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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:06 PM
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What are your favorite sounding words?
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 11:09 PM by nytemare
My favorite sounding word is "phooey". For what it is, I think that "poop" is too cute a word. I also like words that start with "schm" like "Schmuck", and "schmoe".

How about you folks?
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:09 PM
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1. Schlep is pretty good.
It sounds exactly like what it means.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:10 PM
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2. Yep that is a good word! n/t
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amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:10 PM
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3. I like hooey better than phooey.
schmooze is a good sch...word
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phaseolus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:11 PM
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4. Quiescent
... it's the most beautiful word that comes to mind for me. Never makes those stupid lists of "most beautiful sounding words" that pop up from time to time in the media, though.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:12 PM
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5. I like luminescent too.
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phaseolus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:13 PM
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6. hey, pretty much any -escent word
Deliquescent. Fluorescent. Phosphorescent...
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baby_bear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:15 PM
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7. onomatopoeia, of course!
the perfect word; it describes a word that sounds like its meaning.

b_b
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cruadin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:17 PM
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8. mellifluous---for obvious reasons. n/t
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:18 PM
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9. Also tintinnabulation.
That also sounds like what it means.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:19 PM
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10. anvil, aardvark, and kennebunkport
are words the sound of which I love.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:22 PM
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11. I seem to like double vowel sounds
for some reason. Peachy is one I use a lot as well.
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Itchinjim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:22 PM
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12. Bong.
Funnier than hell when you're stoned. Bongbongbongbongbong....heeheeheehee....
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:24 PM
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15. yeah that is a good one.
I have a co-worker named "Bob", for some reason when I am feeling feeble minded, I like to say "bob bob bob bob". Speaking of which, feeble is a pretty good word too...LOL.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:25 PM
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16. how about "Noggin"? That is a good one.
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amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:22 PM
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13. impeachment......I didn't used to like it at all. But it now I find it has
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 11:23 PM by amerikat
a certain comforting ring to it . It goes well with any name starting with the letter "B"
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:23 PM
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14. Feh!
Putz, Bling, Prestidigitation

There are more, and I love Yiddish, so many of them are also Yiddish.
And onomatopoeias rock, too: Mellifluous


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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:26 PM
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17. I like putz too. n/t
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:27 PM
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18. Rainy-day-deferment...
Fantasia-overload,

Arrow-feather...
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Itchinjim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:29 PM
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19. Kerplunk!
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 11:34 PM by Itchinjim
As in "I dropped by bong into the toilet and it went Kerplunk!"
Edited is another good word.
MY bong damn it! MY bong!
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:31 PM
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21. wow that is a good one. Onomatopoeia at it's best!
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 11:33 PM by nytemare
Sploosh and splat are good ones too.
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New Earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:30 PM
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20. i like
w00t!

and "wtf?" (even though it's not really a word)

seriously - i like the words 'eternal' and 'universe'.

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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 01:43 AM
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22. Plethora, Meshugehna & Supine
Those are my three current favorites
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:21 AM
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23. Peanut butter and banana
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propagandafreegal Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:24 AM
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24. I like gravitas..nm
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 02:38 AM
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25. Dong
It always makes me giggle.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:47 PM
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26. Defenestration is a longtime favorite.
And "viz," which I adore not only for its sound but also for its antiquity, usefulness and nice air of Victorian England.
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:54 PM
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27. Expedite, furtive, elongate
Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 12:56 PM by katinmn
I love words. It's fun to try to find the "perfect" word.


edit: Whoops! Can't put a sentence together today.
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 12:58 PM
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28. parsimonious
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cestpaspossible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-04 01:51 PM
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29. 'Is' and 'stick'
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