Post your current word crush

[GoddessOfGuinness]

I love the word "ctenophore", which is an invertebrate ocean animal resembling a jellyfish...sometimes known as "comb jellies".

[KamaAina]

1. Sesquipedalian

containing many syllables, as a word -- like "sesquipedalian"! How self-referential is that?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Sounds like a creature with seventeen legs

regardless of its true meaning. :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. A Facebook friend just posted

"floccinaucinihilipilification."



I'm goin' with that. :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. I find that word utterly worthless codswallop.

Isn't that floccinaucinihilipilificatious of me?
:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. Codswallop? *Codswallop*??

Balderdash! :P

[madinmaryland]

3. brazillion

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. Sounds like something that lifts and separates

on a massive scale. :D

[arcadian]

4. table

It's underrated.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. My younger son loved the word brush when he was a baby.

He'd laugh his little head off whenever someone said it.

Simple words can have amazing effects! :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

5. "Ghost" has been my word crush for a very long time now.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. It's because of the silent h, isn't it?

Most appropriate in this word!

[ghostsofgiants]

14. I don't know why.

I just find it very aesthetically pleasing.

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. You're over-accentuating the silent "h", aren't you?

Just like Stewie pronouncing "hWhip". ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Hahaha, I do that to bug my girlfriend sometimes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Maybe you could pronounce it with an extra gutteral g...

something akin to the German "ch" sound.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Tintinnabulation.

And that first photo- what an amazing creature!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. And if a dog comes running at the sound of the bell,

you've got Rin-Tin-Tintintinnabulation

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Unless they're salivating because of the music...

Pavlov AND Rin-Tin-Tin...sweet!

[Lincolngirl]

10. Pugilist

Just fun to say

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Here's a pic of a pugilist for you

[Lincolngirl]

49. LOL

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[flying_wahini]

63. What Is That? and is it preparing for an attack?

n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. It's an anteater

I'm not certain whether it's in defense mode or play mode...For that matter, it could be in "Oh Baby!" mode. :hi:

[flying_wahini]

70. wasn't sure........ but we could sure use em in Texas

up to our ass in ants........

[GoddessOfGuinness]

73. We had ants in the house a couple of years ago...

But none last year. Might have been the Grant's Ant Stakes we put around the house.

[Tom Kitten]

12. hifalutin

as in "Them's some mighty hifalutin words I seen posted on this here thread."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. What's the opposite of hifalutin?

Is there a word that means "affectedly slovenly"?

[Tom Kitten]

25. Yes

"Grungey", as in "That person thinks he's cool by acting grungey when actually he is the personification of pure bathos of a most treacley kind." :evilgrin:

[MorningGlow]

18. Bork, borked

Nerd word. Yeah, it's been around a while, but I'm usually late to the party.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Scuse me...Have to get my

borked potato out of the oven. :rofl:

[MorningGlow]

24. ROFL I wouldn't eat it if I were you!

Especially if it was cooked by this guy. Bork bork bork! (Alternate definition)

[Aristus]

26. Benediction. It's a good word.*

*Reply if you get it...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Literally

And those Benedictines are good sprited folks.

[Aristus]

29. Hi, GoG!

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. How's life with you?

:hi:
Are you still in CP?

[Aristus]

31. CP?

:shrug:

I passed my Pathology exam today, I think. And tomorrow is Friday. So life is good... B-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Maybe I'm mistaking you with someone else...

Didn't you live in College Park at one time?

Congrats on the exam! :toast::party::beer:

[JTG of the PRB]

28. "Grodalated" is my current word obsession of the day.

Honestly it really does describe The Denzel to a T...

Here's a couple of links, because I am an Internets dork:

http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Denzel
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail137.html

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Seems like a good word...

but it's weird to see it used in association with Denzel...He's so ungrodalated!

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[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. Grovelbot! Oh baaaaby!

Now THERE's a word!

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34. I love the word "tectonic"

and I can't explain why; it just sounds cool. I hate the word "divulge."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. I think there should be a china pattern called "Tectonic"

So we can order Tectonic plates.

[begin_within]

51. ha!

you're fast

[TroglodyteScholar]

37. Elbow

Think about it.....Elbow.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. Great word!

God bless the human elbow
God bless it where it bends
If it bent too short,
we'd go dry, I fear;
if it bent too close,
we'd be drinking in our ear!

[mcctatas]

38. Jackass...

I never tire of that wonderful word!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. I know Jack very well...

:D

[jellen]

39. word crush

tendentious- I heard it from some one talking about a politician.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. Which politician?

...just curious.

[Doc_Technical]

40. eclectic.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. I like that word

Eclecticism is the spice of life.

[elshiva]

43. fellatrix.

:evilgrin: :o

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. Whoa!

Are you trying to get my thread locked? :rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

50. Not a crush, but I did find an Ari Gold curse particularly inventive as I was watching...

...an old episode of "Entourage".

One of the words is not allowed on DU. The other is "muscle".

Perhaps it is not the epithet itself that is funny, merely Jeremy Piven's delivery, followed by Ari's wife's reaction to the foulness, then his reaction to her.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

53. Well now you've got me wondering

which word is the one that's not allowed. :D

[MilesColtrane]

57. It's been reported that John McCain has directed it towards his wife in a comment about her makeup.

Yeah, that one.

I'm fascinated by the Ari Gold character because his self worth is so tied up in the outcome of his latest deal. This leads him to be completely over the top in his pursuit of "winning", and to have almost no control over his emotions.

Despite this, you do sense a fierce sense of loyalty in Ari, toward his wife and family, his clients, and even his assistant Lloyd. The problem with Gold is that he has so little self awareness. He routinely drops the foulest insults and analogies on those he would kill for, and when they call him on it, he merely shrugs it off as if to say, "you wouldn't ask a tiger to stop roaring".

He's striving to be the alpha neanderthal. He just happens to wield a Bluetooth instead of a spear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeeDSuqIjM

[XemaSab]

52. Ootheca

:bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. Is that downwind of Ithaca?

It's beenmany years since I saw an ootheca in this house. Oddly, when my stepkids moved out, so did the roaches.

[DarkTirade]

54. If we're going for a living creatures theme... how 'bout the funniest animal name ever.

Nudibranch.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. WooWoo!

They're so beautiful they almost don't look real. :D

[u4ic]

58. Lust

has always been a favourite. :D


Those are beautiful pics! :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

62. There are so many kinds of lust...

Wanderlust is my fave...

[tjwmason]

59. Dichotomy

I'm also very fond of irregular plurals, especially Greek ones which jump from ~a in the singular to ~ata in the plural - they make me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. Good one!

[Random_Australian]

60. tetrakis.

Technically, that is part of a systematic nomenclature system, rather than a word, but who cares?

It means there is a tetradentate ligand with something from the normal IUPAC nomenclature in it's name attached to your transition metal.

Pronounced "tet rah kiss"

And I will also guess that my explanation was about as meaningful as the original word to most people.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. Waaaay over my head

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

61. Tetrahydroisoquinoline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydroisoquinoline

[GoddessOfGuinness]

67. Have I got a hangman game for you!

http://www.zerotv.com/hangman/display.cfm?CFID=69250307&CFTOKEN=52735843
Except the current word is misspelled...mutss instead of mutts.

[Random_Australian]

78. Heh, small world. I was using that stuff earlier this semester.

(Note: Blargh, organic chemistry)

[YankeyMCC]

68. Pecksniffery

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. That sounds nasty.

:rofl:
What is it?

[YankeyMCC]

71. I learned it from reading H. L. Mencken

syn: deceit, dishonesty, insincerity

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. I wonder if he invented the word?

Sounds like something from his mind... :D

[YankeyMCC]

75. I don't know but

I think you're right :)

[crim son]

74. Muezza.

It isn't a word, it's a name.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

76. It looks German and Italian at the same time.

[crim son]

77. Well, it was the name of the prophet Mohammed's favorite cat. so

it probably isn't either German or Italian though you're right, it does sound that way. It's now the name of my orange tabby-girl.

[nytemare]

79. Luminescent and fetid.

I don't like fetid smells, but I like saying the word, as it sounds funny.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

81. Fetid is a good word for describing the current state of government affairs

Luminescent has always sounded a little mysterious to me. I love the word!

[harmonicon]

80. tender

soft or delicate in substance ... unable to withstand freezing temperatures
... delicate or soft in quality ... delicate, soft, or gentle: the tender touch of her
hand. ... easily moved to sympathy or compassion; kind: a tender heart ...
affectionate or loving; sentimental or amatory: a tender glance ... considerate
or careful ... acutely or painfully sensitive ... easily distressed; readily made
uneasy: a tender conscience ... yielding readily to force or pressure; easily
broken; fragile ... requiring careful or tactful handling: a tender subject ... to
make tender ... to present formally for acceptance ... to offer or proffer ... an
offer of something for acceptance ... something tendered or offered ... a
person who tends; a person who attends to or takes charge of someone or
something ... easily crushed ... easily hurt; sensitive ... painful; sore ...
considerate and protective ... given to sympathy or sentimentality ... a tender
heart ... vulnerable ... frail ... sensitive to frost or severe cold ... one who
tends something ... person who tends another ... tender loving care; tender
memories; a tender mother ... hurting ... having or displaying warmth or
affection ... "a warm embrace" ... easily killed by adverse growing conditions
... someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another ...
offer or present for acceptance ... to stretch, hold out ... to extend for
acceptance or consideration ... one who takes care of any person or thing ...
to offer in words ... any offer or proposal made for acceptance ... the thing
offered ... easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured ... sensible to
impression and pain; easily pained ... susceptible of the softer passions, as
love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's
good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic ... exciting kind
concern; dear; precious ... unwilling to cause pain ... expressive of the softer
passions ... apt to give pain; causing grief or pain ... "things that are tender
and unpleasing" ... regard; care; kind concern ... to have a care of; to be
tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

82. Your tender definition

waxes poetic. :D :hi:

[reyd reid reed]

83. Nuance

at least that's today's word crush.

:loveya: