What is your favourite word?

[Aperitif]

I used to spend a lot of time driving hither and thither with my (then) young son and he invented a word which has stuck fast.

'Quandoshebetty'

It was an exclamation used on seeing a little bit of skirt or coat etc sandwiched between a car door and frame - typically a sari. Getting dirty, wet and flapping away as the car made its journey...

'Dough' is a word that takes some beating

 

[porteous]

Twonk

Means anything I want it to - usually what I call my teen when he has done something daft.

 

[tordis]

Minimum. It looks like a snake when I write it down

 

[BrumJim]

Lull. Far too much of the letter "l" in proportion to the rest of the word. Which is good.
Indivisibility. 6 (count them) i's. Almost as many as a spider.
'A'a. Type of lava flow, and so much easier to spell (but not walk on) than pahoeheo . Why learn the alphabet when you can construct two words from the first letter?

 

[Maizie]

Pulchritudinous. It means beautiful, but it doesn't sound like it. You go up to someone and tell them they look absolutely pulchritudinous, you'd more likely get a slap in the face than anything else.

Quincunx is a good word as well (not least if you get it in Scrabble). It means an arrangement of five things so four make a square and the fifth is in the middle. Like the five dots usually are on dice. Originally applied to trees planted in that pattern, extended to use for anything in that pattern...

 

[terry huckle]

Ointment

I`ve no idea why.

 

[Chromatic]

Wampum

 

[trustysteed]

Totally agree. The thread has been killed.

this thread is nothing without pictures!

 

[trustysteed]

and what does it mean?

Mine is 'contemporaenous'- existing or occuring at the same time.

you said 'aenous'!

 

[trustysteed]

twunt, or 'unt.

everybody knows exactly what you mean without actually saying the word

 

[mr Mag00]

pyroclastic

 

[Pottsy]

Persiflage : raillery; idle chatter.

Bit like we do on here.

 

[Globalti]

Thrape.

 

[peanut]

my fave word is..........yes !.....


I'm an eternal optimist . No such word as no in my vocabulary

 

[Cheddar George]

Pendulous.

It nice to see it used to describe something other than womens breasts.