Words that you love

[postage stamp]

but aren't used often enough.

I'll start.

Brouhaha

Pedantic

Cockamamie

Squelchy

Plinth

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Cellar Door.

And a cookie to anyone who gets the reference.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

tintinabulation

When I was in 10th grade I managed to work that word into about 5 successive English papers, until my teacher basically said "enough" and banned me from using it.

I still llike it though.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Copasetic

 

[Jupiter&Wolfe]

Ameliorate. Such a lovely meaning, too.

 

[HeatherH]

Plethora

Cornucopia

Onomatopoeia

Palindrome

Oxymoron


I could go on but I won't, at least for now. Love words.

 

[CrazyDuck]

Dutch Oven (but thats 2 words)

 

[ShesAPirate]

.

 

[ShesAPirate]

Cellar Door.

And a cookie to anyone who gets the reference.

Together, they're the most beautiful words in the English language
(I'll be waiting for my cookie in the mail hahaha)

Some of my favorite words:
Vapid
Penchant
Horrendous
Colossal

There's a few more. I'm too tired to think at this point... but I have to admit, I also have an affinity for one of the 4-letter words. It's definitely one of my favorites, since it can be used in so many contexts

Ooh, add 'affinity' to my list, too

 

[kmbound]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

or

Antidisestablishmentarianism (the longest nontechnical, noncoined word in the dictionary)

 

[SookieStackhouse]

Pianist

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Together, they're the most beautiful words in the English language
(I'll be waiting for my cookie in the mail hahaha)

Nobody ever gets that reference! Even people who know who Niggle was.

 

[crz4mm2]

conundrum.

(and I love a certain 4 letter word too....)

 

[snapppyd]

Redundant

Vapid

 

[minniebeth]

Antidisestablishmentarianism (the longest nontechnical, noncoined word in the dictionary)

My DS' favorite word~ he texts it to all of us when he gets bored.
Drives us all nuts!

One of my favorite words is agita.