[Nightriser]

Which words have a particularly nice ring or rhythm? I could list them for hours, but I'll just give a handful of examples. Add the words you like, however many you wish.

*avarice
*elusive
*elucidate
*syzygy
*quixotic
*quisling
*malinger
*languish
*bellicose
*ululation
*scintillate
*evanescent
*tintinnabulation (by request )

[EaRMo]

Great idea for a thread.

Here are some of my favorite words:

chamber
Scorpio
Neptune
exoskeleton/exoskeletal
zoetrope
sciamachy
embonpoint
primigravida
cannonade
grandiloquence
holophrastic
burke (v.)
craquelure
enfilade
archipelago/archipelagic
scintilla
soi-disant
frisson
velleity
apodictic
habitue
haecceity
longueur
campanology
chance-medley
sprezzatura
palinode
palisade
gimcrack


I could go on and on; but I'll conclude now, with my new favorite word:

ucalegon: n. a neighbor whose house is on fire

Etymology: Ucalegon, one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city. He is one of Priam's friends in the Iliad (3.148) and the destruction of his house is referred to in the Aeneid (2.312). His name in Greek means "doesn't worry."

Hee hee.

[Surreal Breakfast]

Some words I like the sound of:

Thou
Ye
Beith
Thee
Thy
Hath
Shall
Thine
Thineself
Thy
Thyself
Outerspace
Moon
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Stars
Willow
Pladapus
Strange
Rubber band
Turantula
Psychedelic
Mysterious
Thingumajig
Tsk
Hullabaloo
Bulbous
Kraken
Sparkle
Belly button
Wayward
Blob
Splodge
Flute
Moog synthesiser
Moog
Organ
Starch
Molten
Stone
Lucid
Malice
Dream
Smoke ring
Merky
Spree
Grow
Celluloid
Face melt
Melt
Ice
Cloud
Wings
Nimbus cloud
Nimbus
Sprite
Polyphonic
Epiphone
Moss
Electric
Mad
Magnus
Madness
Tongue
Moody
Mood ring
Gingerbread man
Gnome
High
Immaculate
Elves
Pudding
Twilight zone
Euphoric
Doctor

[Ćerulean]

Haha I was so considering to make this thread. Ah regrets.

I'll post mine later :P

[bdubs]

NB: I'll continue to add words as I think of more

flabbergasted
monotonous
cursory

[cryptonia]

aw! you forgot tintinnabulation from your blog list, night. That's definitely one of my favorite (I love The Bells)

[Nightriser]

aw! you forgot tintinnabulation from your blog list, night. That's definitely one of my favorite (I love The Bells)

Haha, it has been added now.

ucalegon: n. a neighbor whose house is on fire

lol, you have to love the English language for having the most random words. I love defenestrate. I use that word whenever I get a chance.

Surreal, I love immaculate. Immolate is also cool.

[Indigo]

My favourite is peculiar.

[slightlybatty]

pseudostratified ephelia

[Indigo]

pseudostratified ephelia

Mine too.



Teehee.