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Post by Alex on Aug 5, 2010 13:10:34 GMT
I think it's about time a new thread was started... Not much has happened recently.
This thread is all about words that you quite like, your favourite words, words or phrases you absolutely hate.
I quite like the word 'Archive'. I don't know why... Your turn! ;D
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Post by Forum Cat on Aug 5, 2010 15:38:57 GMT
Ooh I love "onomatopoeia".
I also love words that are onomatopoetic
Some to follow.
Next person please…
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Post by Alex on Aug 5, 2010 15:55:37 GMT
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Post by HeatherKay on Aug 5, 2010 17:33:39 GMT
Perturb is fun.
I like made-up words, too. Discombobulated and discomknockerated both find their uses in this house.
I'm also partial to a word my Nan used to use to describe anything mildly complex, such as the workings of a machine - doings. (That's do+ings, often with the 'g' dropped, and pronounced with a faint Norfolk accent. I miss my Nan.)
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Post by Alex on Aug 5, 2010 17:47:50 GMT
^I like words that end in the letter erb/urb.
Suburb is a good one. So is Blurb.
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Post by millstonebarn on Aug 5, 2010 18:13:45 GMT
Superb
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Post by millstonebarn on Aug 5, 2010 18:21:40 GMT
overnumerousness.
Oh, hang on ...
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Post by Alex on Aug 5, 2010 18:38:36 GMT
What do you call Negative-1 sitting alone in a corner?
Ahh,, the final episode was a disappointment.
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Post by Forum Cat on Aug 5, 2010 19:11:50 GMT
Onomatopoetic words numbers one and two.
Plop pronounced p-loP
Clang is also a goodie.
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Post by Alex on Aug 5, 2010 19:17:58 GMT
Slurp, Squish, Splat are all good ones as well for the onomatopoeia pile.
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Post by Alex on Aug 6, 2010 11:54:48 GMT
^^ Yes, and PlopI think Plop and Splat are the best ones for the onomatopoeia pile. Squish coming in at a close second.
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Post by millstonebarn on Aug 6, 2010 11:56:09 GMT
Ahh,, the final episode was a disappointment. Yes, especially after the Countdown, Italian for Beginners and Bad Boys. (I was a bit disappointed when they actually went out of the office after series 1.)
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Post by Alex on Aug 6, 2010 12:00:12 GMT
Lurk is a nice one too, a bit sinister sounding. As in: The Lurker at the Threshold.
Speaking of which, Sinister is one I like as well.
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Post by swatty on Aug 6, 2010 12:25:38 GMT
Thingymebob and Oojemeflip are good descriptive words that I like :-)
Simon
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Post by beerbum on Aug 6, 2010 13:52:43 GMT
I'm not sure who came up with it originally but when we were kids, my brother and I used to use gruntfuttocks!…and I still do sometime
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