i know lachrymose from a heaney poem
― k¸ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lambent is a pretty good word.
― estela, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
"undulate." it's descriptive and efficient.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
also: "mellifluous."
have a mellifluous day!
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
in my head that always translates to 'lke a mandolin' for some reason
― k¸ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the word treasure. i don't know why i love it so much. i also love most words that start with the letter f or the letters ph. flimflam. philanderer. phrenology. philoprogenitiveness. fuzzy.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
a professor friend of mine had a student named treasure! sounds like a made-up name, but it was apparently real.
the name sort of fit, tbh.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 7 September 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
'treasure' = name of a stripper on 'how i met your mother'
― j., Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
verb: scarper; 3rd person present: scarpers; past tense: scarpered; past participle: scarpered; gerund or present participle: scarperingrun away."they left the stuff where it was and scarpered"
Originmid 19th century: probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
rebozo
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 23 September 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
Bumptious. Very useful word, not used often enough,
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 October 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Just the fact that words exist in such fantastic multitudes is one of the profound miracles of the universe. It's even more so when you realize so many of them have subtle and unique personalities!
I just dropped in to say that 'payday' is an excellent word, even apart from what it connotes. Humble, playful, endearing.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
Moist
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Monday, 11 October 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 7 September 2010 02:03 (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
damn, came here to say this one
― imago, Monday, 11 October 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
Spoodge
― look on my guacs, ye mighty, and dis pear (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 October 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link