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Offline alwaystheangel

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Favourite word
on: April 18, 2006, 03:49:05 AM
So, what's your fav word?
Right now, mine's Putsch (Coup d'état in germain)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 03:54:42 AM
Ooh, I know there's this one word I really like the sound of but I don't remember what it is. I will tell you when I remember.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #2 on: April 18, 2006, 09:49:56 AM
aeolian, randomly

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #3 on: April 18, 2006, 05:01:23 PM
FUDGE
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #4 on: April 18, 2006, 05:25:53 PM
syzygy

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #5 on: April 18, 2006, 05:36:57 PM
discombobulate
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #6 on: April 18, 2006, 05:39:01 PM
Entity.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #7 on: April 18, 2006, 06:13:38 PM
ethereal
[lau] 10:01 pm: like in 10/4 i think those little slurs everywhere are pointless for the music, but I understand if it was for improving technique

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #8 on: April 18, 2006, 06:46:48 PM
disposaphobia  (fear of disposing items)  working on this.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #9 on: April 18, 2006, 07:19:04 PM
disposaphobia  (fear of disposing items)  working on this.

Is there a cure? 
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #10 on: April 18, 2006, 07:24:35 PM
becoming less and less attached to the memories - until all yu have is a cardboard box.  i don't want a house full of stuff at 90 (except maybe music).  the secret is weeding out things every day, week, year.  i finally realized that some old pics would look better on the wall so people could see them - so put them into a large frame for lots of pics instead of framing each one individually.  used to think that things that were deteriorating were valuable.  now, i see ... just let them deteriorate.  in fact, try to help the process along by spilling something on them, or ripping them.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #11 on: April 18, 2006, 07:54:35 PM
dusk

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #12 on: April 18, 2006, 08:30:03 PM
Nils
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #13 on: April 18, 2006, 08:31:31 PM
becoming less and less attached to the memories - until all yu have is a cardboard box.  i don't want a house full of stuff at 90 (except maybe music).  the secret is weeding out things every day, week, year.  i finally realized that some old pics would look better on the wall so people could see them - so put them into a large frame for lots of pics instead of framing each one individually.  used to think that things that were deteriorating were valuable.  now, i see ... just let them deteriorate.  in fact, try to help the process along by spilling something on them, or ripping them.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #14 on: April 18, 2006, 08:32:18 PM
fuzzy.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #15 on: April 18, 2006, 10:57:41 PM
whatever
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #16 on: April 18, 2006, 11:38:29 PM
I have a few more:
Disestablismentarianism
Cacophonie (fr)
suprcalafredulisticexpialladocious (I think I mispelt(ed)? it)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #17 on: April 18, 2006, 11:49:27 PM
blasephemy
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #18 on: April 19, 2006, 01:17:23 AM
Hmm... I suppose euphoria or ideology or namaste! (Hindu salutation)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #19 on: April 19, 2006, 04:49:29 AM
aurora
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #20 on: April 19, 2006, 09:53:08 AM
Ubiquitous


cause if I feel like a smartass and use it in a conversation/argument, people just stare at me in confusion.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #21 on: April 19, 2006, 09:56:01 AM
Hmm... I suppose euphoria or ideology or namaste! (Hindu salutation)

good taste ;)

Ubiquitous


cause if I feel like a smartass and use it in a conversation/argument, people just stare at me in confusion.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #22 on: April 19, 2006, 09:58:49 AM
i think aeolian is great too, but my favourite at the moment is:
CANTANKEROUS (i think it's spelt right)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #23 on: April 19, 2006, 01:09:30 PM
How would you throw Ubiquitous into an argument unless you were talking about the American Governement?
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #24 on: April 19, 2006, 02:55:49 PM
shoot, I forgot one of my favorites: nonchalant. I use this one quite often.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #25 on: April 19, 2006, 08:00:36 PM
retarded
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Offline pianorama

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #26 on: April 19, 2006, 11:39:24 PM
namaste! (Hindu salutation)

I think it means something like 'The spirit in me greets the spirit in you'. No, I'm not Hindu, neither are any of my relatives, but I learned about India in school a few months ago.

Oh, and I still don't remember my favourite word, but I know I like it because of the way it sounds, not the meaning. A word would have to have a really negative meaning for it to affect how much I like it.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #27 on: April 19, 2006, 11:47:12 PM
waffle!!

i'm also liking hopscotch and piccolo at the moment
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #28 on: April 20, 2006, 02:36:20 AM
How would you throw Ubiquitous into an argument unless you were talking about the American Governement?

Touche, monsieur.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #29 on: April 21, 2006, 12:23:46 AM
Touche, monsieur.

(if you're a chick, pardon me)
Lady, but I appreciate the acknowledgement.   ;)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #30 on: April 21, 2006, 01:57:43 AM
scandalous

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #31 on: April 21, 2006, 11:35:16 AM
Lady, but I appreciate the acknowledgement.   ;)

Aah, apologies, mademoiselle.  ;D
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #32 on: April 21, 2006, 11:38:47 AM
pardon me  ::)

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #33 on: April 21, 2006, 01:09:20 PM
Nevertheless. I like ethereal and aeolian too :) .

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #34 on: April 21, 2006, 10:56:13 PM
scrumtrelescent (Inside the Actor's studio with James Lipton)

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #35 on: April 22, 2006, 06:59:37 PM
It's not a word, but.... Quentin Tarintino (not sure if it's spelled right)

It has a nice ring to it.... Quentin Tarintino

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #36 on: April 22, 2006, 07:25:32 PM
well, if that's the case. I'd like to take back the word 'scandalous', oh, and Angelina Jolie please.

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Re: Favourite word
Reply #37 on: April 22, 2006, 08:05:25 PM
well, if that's the case. I'd like to take back the word 'scandalous', oh, and Angelina Jolie please.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #38 on: April 22, 2006, 11:04:31 PM
discombobulated :) (how I feel)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #39 on: April 23, 2006, 12:44:24 AM
I got so bored once, I was thining how great a word sh*t is! thinks about it, how flexible it is, you can use it to mean so many things.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #40 on: May 02, 2006, 12:21:30 AM
Grace, - God's unmerited favour poured out on a disobedient and God hating world that whosoever believes on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (who dies and rose for our sins) shall be saved. Though our sins be as scarlet he washed them white as snow. Sending his pure holy spotless son to die for our ungodliness and raising him up to life again that we who believe would not only be saved but also raise with him to be with him for eternity. - GRACE is a really beautifull word - and i am only touching the surface.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #41 on: May 02, 2006, 12:33:16 AM
Defenestrate(can anyone honestly think of a word more useful in day to day conversation)
Gormandize

As for foreign words, I like Mond (German for moon.)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #42 on: May 02, 2006, 04:19:12 AM
Dieselburger


(nickname for my dog named Diesel, and don't ask how the f*ck I came up with that)
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #43 on: May 02, 2006, 01:03:25 PM
Dieselburger


(nickname for my dog named Diesel, and don't ask how the f*ck I came up with that)
Don't worry... I somehow understand
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #44 on: May 03, 2006, 07:16:53 PM
Feierabend! (pron. roughly fire-abent)

A great celebratory-sounding German word meaning something like "work's over thank God now I can get home and enjoy myself..."

Let's add this one to English.
"I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #45 on: May 03, 2006, 10:36:40 PM
Does anyone one know german? can you translate this sentence?:
Oh my god, my dog fell in the river. 
It sounds pretty awesome in German.
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #46 on: May 03, 2006, 10:51:09 PM
Piano (seriously, I like the way the "ano" part sounds!) but I also like the way "curtains" sounds just as much, with my favorite part being the "cur."  And no, I'm not being sarcastic either!
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #47 on: May 04, 2006, 12:49:51 AM
I remembered that I had a favorite english word. But I forgot. That rarely happens. Hmm...
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #48 on: May 04, 2006, 12:54:35 AM
in the context of me just starting exams tomorrow i love the COMPLETE!
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Re: Favourite word
Reply #49 on: May 04, 2006, 03:56:21 AM
regurgitate.

I've always liked that word...
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