I love this word - what word do you oddly love?

wordshaker · Jan 31, 2018, 12:03 AM

Palimpsest

I love what it is and I just love the sound of the word its self.

definition - a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

I love this word - what word do you oddly love?

I love this word - what word do you oddly love?

it'sgrowtime · Jan 31, 2018, 12:22 AM

Colloquialism. In fourth grade, I found it in the list of spelling bee words. I loved to spell it then, and I still like to spell it in my head every blue moon.

Jan 31, 2018, 01:12 AM

Nonchalantly

The first time I heard this word, I couldn’t stop laughing. A friend of mine said I had nonchalantly walked away (I don’t remember exactly what I had done—obv as if nothing had happened).

Crazy Hitch · Jan 31, 2018, 01:27 AM

Hmmmm. At first I mistook the title and I thought you were asking "What do you oddly love."

In which case my response was the smell of petrol lol.

I love the word ostentatious and I have no idea why but yes. Great word!

LadyShadow · Jan 31, 2018, 01:34 AM

Serendipitous

Because not only I love the movie called Serendipity, but I just love how it rolls off the tongue.

Also it means fate or destiny, which I am a BIG believer in!

Loose Screw x 2 · Jan 31, 2018, 09:20 AM

You just had to ask, didn't you? Well, you said oddly though so,...hmmm... I don't know. It's too early in the morning for me. I can't get my head together. Sorry.

Jan 31, 2018, 09:49 AM

Loquacious. That's me in a nut shell. Lol

Michael2Wolves · Jan 31, 2018, 10:41 AM

Eldritch. There's a fun archaicism we need to bring back.

unaluna · Jan 31, 2018, 11:02 AM

Dilettante. First came across it in a Hemingway novel. I think the line was Jake is a dilettante. I wanted to be one ever after!

Unhinged88 · Jan 31, 2018, 11:21 AM

Macabre.

MuseumGhost · Jan 31, 2018, 11:22 AM

Ingenue.

in·gé·nue
ˌanjəˈno͞o,ˈänjəˌno͞o/noun
An artless, innocent, or unsophisticated young woman, especially in a play or film.

Friends (this was a while ago!) suggested I should play the part of the ingenue when we were all sitting around deciding on a movie we'd love to star in.

Too funny.

But it's a great word, as are so many words that have come down through the French language.

Jan 31, 2018, 01:37 PM

mine is
Decimate

it's not used much either, so makes it extra special

and...

status

Michael2Wolves · 04:32 AM

Most people don't know the history behind that word, but Julius Caesar was forced to decimate his troops after they disobeyed him and lost a bridge.

Possible trigger:

The troops were lined up, and with tears rolling down his face, Caesar ordered them to count off by ones, and every tenth man was to step forward. Those men who stepped forward were executed for insubordination.

This was because they hadn't just disobeyed, they'd cost dozens of lives needlessly. Caesar's orders were to hold the bridge, not advance. They instead chose to advance, and ended up losing the bridge entirely.

That is what it means to decimate--reduce by 10%.

unaluna · Jan 31, 2018, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael2Wolves

Most people don't know the history behind the word...

That is what it means to decimate--reduce by 10%.

I didnt know the history, but i knew people often used it incorrectly, like as a synonym for obliterate.

unaluna · Jan 31, 2018, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuseumGhost

Ingenue..

But it's a great word, as are so many words that have come down through the French language.

There was a magazine in the 1960s by this name, like a teen vogue. It had the pronunciation right under the name on the cover!

Loose Screw x 2 · Jan 31, 2018, 04:25 PM

I've got it! Just needed a nap is all! It's liquorice! I love the sound of it.
Kind of sounds like something to do with licking and another favorite word in my vocabulary of kink.