Do you have a list of favorite words? Words that you love just because of their sound or they way they look on the page? Here's my list, compiled over the years:
Floor
Split
Splendid
Parallelogram
Queue
Sluice
Quintessential
Yes, only seven words have made THE list so far. Maybe you can help me expand it? Please share your favorite words with me in the comments. I can't wait to hear them!
25 comments:
Quintessential is one of my favorites, too!
Here are a few more:
dwindle
tintinnabulation
caress
Oh, my goodness gracious, I have a list of hundreds of words scrawled into my notebook:
raccoon, prism, joie de vivre, hullaballoo, sparkle, trapeze, fox ...
I love quintessential and tintinnabulation! And this is why I love Cincinnati as well ... one of my stories is set there just because, it's such a fun word.
I'd best stop otherwise this would become a very long comment.
I've always liked plethora, cacophony, lush, widget, and sprocket is an excellent word.
flamboyant, slither, fiddlesticks
Tiptoe. It holds so many possibilities.
Faith -- Tintinnabulation is indeed cool!
Vijaya -- Oh, I know, we could go hogwild. Then I figure the list wouldn't mean anything, so I've tried to keep it manageable. I like Cincinnati, too, and Tennessee and Mississippi for their spellings. My own hometown has that kind of spelling. For years, the kids and cheerleaders actually cheered the spelling at HS sports events.
Jaye -- Oh, those are ALL cool!
Ann -- We'll have to write a story with all these.
Barbara -- Yes, and has a wonderful quality of sneakiness. :)
Let's see, I never really thought about it before. Some I like are: traipse, whisper, hush, oblige, fidget
Hullabaloo*, topsy-turvy, plop, zoom, drizzle, splash, galumph, Thump….
I think I may have a case of onomatopoeia-love. Y’think?
* Wouldn't be complete without overlap with Vijaya
I like defenestration, sibilant, and susurrus.
Janet -- Yes, there's something about those "idget" words, like "fidget" and Jaye's "widget." Must be why I've always rather liked the name Bridget.
Mirka -- Onomatopoeia, absolutely!
Medeia -- Ooh, these are different. Especially like susurrus.
Love this post, Marcia! I once wrote a short story about a woman who was distracted by her fascination with words.
Here are some of my favorites:
bioluminescence, pitter-patter, mezzanine.
Quizzical and quixotic always tickle my tongue. I also love sluice.
Ruth -- I'd love to read that story! And bioluminescence rocks.
Lee -- I really like 'Q' words in general, too.
What a fun post! scintilate is fun. Rostrum. Oxymoron. Words are just fun! :)
I love the words steep, rustle, hone, lotus, sage. Very fun post!
Janet -- Scintillate IS fun. I'm noticing that almost all of my favorite words have 'L' in them.
Angela -- Nice list. I really think "steep" and "lotus" are fun to say.
Fyodor
paleontology
Happersett (proper name)
welkin
Anne -- I've never heard of the last two. Welkin, though, reminds me of bodkin, a word I like to say because of the dk.
I think I have a writing deadline (for critique) with you today. Does it still count if it comes in at 11:59?
Deadline is not one of my favorite words.
But I do love hunky dory, galoshes,exuberant,infintessimal, and a lot more that don't come quickly to mind.
litigation, conundrum, daffodils
Hmmm, I don't have a list, but I do like the words hilarious, lovely, and lush.
Joyce -- Yes, it still counts at 11:59! Go, Joyce go! LOL about deadline. All writers have favorite words, don't they?
Cynthia -- Ooh, lush is a goodie.
I think I use the word lovely a lot in real life and in my current novel (that's almost ready for round 2 of betas. I think it sounds very English.
I like:
chocolate, cacophony, will-o-the-wisp, opalescent, lustrous, delirium, particular..
Anything with lots of consonants and syllables is fun to say!
My favorite word is serendipity. I think this site can be helpful: favoritewords.com, I am new to it but I believe it has a great potential to move forward in the future as a new wave in social networking.
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