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| Mihai17 | Wednesday 16th of November 2005 04:23:57 AM |
| Your favorite Word - Lately, I've been quite interested in cool english words. I'm sure everybody has a favorite word, which sounds extremely cool or you simply like it. I think it would be cool to see interesting words. I'll start. ;) Celerity ~Mihai | |
| Amadeus | Wednesday 16th of November 2005 04:44:55 AM |
| - Oblivion Woah I don't even know what Celerity is! Eheu! 16 years of English got me nowhere... | |
| Terra | Wednesday 16th of November 2005 06:25:20 AM |
| Celerity? - wow......I had no clue what that word was. I had to look that up in the dictionary (by the way english is my native, and only language i really know) did you perhaps mean Celebrity, and where did you hear that word. | |
| Mihai17 | Wednesday 16th of November 2005 01:20:00 PM |
| - Oooh, sorry. I guess I should've mentioned what it also means. Well, I have MacMillan dictionary, that is pretty useful. In truth, I heard this word in some computer game (Disciples) and I was simply fascinated by it. Umm... let's see. MacMillan says:"literary great speed" Heh, so yeah, that's kinda what it is. But it sounds really cool. And oblivion? Cool word. Heard of it quite some times but...Never knew what it truly is. Oh, and Amadeus, neither did my english teacher know what celerity was. There is also a synonim of it called "Alacrity" but which is slight different. It is mostly used in expression "with alacrity" and it means "quickly and with enthusiasm". Hail to you MacMillan! :D ~Mihai | |
| Ania | Saturday 19th of November 2005 04:54:18 AM |
| - one of my favourite Enhlish words is [b]a jigsaw [/b] :D When I remind some ones, I'll type them here obviously! :) ciao | |
| joziboy | Sunday 20th of November 2005 05:34:49 AM |
| - [b]juxtapositioning[/b] is definitely way up there, along with [b]inimitable[/b] and [b]glorious[/b]! :) | |
| Ciraric | Sunday 20th of November 2005 06:11:16 PM |
| - Tad | |
| missbrianne | Monday 21st of November 2005 09:28:06 AM |
| - onomatopoeia | |
| karenlee | Monday 21st of November 2005 10:12:23 AM |
| - evanescence | |
| joziboy | Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 06:09:08 PM |
| - Hell yeah, cool word Karenlee :) Although I can never tell the difference between [b]evanescence[/b] and [b]effervecence[/b]! :D | |
| cesar | Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 08:43:32 PM |
| - Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious! | |
| joziboy | Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 08:48:33 PM |
| - ...'even though the sound of it is really quite atrocious...' ;) Nice! | |
| cesar | Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 08:55:04 PM |
| - That's the trick, bro!! Hehehe! :D | |
| aesteria | Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 10:53:06 PM |
| - Maelstrom | |
| SilentRick015 | Wednesday 23rd of November 2005 07:36:24 AM |
| - pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis Not QUITE sure if I spelled that right, but I believe it is a big word for "ash". | |
| Rion | Wednesday 23rd of November 2005 08:05:16 AM |
| - It's a disease affecting your lungs that involves ash. I like [b]indeed[/b], [b]smidgeon[/b], [b]crackers[/b], [b]cheshire[/b], [b]widget[/b], [b]owl[/b], [b]defenestration[/b] (the act of being thrown out a window ;)), [b]gloriumptious[/b], [b]spiffing[/b] and [b]grandiose[/b] :p | |
| Mihai17 | Wednesday 23rd of November 2005 10:01:15 PM |
| - Ok, some new words from me: Awe, Scourge, Serendipity ~Mihai | |
| karenlee | Thursday 24th of November 2005 02:50:40 PM |
| - Hi, Joziboy, do you actually mean " effervescence"? if it's, i think it means to emit bubbles of gas. And " evanescence " means to disappear like vapor, i think. This is actually an american band, that's how i know the word:) | |
| Mihai17 | Thursday 24th of November 2005 09:50:12 PM |
| - Of course I know Evanescence. It was one of my favorite bands. I kept listening to their album for over 2 years without getting bored (of course, not day by day, but still...). Whisper was an awsome album indeed! ~Mihai | |
| sisc_al | Saturday 26th of November 2005 05:07:56 AM |
| - Can i have a favorite phrase?? Well my phrase of the week is......Woah the Pony!! Neway my fav words.... damn i don't know how to spell it, and i can't find it in the dictinary, you know the opposite of insomnia. 1) Narcolesy(sp??) 2) Mirror I just love the way they sound. 3) Film (because i think its so funny that we all obviously pronounce it wrong! The Irish anyway say 'filum'. Does 'Romanticide' count because i think Nightwish made it up??? Either way i love the word! Theres probably loads more, i just can't think of them. | |
| leobloom | Saturday 26th of November 2005 09:04:05 PM |
| - Mine is [b] appetizer[/b] | |
| ladysmyrna | Saturday 26th of November 2005 09:27:53 PM |
| - And mine is "deceit." Sounds really good!!! I mean nice :D | |
| NateD | Saturday 26th of November 2005 09:45:29 PM |
| - I like the word [b]cellar[/b]. It's alternatingly soft then hard; the gradation is very nice, and very English. The atmosphere of it doesn't hurt, either. A cellar is a basement, but it has a different sense to it...it's sometimes an underground shelter. Or, a wine cellar. It has more of an "old" feeling to it. I also like the word [b]disease[/b] for its separable parts: "dis ease" (there are other similar words in English: disorder, distemper, distrain (which is close to 'distress'). | |
| Ana_Drobot | Sunday 27th of November 2005 06:16:26 PM |
| - My favourite English word is RAINBOW. | |
| Osman | Sunday 27th of November 2005 06:23:55 PM |
| - [b]my immortal[/b] is mine... my immortal... these wounds won't seem to heal.. This pain is just too real... There's just too much the time can not erase... by Evanescence | |
| Mery | Sunday 27th of November 2005 06:29:22 PM |
| - I like the word [b]piggy bank[/b] :D | |
| NateD | Monday 28th of November 2005 02:30:01 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by Mery[/i] I like the word [b]piggy bank[/b] :D [/quote] ha! Me too! They sell a lot of pink pig-shaped money holders here... We have something else that's funny, called "white elephant" gifts. They're just really silly gifts, given at casual parties (usually around Christmas). Sometimes people give little white elephants...in goes in stages, though...eventually enough white elephants are given that nobody thinks you're clever anymore if you give one, and they make fun of you. :D | |
| Mery | Monday 28th of November 2005 02:47:32 AM |
| - I first heard the word piggy bank when I was watching Malcolm in the Middle and I immediately liked it :D I had loads of piggy banks when I was younger, but no white elephants. I didn't know what they were before you told us. | |
| Cliven | Tuesday 29th of November 2005 01:53:55 AM |
| - flibbertigibbert has to be the best :) (pronounced "flib-er-tee-jib-ert") | |
| frogg018 | Friday 23rd of December 2005 10:19:38 AM |
| - mine is riddance - it is used in the phrase, good riddance, which you say when someone leaves/goes and you are really glad that they are leaving | |
| DavidLiu | Friday 23rd of December 2005 10:32:23 AM |
| - great I like the word great most. everythings which you like, you can say "that's great", it's always very good. | |
| Shila | Friday 30th of December 2005 11:19:13 PM |
| - mine is always.... [b]whatever[/b].... most of my replies would be... whatever... :D | |
| Daan | Saturday 31st of December 2005 05:21:18 AM |
| - heh some of my favourites omnipresent / ubiquitous phrontistery homologate sagacious bedraggle (don't ask) welkin amphibology yeah, my English teacher somewhat likes Victorian literature... | |
| Amadeus | Monday 02nd of January 2006 11:14:40 AM |
| - oblivion or Blubber | |
| alowyn | Monday 02nd of January 2006 07:09:34 PM |
| - beyond any doubt: euphonious/mellifluous (adj. - pleasant sound) auspicious - (adj. - promising) halcyon - (n. - mythic bird/ adj. - peaceful (times)) bliss - (n. - happiness) serenity - (n. - peacefulness) | |
| EvanescenceChibi | Wednesday 04th of January 2006 07:32:10 AM |
| - My favorite words: quixotic, betwixt, inexplicable I do have a thing for the 'x' sound in English :-D | |
| Shila | Wednesday 04th of January 2006 10:14:51 AM |
| - another fav invisible, unbreakable, untouchable :D | |
| Peter_fra_Oz | Wednesday 04th of January 2006 11:27:23 PM |
| - Of all the words in English nor of all the searching and research I could perform, no word would ever hold as much meaning as: [b]Hello[/b] Peter | |
| Jing | Thursday 05th of January 2006 07:25:44 PM |
| - Well, I live in England and speak English everyday - and i'd never heard of Celerity (Swiftness). You're right Efferevsance means to give off bubbles of gas - like fizzy drinks, and Evanescence means quickly fading...like the band! My favourite English words are, Accentuates - to emphasize something. Besmirch - to soil, or make something dirty, Embossom - a fancy word for hug. i.e - i want to embossom you. Flail - to thrash about - i.e swinging your arms about - arms flailing, (such as what you do when dancing to funky music). Plumbism - chronic lead poioning. Anyway, i know very little words in the languages i am learning, but my favourite words in other languages are, German, Erdrucken - to crush to death, and Erwecken - to rise from the dead, also - Krakenwagen - Ambulance, and Hummer - Lobster. and in Urdu, Saamp - Snake and Haati - Elephant. p.s. - welcome to the forums for me. Ed. | |
| swampy61 | Thursday 05th of January 2006 08:31:23 PM |
| Favourite word - My favourite word in any language is beer Bier bière cerveza birra пиво (piva) | |
