tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post8094145278028497939..comments2023-10-10T09:39:33.688-07:00Comments on Writes in the City: Lovable wordsWendyCinNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-84242238578460625412009-04-28T07:32:00.000-07:002009-04-28T07:32:00.000-07:00"Twisty." There's something almost onomotopoetic ..."Twisty." There's something almost onomotopoetic about it.<br /><br />"Hoopla" has a nice early 20th century feel to it.<br /><br />I try to work these words into conversation whenever possible. I usually fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-62304512487492326782009-04-26T07:07:00.000-07:002009-04-26T07:07:00.000-07:00Love all yours except gesticulate. Particularly li...Love all yours except gesticulate. Particularly like to coin or make up crazy southernisms. "I'll kick your bahonkus if you don't stop acting like a titty baby." LOLAngie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-69878947699140140452009-04-25T14:14:00.000-07:002009-04-25T14:14:00.000-07:00Fop has been following me around and I don't reall...Fop has been following me around and I don't really know what it means. Hmm. LOVE discombobulate -- that's always on the top of my list.<br /><br />I've been using egads a lot lately, but I can't actually say it's a favorite, lol.<br /><br />Ha! WV: hatearrMelanie Hooyengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781235493983907234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-49047259744770446402009-04-24T14:54:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:54:00.000-07:00I love the word tart. The word is versatile
Def #...I love the word tart. The word is versatile<br /><br />Def #1<br />prostitute: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money <br /><br />Def #2<br />a small open pie with a fruit filling <br /><br />hmmm...a small open pie with fruit filling...auria corteshttp://www.auriacortes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-51604925458557278212009-04-24T11:24:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:24:00.000-07:00I like fecund (for some reason). I saw the word ma...I like fecund (for some reason). I saw the word mammarian once to describe a cluster of grapes. I'm not sure it's a real word, but I like it. Also aplomb, feckless and calumny.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376258782520198445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-47982079254949663842009-04-24T11:00:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:00:00.000-07:00I love Jamie Ford's title: The Hotel on the Corner...I love Jamie Ford's title: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I think it's fantastic! I wish I could think of titles like that.<br /><br />Defenestrate is a good one.<br /><br />Here's a couple more I DON'T like, and I ran across both of them today:<br /><br />cocksure<br />fecundWendyCinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-51751280253350089542009-04-24T08:34:00.000-07:002009-04-24T08:34:00.000-07:00Defenestrate, troglodyte,evanescent,and codswallop...Defenestrate, troglodyte,evanescent,and codswallop are all good. I also like balderdash when speaking because it sounds like it's going to be rude and then it isn't.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-70254250915918219892009-04-24T07:04:00.000-07:002009-04-24T07:04:00.000-07:00I agree with Janna - LOVE Bittersweet, even have a...I agree with Janna - LOVE Bittersweet, even have a song by that name. Let's see, how about "well-hung," (nice descriptive phrase) "grabbed" (I use that one a lot, not in context with "well hung" btw, more like: "They went to the kitchen and grabbed a few snacks." It's practically Shakespearean), "Ahem, excuse me," (I love interrupting people) and "quack" (not like a duck sound, but like "That guy? What a quack!"<br /><br />Word ver, and I swear I'm not kidding: disequak<br />(I think your computer is stalking my brain!)Debra Lynn Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238268767406623274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-92091544452036538562009-04-24T06:41:00.000-07:002009-04-24T06:41:00.000-07:00Bittersweet has become a favorite word of mine, be...<B>Bittersweet</B> has become a favorite word of mine, because it's just such an efficient adjective.Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.com