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There are so many words in the world. Have you ever come across THAT ONE weird, questionable word that was just so different it made you stop in your tracks? I know I have. Maybe it was the way the word looked, menacing. Or maybe you like the way it clinks against the roof of your tongue when you say it. Maybe it's the way it's spelled. So what's your favorite word? Or maybe you just want to share a peculiar word you came upon one day....
I myself like Rendezvous, because of the French-ness and the way it's spelled, which means meet at an agreed time and place.
I also like Vacuum, because not a lot of people know that it's spelled with two 'u's. Perhaps it's because the 'u's are sucking you in...
submitted by Madeline, age 13
(May 1, 2014 - 3:27 pm)
(May 1, 2014 - 3:27 pm)
I like the word synesthesia (syn-es-the-ja) and also the word boil. boil boil boil
Guarantee is also awesome. it is weirdly spelled just like me.
The word rhinestone just freaks me out and I have no idea why.
Why is a good word.
So are armadillo and cornucopia.
i am also in love with the word banana B-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a-n-a on and on and on!!!!
Whimsy is a freakin' awesome word too.
(November 28, 2014 - 6:01 pm)
You know, I also like the word waltz. And feather.
(November 30, 2014 - 1:04 pm)
Constantinople
Raliegh I could not get over how to pronounce it ra lee!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
(December 9, 2014 - 8:35 am)
You know, that word was on my spelling test when I was in third grade. Just imagine it--third graders trying to spell that word. At least after that I always new how to spell it!
(January 1, 2015 - 5:07 pm)
This is Latin but it sounds amazing! semper. It means forever. Isn't that cool?
Semper Fidelis is a march by the march king, John Philip Sousa, and motto of the US Marine Corps: Always faithful.
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(January 3, 2015 - 1:45 am)
I didn't know it was a song! That's cool! I knew it was the Marine Corps motto from singing their song, though. Thanks, Admins!
(January 4, 2015 - 2:02 am)
Ooh! I have a favorite Latin phrase. It's non iam, which means no longer. It seems kind of like you're resolving to do something, doesn't it? Like all those songs in musicals like Defying Gravity and Let It Go where you kind of say, I no longer care what people think, I'm just going to do what's right/be myself/stand up for myself/etc.
(February 14, 2015 - 1:51 pm)
Quincunx
Origin: LAtin
Definition: The shape where five dots are arranged to look like 4 in a square and one in the middle, like on a die.
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(January 4, 2015 - 7:17 am)
My favorite?
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
I just love it!!!
(January 5, 2015 - 10:44 pm)
Oddly enough, since it was in your post, 'peculiar' is one of mine. Also 'parsley', 'impeccable', and 'Aardvark'. Isn't Aardvark a weird word? 'Weird' is another one, by the way . . . .
(January 13, 2015 - 8:37 pm)
Salable
(January 21, 2015 - 9:25 pm)
I absolutely love the word whimsy. It sounds cozy and ridiculous and beautiful all at once, and makes me think of wings and feathers, funny little pottery-pieces, and paisley that's dark green and a warm purplish-maroon colour.
(January 29, 2015 - 11:11 pm)
This is just a word the author made up in a book a read but it is alethiometer.
(February 8, 2015 - 7:30 pm)
This word might sound strange, but I promise you it is really a word, My word is jack-tar (sailor). Whenever I say or see it written I think of Smee.
- Horse Spirit Girl
(February 8, 2015 - 8:03 pm)
I like the name Arachne from Greek mythology that inspired words such as arachnaphobia.
I also like advantageous, cultivate, khaki, monotonous, and spur for they way they sound.
Captcha's favorite word is xoww apparently.
(February 8, 2015 - 7:01 pm)