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Word Porn: Words that you enjoy saying/hearing.

  • 01-12-2015 7:43pm
    #1
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭


    I don't know about any of you mental cases but I really enjoy the sounds and 'textures' of some words. I find some of them very satisfying to the ear. They don't have to be big words really but, rather, just pleasant. Some words I like are onomatopoeia, nuance, idiosyncrasy, things of that ilk. 'Ilk' is another one. We have enough negative threads on phrases and words you despise so I'm interested to see what the flip side of this is.






    And yes, I know....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8


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Comments

  • #2
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Transposed


  • #3
    ger vallely
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    Bauble. I love baubles.


  • #4
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Voluptuous is a good word. I like flump too.


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Discombobulate


  • #6
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Clitoris. Just slips off the tongue


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  • #7
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Triskaidekaphobia. I've never had much opportunity to use it in a sentence but there used to be a horse with that name and I'd stick a few euros each way on it when I saw it was running. Can't remember now if it ever won


  • #8
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    The N word. That's right...
    Na
    gger


  • #9
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Mellifluous and of course cromulent


  • #10
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Triskaidekaphobia. I've never had much opportunity to use it in a sentence but there used to be a horse with that name and I'd stick a few euros each way on it when I saw it was running. Can't remember now if it ever won

    Fear of the number 13?


  • #11
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    methinks


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  • #12
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Hootnanny is fun to say out loud. And boob.


  • #13
    Satriale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭Satriale


    The one from the Fat shame article, "Fcuktrumpet". I'm going to use that for the rest of the week.


  • #14
    Gringo180
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Balderdash.


  • #15
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Moist.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sensual, it is a lovely word with a lovely sound


  • #17
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    abominable, awesome word.


  • #18
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,862 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Fear of the number 13?

    As an afficianado of the art of cruciverbalism I always think of this clue when I see the word Number.

    A number of people in the theatre (12).
    Anaesthetist.


  • #19
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Necronomincom!


  • #20
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Hooley! As in lets go on a hooley! or lets go on a session.

    Makes the whole thing sound a bit more exciting :D


  • #21
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Caribou!
    Gone!
    Bound!


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  • #22
    Mehaffey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Mehaffey1


    Soliloquy


  • #23
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Catastrophic
    unbelievable
    Maladjusted
    alienated
    Boom
    Blue
    Spikey !


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Amadan, eejit


  • #25
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Triskaidekaphobia. I've never had much opportunity to use it in a sentence but there used to be a horse with that name and I'd stick a few euros each way on it when I saw it was running. Can't remember now if it ever won
    It won once one friday night at Wolverhampton afaik, I used to back it myself


  • #26
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    suffering succotash


  • #27
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭brevity


    Praetorian.
    Haberdashery.
    Delicatessen.


  • #28
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,862 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    Catastrophic
    unbelievable
    Maladjusted
    alienated
    Boom
    Blue
    Spikey !

    I'm familiar with the word Spiky, and the word Pikey. But Spikey?? Is it a portmanteau word?


  • #29
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Moy

    'There's an awful smell of moy in here'


  • #30
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,803 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Boulangerie.

    I can nearly smell warm bread when I hear that word.


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  • #31
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    voluptuous.


  • #32
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    Ignominious.


  • #33
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    mariaalice wrote: »
    Sensual, it is a lovely word with a lovely sound

    Indubitably.


  • #34
    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    Flange.


  • #35
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,902 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Lethargic.


  • #36
    D9Male
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭D9Male


    Gash


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  • #37
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,731 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    epexegetically
    paraprosdoksian


  • #38
    martyos121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,532 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Silk
    Dearth
    Baltic
    Baize
    Clandestine


  • #39
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Ecumenical.


  • #40
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Something that doesn't work around here .....

    Physiognomy


  • #41
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    axiomatic


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  • #42
    Ezra Wibberley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Ezra Wibberley


    Extrusion

    Percolate

    Expedite

    Expunge

    Zest


  • #43
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    brevity wrote: »
    Praetorian.
    Haberdashery.
    Delicatessen.

    Yeah haberdashery is a great word
    Also liked Brendan Gleesons character Bunnys famous word in " I went down"

    "Explaf##kination"


  • #44
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Plinth said slowly with an emphasis on the th.


  • #45
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Shenanigans


  • #46
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    D9Male wrote: »
    Gash
    Giz a go on yer gash


  • #47
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    I'm familiar with the word Spiky, and the word Pikey. But Spikey?? Is it a portmanteau word?

    No, it's simply misspelled I'm afraid. I'm French and I improvise sometimes :)


  • #48
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Anthropomorphic

    Very rarely get a chance to use it but it is a beautiful word


  • #49
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Diddies
    Ascertain
    C*nt
    Tayto
    Yisser


  • #50
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,006 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Gee.


  • #51
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Gee.

    Whizz. -:)


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