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Subject: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:03 PM Obsidian. Ubiquitous. Onomatopoeia. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:05 PM I always liked that Greek Dance - Kalamatianos. I tried to use it as a password once but it's a bugger to type. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: MMario Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:10 PM Most of the words that are fun to say I can't spell!!!! Oenaematapea? (something like that) Transubstantiation Articulated and BROMIDE |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Mrrzy Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:10 PM Kallikanzaroi, if you like Zelazny. For that matter, Zelazny, whether you like kallikanzaroi or not! And you beat me to Onomotopoeia! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Kim C Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:13 PM Onomotopoeia is the best. I don't think I spelt it right though. Discombobulated Absquatulated Bodacious Squeejawed Cattywompus Fiddlesticks |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:17 PM Onomatopoeia is spelled properly in the first post of the thread. I looked it up.
Obsequious Alex |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Mrrzy Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:19 PM Poppycock. A friend of mine was telling me she'd been accused of sexual harrassment by her male boss, and I told her she should have answered: Zounds, egad, and all those. Scrumptious. Splurge. Splurge. Splurge. Spelunk. As in Calvin and Hobbes, that is, where it's the sport of throwing large rocks *spelunk!* into the pool... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:21 PM 1. solipsism - great fun to say, specially because hardly anyone knows what it means. 2. "subliminable" - thanks to George W. Bush for this one. 3. "humungous" - not a real word, but what the hell, it sounds good! 4. "bodacious" - as above (in my opinion). 5. "hellacious" - ditto. 6. perpendicular - describes the lovemaking technique of giraffes, who really have no choice about the matter. 7. democracy - a semi-mythical means of governing a people...works on the principle of giving them the impression that they have some control over the process, a dubious notion at best. It's still better than dictatorsip, however, unless the dictator is a person of very advanced moral responsibility and very humane character, with the genuine interests of all his/her people in mind...(which can hardly be guaranteed, of course). :-) Say it when you're feeling down..."Democracy, Democracy, DEMOCRACY!!!" See? You're feeling better already, aren't you? 8. "Santa Claus" - Even better. Sort of works the way democracy does...promises much, leaves a few crumbs on the floor. Say it when you feel in need of more goodies. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Zebedee Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:23 PM Acquiescence Impingement or maybe: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Ed |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: The Shambles Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:40 PM Yes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:41 PM and especially when you can mix a couple or 3 and make it sound like you are saying something...I do this all the time. recapitulative prognostications ante-diluvian, reprehensible velocipedes |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: The Shambles Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:41 PM Just saying the name Slartibartfast, always makes me laugh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:45 PM Premature ejaculation. Fun to say, but not so much fun to experience... Credibility gap. Gap, period. (refers to space between ears of person buying clothing) Doh! Duh! Dawk! All great fun to say. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:51 PM Just remembered, we had a Conservation politician in Canada for some time (until the Conservatives were turfed out of office), a cabinet minister, whose surname was...are you ready... HNATYSHIN It sounds like a sneeze. You pronounce it "Na-TISH-in". Very funny. Come to think of it "Strom Thurmond" sounds pretty funny too, not to mention "Spiro Agnew". Remember him? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Clinton Hammond2 Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:52 PM Defenstration garrotting hehehehehehe |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:57 PM amorphous vascular adulation (and not a DURN thing funny about Strom Thurmond except the name!) Spiro was kinda funny anyway, because HE used big words..("nattering nabobs of negativitism") |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Morticia Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:57 PM Yes please, mine's a pint would be up there in my top ten: I also like old fashioned words like frock, flibertigibbert and perambulator. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:58 PM allegory |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Dec 00 - 02:58 PM Guelph. It's a town in souther Ontario. Sounds like "elf". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Peter T. Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:05 PM Actually it was more like HNAT-ishen. You could hear the H. Blithe. Blithe is a nice word. yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:11 PM porrage |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: R! Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:19 PM Balderdash! Especially effective if you draw yourself up to full size before uttering in response to some knuckleheaded remark. I think Lady Bracknell would say this. Persnickity (a favorite in my circle of friends). Cutie patootie. Rowana
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Night Owl Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:22 PM Bill...Spiro was also expert at shooting his OWN self in the foot as I remember. Fun thread! Is "Slartibartfast" what Spaw does after ingesting vegemite??? And what is "flibertigibbert"?? Makings of a great song challenge in here. Adding "specificity" to the list. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Morticia Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:29 PM a flibertigibbert is a young lady of loose morals and a lightweight disposition, one about whom my mother might purse her lips and pronounce, " No better than she ought to be", which is also a delightful phrase. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bagpuss Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:33 PM Petunia |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Kim C Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:39 PM Bodacious was a slang term even back during the Civil War. Splendid is another word I like. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:39 PM ohhh...you brought up memories of my crusty old English Lit. prof in college! When we were reading Milton, the conversation turned to various names given to Satan and other devils...and Dr. Mood said, "Oh, by the way, did you realize that the name of one devil was the same as we now use to refer to sorority girls?" when he got blank stares, he said.."You mean you've never heard of the Foul Fiend Flibbertigibbet?" then he got baleful stares |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:50 PM and here is the answer!.. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:54 PM yes, that little dash IS the link ..I didn't put in a word like this (turns out Flibbertigibbet was mentioned in King Lear) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 00 - 03:56 PM Codswallop. The sound of the word that is, not any of the above posts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:15 PM copacetic, and a lot of words other people already listed... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Night Owl Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:19 PM did the "bodacious flibertigibbert slartibartfast her codswallop"...or did the "flibertigibbert bodaciously codswallop her slartibartfast"?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: NightWing Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:31 PM Hullaballoo Brouhaha Both words for lots of noise, which does tend to be the case whenever I'm around *L*
"What's all this brouhaha?" And, rather like Morticia, some of my favorite words are "Here, this round's on me" *LOL*
BB, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: JedMarum Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:32 PM just emphasize the Ns and repeat: "too many men run in and out" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:35 PM Jed, that's a lot like: If you jiggle it a little, it'll open. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: kendall Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:38 PM cellar door I always liked the way it just rolls off the tongue. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: nutty Date: 13 Dec 00 - 04:54 PM They have a special name for cleaning out the drains over here which I think is wonderful It's called GULLEY SUCKING |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Morticia Date: 13 Dec 00 - 05:02 PM Doesn't that sound wonderfully perverted?......No? You mean it's just me......again? Oh bugger. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Robo Date: 13 Dec 00 - 05:02 PM Legerdermain, as in feats of Nonchalant Hosni Mubarek Rob-o |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 13 Dec 00 - 05:10 PM Oooh! Boutros Boutros-Gali (or however it's spelt). What a wonderful name! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: nutty Date: 13 Dec 00 - 05:38 PM no Morticia -- I'm with you - it conjures up all kind of images |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: dick greenhaus Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:01 PM I couldn't possibly list even a small fraction of the ones I'm fond of...some random picks:
idiotry .....I like words.
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: catspaw49 Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:06 PM Fuckoff Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:09 PM In four hours, THAT was the best you could come up with Spaw. You must be ill or something. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: catspaw49 Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:17 PM Fuckoff Bert. See? It is fun to say!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:21 PM Mmmmm, lemee try. - Fuckoff Spaw! Yup, yer right. Sure is fun to say. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,rabbitrunning Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:26 PM Bulbous Bouffant
Yes, the whole skit by the Vestibules. It's on the Dr. Demento 30th anniversary collection if you've never heard it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: bec Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:39 PM Jabberwocky. Don't know why, just is |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Night Owl Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:59 PM "fruminous bandersnatch" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,steve Date: 13 Dec 00 - 07:37 PM Laporoscopic colocystectomy rolls off the tongue so beautifully, it has to be added to any list of favorites. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: The Shambles Date: 13 Dec 00 - 07:38 PM Gusset....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: CarolC Date: 13 Dec 00 - 07:40 PM Yeah, Little Hawk, I've loved the name "Guelph" ever since I saw it on a map. Perspicacious Flabious...That's one of my own. It's the texture of mushrooms and other edible fungi after they've been cooked. Snarfy...Another one of mine. It's the way people get when they have a cold. Fungi (fun guy) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: CarolC Date: 13 Dec 00 - 07:42 PM Oops... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 07:56 PM my mother was a secretary/aide in a Dr's office, and her favorite was "Bi-lateral-salpingo-ooverectomy" (sp?) she also said HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS ,but it was not until tonight and the ability to do a wild card search on the WWW that I knew the origins! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 08:04 PM ...and a friend used a neat variation for "that thing over there that neither of us have a name for" "gizmacho" (actually, I don't think it HAD a spelling, it was just muttered... "hand me that gizmacho, and I'll wire it in" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,petr Date: 13 Dec 00 - 08:05 PM to me one of the most beautiful words in the english language, as it rolls off your tongue is the word: elbow. btw; poppycock derives from dutch (pappekak) softshit (reference to babyshit) there are a number of first nations place names in British Columbia, that I like the sound of such as., Keremeos, Similkameen, or Kitwangaa. (I also like Massachusetts.) one time on a golf trip I asked a buddy of mine of Italian origin how his team did in the world cup. but it came out like a Ned Flanderism. How did Italy do? Italy did diddly. thats what I heard the rest of the trip. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Snuffy Date: 13 Dec 00 - 08:05 PM Names can be delicious to roll off the tongue:
Slartibartfast (obviously) Wassail! V
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bill D Date: 13 Dec 00 - 08:15 PM Tallahasee, Walla-Walla and Oshkosh ....
and when I was a kid, I had a book where a railroad was mentioned, have no idea if it was real... and remember on Jack Benny? "Ananheim, Azusa, and KUK-amonga" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: John Hardly Date: 13 Dec 00 - 09:22 PM "...as I sat, listening to the nervous stacato of rain on my desktop, and reading my name on the office door--regnaD kciN..." "At your cervix" "..unfortunately, the dime was in my pocket..." Thanks for the memories, Nighthawk! John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: John Hardly Date: 13 Dec 00 - 09:24 PM ...I mean Night WING! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: kendall Date: 13 Dec 00 - 09:32 PM grismal..combo of grim and dismal (Gordon Bok) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: MarkS Date: 13 Dec 00 - 11:20 PM Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde - Pronounced to the tune of "The Irish Washerwoman" Shacksembender - Name of a planet from an old Sci Fi story My favorite, name of a town in central Pennsylvania, Nanty Glo MarkS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: The Shambles Date: 14 Dec 00 - 02:18 AM The name of a village here in Dorset, Hazelbury Bryan. Oh and lot's of Shetland dialect words, like 'Skitter'. Which is another word for soft-shit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 14 Dec 00 - 03:04 AM Bill, you missed Chatanooga choo-choo...and Apalachacola, F-l-a. I think my favorite, however, is bumbershoot. Hornswoggle and foc'sle, arugula, amoebic dysentery, crepuscular, nother (as in "a whole nother"), carbuncle, whether gem or zit. --seed |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 14 Dec 00 - 04:32 AM Great Rogers think alike, Sham, I was going to say "gusset" as well! Second choice: tintinabulation RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Gervase Date: 14 Dec 00 - 05:56 AM Gusset - now that's a fine word. A friend won a bottle of champagne for managing to get the words "moist gusset" into the hallowed pages of the Daily Mail. She worked on the paper's diary page (working for a five-star shit called Dumpster) and rose to the bait when someone bet her a bottle of pop that she couldn't get those words into one of "his" columns. A tricky one - until she hit on the answer. At the end of some fatuous picture caption featuring Caroline Strangely-Brown or Ffiona Ffuchs-Tightly or whomsoever she added the words: "She has also been seen on the arm of legendary French playboy Moi St Gusset." The champage was duly earned - but what put the icing on the cake was when the Mail news pages did some meretricious round-up of "It" girls and social trash a couple of months later, and some hack trawled up the original clipping and blindly lifted the offending paragraph without realising it was a piss-take. Who knows, Moi St Gusset may yet ride again! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 14 Dec 00 - 06:35 AM (cackling hysterically) Love it, Gervase! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Micca Date: 14 Dec 00 - 08:57 AM Shamb, that word skitters was pronounced "Scutters " in Ireland where I grew up and my Grandad assured me it originated from The Crimean war and the hospital at Scutari where dysentry was rife and it became slang for diahoerria, dont know if this is truth or fancy but it is another one of those words, as is Oleaginous, and swamp, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: sophocleese Date: 14 Dec 00 - 10:34 AM sub-glacial precipitate spelunking troglodyte
A couple that have come up in opur song circle recently;
purloined There's a couple of phrases I like to spoonerize because they sound so neat.
large boobs - barge loobs |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Sorcha Date: 14 Dec 00 - 10:47 AM Lots of my favorites are already on the list, I'll add Subaru, glutinous, slap-dash and bamboozle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 14 Dec 00 - 11:25 AM "Gnarled" because it's really onomatopoeic. "Thran", which is what you are when you're being sulky/angry/obtuse etc. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,kaleb Date: 14 Dec 00 - 11:43 AM Ashtabula |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 14 Dec 00 - 12:10 PM Fib, is that the same as "thrawn" or are they 2 different words? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 14 Dec 00 - 12:16 PM I don't know Alex, I've never heard "thrawn" before. "Thran" is Ulster Scots as far as I know (cue debate over whether or not Ulster Scots is a language - I think it's a dialect myself, but there's plenty of scope for disagreement which can easily get political, so I'd just like to point out that it's a lovely word whatever it is!). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 14 Dec 00 - 12:28 PM Collywobbles |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: kendall Date: 14 Dec 00 - 12:51 PM Orts, Savagrus, pod auger. tofit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: catspaw49 Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:18 PM Bert's playback to me above on the "fuckoff" thing reminds me of one of Lenny Bruce's stories. After one of his many arrests for obscenity, the case goes to court.
The prosecutor says, "Your honor, he said cocksucker!" After awhile it becomes obvious that they like saying the word. Most are to uptight to use it, but NOW its testimony so its OK and they love it! One of Lenny's funnier bits, but again, based in truth. We get some thrill out of the words, but most of us won't use them in "polite" society.....most of us....well, most of YOU anyway................... Spaw(:<)) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:28 PM If everybody uses the words in polite society, they will cease to be thrilling. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Trevor Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:39 PM I like 'scamper'. Somebody said it in the pub last night and it sounded really choochi. And I like choochi. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: fat B****rd Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:48 PM Shoshone, coniption and brgadocious |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Cobble Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:49 PM I love FUSTILARIAN and BESLUBBERING words I gleaned from ELizabethen Insults Site www.renfaire.com/language.html soooo sorry I must learn how the blue clicky thing works!!! Mrs.C. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: catspaw49 Date: 14 Dec 00 - 01:55 PM Here you go Mrs. C.............cool site. Spaw
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Bert Date: 14 Dec 00 - 02:05 PM I don't think this thread would be complete without a mention of Jake Thackray. He is a master of using words and phrases that are fun to say. Here's and example. Take the time to read it all the way through. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: annamill Date: 14 Dec 00 - 02:53 PM Scamper reminded me of a DJ who called himself Greaseman who had the greatest words for anything unmentionable on radio. Such as "The Damper Scamper". A friend and I (before Honey) called our little sailboat "The Damper Scamper". How cute! Love, annamill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to sayg From: GUEST,Mickey191 Date: 14 Dec 00 - 04:53 PM Irish town names I love-Skibereen,Clonakilty,Cahirciveen. Ever been to Tilly Foster, N.Y. If you say applicable with the accent on the 2nd syllable people (some people) giggle. I also like giggle. Bill D. Hoboken & Weehawken are towns in N.J. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Kim C Date: 14 Dec 00 - 05:56 PM Slobberknockin, as in a slobberknockin good time. Svetlana, which I have adopted as a nickname, as in Princess Svetlana of Antioch, Keeper of the Holy Giant Spoon. Punkin. Snickerdoodle. Hunnybunny. Puppydog. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Nancy King Date: 14 Dec 00 - 06:29 PM A bunch of my favorites have already been listed, but no one's mentioned "lugubrious"... --Nancy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: RWilhelm Date: 14 Dec 00 - 06:49 PM catamaran franchise BTW, William Safire wrote all of Spiros big words. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: The Shambles Date: 14 Dec 00 - 07:17 PM During my time in Shetland I remember seeing a sweet little girl called Alison at home, when see should have been at school. I asked her why she was home and she replied that mummy wouldn't let her go the school because she "had the soft soft skitter". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Snuffy Date: 14 Dec 00 - 07:41 PM I've never heard applicable said any other way? Do you stress it on the 1st 3rd 4th or 5th syllable? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Ella who is Sooze Date: 15 Dec 00 - 04:33 AM Tickety boo poppycock Tigglumpshous (a name I call my cat) Squeegee Perambulate Pernickety Culpable Columbus Conquistadors and so on! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: CarolC Date: 15 Dec 00 - 04:56 AM There used to be a guy (maybe still is), who was (is) connected with something in Washington DC (Smithsonian? Natl. Gallery?) whose name was (is) Michael Carmichael Car. I think that's my favorite name. (Try saying it over and over.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: P05139 Date: 15 Dec 00 - 05:02 AM I love some Russian words. Dostopreemelchatelnostee (sight seeing) is fun and I can really wind up my boyfriend by saying Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwryndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Did I spell it right??) Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Flloccinaucinilihiliphication (I think that's right) Well, I'm into Hippomonstrosesquipedalianism!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Bill in Alabama Date: 15 Dec 00 - 08:18 AM Carol C: Great name! When I first trained in dialectology, I had the honor to study with and work with a distinguished scholar whose name was Raven McDavid. I always thought that was a mellifluous moniker. Bill Foster |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Sarah Date: 15 Dec 00 - 10:28 AM Antidisestablishmentarianism Tucumcari Por favor, mas cervesas aqui por mis amigos! Guinness, please. odious (child) slug! oaf! dredge paragon fenderberg (found on your automobile after driving in snow)
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Kim C Date: 15 Dec 00 - 11:23 AM Gitchegumee. (dont know how to spell it) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: GUEST,Mickey191 Date: 15 Dec 00 - 11:53 AM Snuffy,1st syllable, according to my English teacher & American Heritage Dictionary. (Non Guest Mickey191) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: mousethief Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:00 PM Applicable only has 4 syllables. I pronounce it with the accent on the 2nd. uh-PLICK-uh-bull. Perhaps that's a regional thing? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Noreen Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:04 PM My dad used to say "Slubberdigullion"- is it really a place name in Ireland or was I gullible?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Noreen Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:05 PM ....which is another good one! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Airto Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:06 PM Sometimes it's a pleasure to be annoyed when you can vent your spleen (another nice expression) with a satisfactory exclamation. Ssshhhhhiite and onions! You little maggot! Jjjames's Street! Ya durty lookin eejit! Ya bloody mallet! Another I like when said in the style of American racecourse commentators is "They'rrre off an running..." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Ringer Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:45 PM Polyp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: Ringer Date: 15 Dec 00 - 12:52 PM I knew we'd been here before. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: bflat Date: 15 Dec 00 - 01:03 PM I like: slug; smarmy and will-o'-the-wisp. bflat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Words that are fun to say From: SINSULL Date: 15 Dec 00 - 01:21 PM OOMPHECTOMY! Gave my doctor a bareful glance and asked "You're taking out my oomph?" She didn't. |