As part of my unannounced campaign to prove that profanity is a sign of a limited vocabulary (I think that I borrowed that saying from someone here on the board), I would like to provide an opportunity for everyone to list their favorite words.
It could be a word that is funny to say or read, something that has a uniquely personal meaning, or a word that you just keep coming back to.
List your favorite word or words, and we can all diversify our vocabulary!
You can give a brief account of why you like that word.
I'll start:
Accouterments
defn: The equipment needed for a particular activity or way of life.
I think it's just a funny word to say.
imbroglio
defn: an unwanted, difficult and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems.
I like this because its a funny looking word, and it sort of looks like "imbroiled" which has the same sense.
"I was embroiled in an imbroglio and was ready to implode"
Bring 'em on.........
Your Favorite Words
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Dizzeated......
I know it's not a word. When our youngest was little and she got carsick once, we asked her how she felt and she blurted out - Dizzeated! A cross between nauseated and dizzy.
We often use that word in our family when we're not feeling well. She'll never live that down....
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I know it's not a word. When our youngest was little and she got carsick once, we asked her how she felt and she blurted out - Dizzeated! A cross between nauseated and dizzy.
We often use that word in our family when we're not feeling well. She'll never live that down....
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weathermom wrote:Mary,
That one needs to be put in the dictionary, or the medical journals. As someone who threw up on just about every tourist attraction along the east coast between Canada and Florida ( in my younger days), it is a perfect way to describe the feeling!
She does this a lot. So much so that I often ask - is that a word from the Laura "our last name" book? he he Her other words escape me but this one was the best. We had been driving on back hairpin turn roads in the country, when we heard moaning....ohhhhhh.....dad, slow down...I think I'm dizzeated.....we all started laughing but that made it worse. Now she laughs though.
Yeah, I'm the same way now - a fun part of getting older. I'm a mess on coasters now, trying to read in the car or sitting in the back seat of the car. I often take Dramamine on long car trips.
Have you ever been to Maui? If not, and you visit this beautiful island, just be sure to take Dramamine or a like medicine, before ever even contemplating taking the Road to Hana - you cross the same creek something like 56 times, that is 56+ bridges, you can't go faster than 15 MPH b/c there's another hairpin turn up ahead. I was a mess that car trip and we saw many tourists pulled over, someone in the party (usually not the driver), pulled over, heaving!
Mary
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