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Favourite Words

AnnieH

So I have always loved reading and wondered if anyone had a favourite word or phrase?

I read a lot of historical fiction so my favourites tend to be of a bygone era. I love the word melancholic. I also love the word apothecary. I can't tell you why but I just love the sound of them in my head. If I say them out loud it doesn't sound the same though. Weird.

I love words that really capture the essence of their meaning so that you instantly get a strong image just from reading them. Words often get stuck in my head, which I suppose is a bit like mental echolalia (a new favourite of mine ha ha).

Would be interested to see if anyone else feels likewise.

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  • I love particular words for their sound too, and I have also experienced a word getting stuck in my head. 
    I have many favourites, although I can’t think of many right now. Words like entangling, lexicon, luminous, mythography, rhythm, shimmy, shingle, wild… My favourite French word is époustouflée, which is the feminine form of breathtaken.

    I also have aversions to particular words - the one I once got stuck in my head for hours one night was conglommerate

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  • I love particular words for their sound too, and I have also experienced a word getting stuck in my head. 
    I have many favourites, although I can’t think of many right now. Words like entangling, lexicon, luminous, mythography, rhythm, shimmy, shingle, wild… My favourite French word is époustouflée, which is the feminine form of breathtaken.

    I also have aversions to particular words - the one I once got stuck in my head for hours one night was conglommerate

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