. You get a new and unusual word in your inbox every day!
quixotic
beverage
superfluous
And you’ll never believe this, but I was rolling “gregarious” around in my head just last night. Because I am a word geek. A quintessential work geek.
sammich, wonderfun, l’afternoon, nappy-kin, sastachewan (say it out loud, sooo much fun!), charming, cock
Lactomangulation
It’s not a real word, yes I know. But when someone opens the wrong end of a carton of milk or orange juice, it’s always fun to call them a lactomangulator!
Okay, I’m wierd.
Other words?
swasivious
surreal
ad nauseum
concoction
herculean
connubial
supposititious
ad hoc
anonymity
quixotic
Okay, I’m done now but I could go on forever….
I like ubiquitous.
Pulchritudinous - sounds ugly, means pretty.
I love contridictions like that.
Also, nefarious is fun.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
(sp)….It always makes me smile
i love to use the words,’paraphernalia’ and ‘concoction’, also a phrase I coined, ‘yummy scrummy’.
my word is swickk. I say sweet and sick alot so i decided it would be good to put them together. [=
antidisestablishmentarianism try saying that one 5x fast!