More fun words

[Barbas]

You thought it gone, microbes??? Never, for it is undying - and after a brief period of mercy, it returns now to wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting minds of the wretched and the inconsolable.

Yes, you know where I'm going with this: let's all talk about words that amuse, amaze and otherwise distract us from the mediocrity and constipated murderous urges of our daily lives.

Here's one of my favourites: basalt. And here's some in its natural habitat:

Spoiler: Gronk's causeway, Ireland.

It's all the hexagonal stuff below the water and the sky.

Just like basil, it's interesting and slightly comedic no matter how you pronounce it. I pity the policeman who has to explain to a bereaved family that their beloved died in a tragic basalt-slide. Now then, it's your turn. Do have fun, but remember that 'arsebiscuits' still isn't a word in the Oxford dictionary as of March 2016.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Basalt is weird?

Anyway, there's this:

Spoiler

I think I'm allowed to say that the op is an analog.

[small]Unfortunately, it seems the creator of Dilbert has rather gone off the rails recently, which is a shame[/small]

 

[Albino Boo]

Crevice is one of my favorite words, its just inherently filthly. Discombobulated is funny, it has a comedic rhythm. The name Bob is ripe with comic potential.

 

[Zhukov]

Ohhh, ohhh! I have been awaiting this thread for years!

Personally I love the word "delectable".

It means delicious or appetizing. It can also serve as a cutesy way of saying sexy or attractive. So right off the bat it has two fun meanings that relate to some of my favourite things. Best of all is the way it rolls off the tongue. You almost have to lick your lips when you say it. Which fits perfectly with both its meanings!

A distant second would be "crisp". It manages to sound like what it means without technically being an example of onomatopoeia. Plus it makes me think of tasty, slightly crunchy things, which is always a bonus.

Honourable mention to "voluptuous". Um... kind of a theme emerging here.

On the flipside, "similarly" was clearly a word designed by Satan and slipped into the English language to ensnare and confuse mortal tongues. Fuck "similarly" and everything it stands for.

 

[CeeBod]

Thanks to the muppets, I can never hear the word anemone or phenomenon without going "doo doo da doo doo!" -


Croquet is a delightfully silly name for a silly game.

Oh and I forget where I read it, but I agree with whoever said that the word bliss is like onomatopeia for something that makes no sound - It's like pure happiness gently dissolving as it gets warm and comfortable. Lovely word!

 

[Barbas]

I think I'm allowed to say that the op is an analog.

Mmm, sorry? I was brain-golfing.

[small]Unfortunately, it seems the creator of Dilbert has rather gone off the rails recently, which is a shame[/small]

Oh? I saw a tweet with words to that effect a while back, but didn't think anything of it at the time. What exactly is out of sorts with the Dilmaster?

Paprika. Paprika sounds like a fantastically exotic and excruciating illness from which to expire.

 

[Recusant]

Here are few good ones that you folks might not know:
-Coeval, meaning "of the same age". The emphasis is on the second syllable, and it's a long 'E', so it works for both confusion with "co-evil" and "co-evolve", plus it gets bonus points for being the favorite word of Gabriel Syme.
-Crepuscular. A great insult word. If I told you that mosquitoes are crepuscular, you'd probably agree, even if you had no idea what the word meant. It means "active at dusk", as distinct from nocturnal or diurnal, so you wouldn't be wrong.
-Septemfluous. Just try pronouncing this word; let it roll around on your tongue for a while. It comes to us from the world of Earth Science (which would be Earth, I guess; though that makes me wonder where the heck we are) and means "flowing in seven directions", but it works beautifully added to pretty much any insult you care to throw; doubly so if you're not actually insulting them.

Thanks to the muppets, I can never hear the word anemone or phenomenon without going "doo doo da doo doo!

Count yourself lucky if that's as far as it goes. Pretty much any four syllable word with emphasis on the second will do it for some of us. It made playing Rome: Total War a LOT more annoying than it had any right to be.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Ointment.

Its such a gross word! It sound gross, and ointments as things are gross. Nothing good happens when Ointments are around.
And the word itself smells and give me shivers.

It is an unpleasant and dirty word.

 

[Albino Boo]

Baffled is a word full of comic potential. For evidence see every post Baffle has made.

Dogtanian would disagree. He had a very special ointment.

There is supposedly a new Dogtanian film coming out this year. I may need to get drunk and watch it

 

[Zen Bard]

I find the word "dogma" amusing. Because it has to do with neither canines nor matriarchy.

"Masticate" is another one because it sounds dirtier than it is.

 

[Glongpre]

Recently, the word that makes me giggle is "moist".

Maybe it is because I picture this meme every time someone says it:

I like words like this because of the multiple meanings they have.
I also enjoy using words in a strange way but still makes sense, for example, if it is really hot out, I will comment on how it is spicy.
Or when you see something, like clothing, I may comment that it looks delicious.

 

[Ayame Murasaki]

"Pulchritudinous." Thank you and good night.

 

[Battenberg]

Discombobulated, soliloquy, voracious, effervescent, gesticulating, turquoise. There's way too many to choose from.

Also chesticles. Yes I know it's not a real word but it should be.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

gesticulating

Well gosh darnit, someone took one of my recent favorites. It's one that actually comes up a decent amount when you know what it means.

I'm also partial to "mosey". I don't think there's a better word to describe movement from one place to another

 

[Spider RedNight]

They're rather basic compared to some of the entries thus far but I really like the words "cartography" and "cryogenics". Something about the sharp "c".

Speaking of, one of my favourite words to describe anything pertaining to the self is "Capricious". Again with the "c".

...What? FUN words? Oh, uhm.... Eidetic is fun to me. Macabre is fun if only for its spelling (and that no one I know can pronounce it in the French way).

I'm not very good at this, am I.

 

[FPLOON]

Paprika. Paprika sounds like a fantastically exotic and excruciating illness from which to expire.

Whenever I think of that work, I think of the movie that inspired Requiem for a Dream and Inception...

OT: "Minamina"... I kept saying this word wrong until I heard Minamina Goodsong mention their name in their album Time For Breakfast... which, to quote someone on here, the word actually sounds like this:

Other than that, any word with the "-icles" suffix... especially if it's a made-up word... Also, "shusha"!

 

[FalloutJack]

Spoiler: Gronk's causeway, Ireland.

It's all the hexagonal stuff below the water and the sky.

Well, now I know where that scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture came from.

OT: I would like to start with Bulbous Bouffant and command somebody to go find the relevent link.

Also? Defenestrations.

 

[maninahat]

callipygian - having a nice shaped bum.
Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia - that brain freeze you get from eating icecream too fast.
Anankastic - being obsessive compulsive.
Catachresis - the act of using the wrong words (i.e doing a Mike Tyson)

There are a lot of words I like the sound of and they tend to be violent: typhoon, harpoon, reinforced, bomb ketch, putter and splatter.

My favourite new word is "pre-pone" (as opposed to postpone), and I like to throw in irregardless as well, just to root out pedants (who's pedantry I can then out-pedant by telling them they are wrong to be mad).

 

[McElroy]

Paprika. Paprika sounds like a fantastically exotic and excruciating illness from which to expire.

Whenever I think of that work, I think of the movie that inspired Requiem for a Dream and Inception...

Um, which one would that be? Paprika is from 2006 and Requiem for a Dream from 2000.

Crockery - killer crockery incoming.
Flabbergasted - sounds like a jumble of random sounds but means something anyway.

Kamala Khan - 'kamala' is the Finnish word for 'terrible' which makes Ms Marvel "Khan the Terrible".

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Honourable mention to "voluptuous". Um... kind of a theme emerging here.

That is a good word. Though for years i always thought it was "volumptuous" and was kinda disappointed to find out it wasn't and that i was a big dumbo.

Philistine and plebian are curiously pleasant. Insidious also. Bartholomew? Succulent sausages sweetly simmering in shame! Erm, fallacious. Veritable. Flourescent neurotic erotica. Ok, i like a lot of words, so this could go on forever if i don't stop right here.

On the evil side of words, february...why?? Trying to pronounce the first "r" is like trying to talk with anaesthetic in your lips, whilst heavily drunk.