Rather than words I have a few phrases that seem so beautifully crafted that they hang around in my head. There is a line in a Larkin poem
'Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.'
And there is something about it deepening like a coastal shelf that I've never quite been able to forget, so whenever I'm doing something I'm really not enjoying it comes to mind.
I believe that "Pavement" was voted the most aesthetically pleasing word at some point in the late 90s, for the way it rolls off the tongue. I have to admit to a fondness for it.
Also "Caterpillar" as said by a swedish ex-girlfriend.
Otherwise, nowadays, my favourite words are "Taylor", "Swift" and "wine?"
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Perspicacious
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Callipygian
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Panties
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K****
Nonce
Cuck
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Petrichor
Mellifluous
Scurryfunge
Apricity
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Legumes
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Loving a word.. seems a bit pathetic
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The mental aridity of the left
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Moist
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Risky favourite word is brexit
Least favs are immigration related
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You don’t seem very chipper this morning Davos.
C’mon fella, lighten up, it’s genuinely beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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poodlefake
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milquetoast
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I like crepuscular too, Jim. It's cold and dark outside and the lamps are on, fire crackling...
I also like: restaurant, river, forest.
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Tessitura
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Paraphernalia
Portmanteau
Awkward
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Peripatetic. Has a lovely rhythm to it. Not a clue what it means, though.
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Spycop
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Pettifogging
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Gusset.
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discombobulated
I just love saying it
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oooh i was going to say that Guy. Discombobulated.
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I also like funicular and binoculars.
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funiculi
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Farpotshket
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Loving some of these and learning some new ones.
Cru - I think it is similar to itinerant isn’t it?
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valerian
helleborine
acrobat
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I heard someone today use “maximal” . Turns out it is actually a real word.
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sycophant
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Nebulous used to be my fave but I’m older and wiser now.
Of the various offerings above my top three are:
Scurryfunge
Milquetoast
Farpotshket
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Bicrural.
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Nuncupatory.
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How utterly fortuitous that I’ve just seen this.
My favourite word is serendipity.
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Fluke.
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aileron
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Rather than words I have a few phrases that seem so beautifully crafted that they hang around in my head. There is a line in a Larkin poem
'Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.'
And there is something about it deepening like a coastal shelf that I've never quite been able to forget, so whenever I'm doing something I'm really not enjoying it comes to mind.
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"Lisp". Cruel bvggers.
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Visceral comes close second. You either get it or you don't.
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I believe that "Pavement" was voted the most aesthetically pleasing word at some point in the late 90s, for the way it rolls off the tongue. I have to admit to a fondness for it.
Also "Caterpillar" as said by a swedish ex-girlfriend.
Otherwise, nowadays, my favourite words are "Taylor", "Swift" and "wine?"
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I heard 'disputaceous' the other day. Clearly from someone who likes litigation.
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Antediluvian
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Pterodroma
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Coruscate
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I heard this for the first time today in an audiobook. Excellent word.
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....nah. Shooting fish.
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Radiolarian
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tuglite
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Cognate with gidgelite?
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mosasaur
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Kiosk
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fook
I fooking love it on so many levels.
tbf petrichor is also a very good shout and much more pleasant.
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Susurration is another good one.
Feels secretive.
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zugunruhe
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iambic
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Pentameter
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Panto
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wintergreen
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Flange.
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slippers
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