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Nice words

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I think I'll have (a) conniption too, though it sounds more pleasant than its meaning.


  • #33
    Amari Gifted Signboard
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Amari Gifted Signboard


    neil_hosey wrote: »
    acquiesce is a nice word..

    also banoffee

    omg I'd love some banoffee


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Banoffee with coffee for it's alliterative quality.


  • #35
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Cashmere.


  • #36
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    bumblebee

    surely the nicest word in the dictionary


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  • #37
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Popty Ping.

    That's Welsh for microwave.


  • #38
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,251 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Francisco! That's fun to say! Francisco... Frannncisco... Franciscooo...


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Splendiferous is a gorgeous word.

    What a splendiferous day.


  • #40
    Aphex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Aphex


    Wubble-U

    British electronic dance group from the 90's


  • #41
    thomasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭thomasm


    Cellar Door...apparently is one of the top words in 'phonoaesthetics' to hear

    In phonaesthetics, the English compound noun cellar door (especially in its British pronunciation of UK /sɛləˈdɔː/) has been cited variously as an example of a word or phrase which is beautiful purely in terms of its sound, without regard for semantics (i.e., meaning).[1] It has been variously presented either as merely one beautiful instance of many, or as the most beautiful in the English language; as the author's personal choice, that of an eminent scholar's, or of a foreigner who does not speak the language.[1][2] The original instance of this observation has not been discovered, although it was made as early as 1903.


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  • #42
    somefeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭somefeen


    Cromulent


  • #43
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Aphex wrote: »
    Wubble-U

    British electronic dance group from the 90's

    Sometimes it's hard to get good grass


  • #44
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    I like onomatopoeic words.

    Plunge.
    Gallop.
    Splash.
    Hiccup.
    Buzz.
    Splat.


  • #45
    Aphex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Aphex


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Sometimes it's hard to get good grass

    "It's difficult these days" :p


  • #46
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Brassicas is a very under-used ,yet pleasant sounding word.


  • #47
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    I like pulchritudinous. It sounds nice and it means of great beauty or appeal.


  • #48
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Popty Ping.

    That's Welsh for microwave.

    The Welsh have some great stuff. I like "Heddlu"! :D


  • #49
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,366 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Malarkey
    Prestidigitation
    Brouhaha
    Aardvark


  • #50
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    LenaClaire wrote: »
    I like pulchritudinous. It sounds nice and it means of great beauty or appeal.

    I've always thought it sounded sharp and forbidding.


  • #51
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Sams63 wrote: »
    Proffer.

    To offer in a polite manner.

    Gee, I never knew what that meant. Now I can proffer confectionery to somebody.

    You discombobulate me!


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  • #52
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    Basorexia has a nice ring to it. The overwhelming desire to kiss.

    Also, kintsukuroi. The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver laquer, and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.

    And throb. Throb is a great word. Throb...


  • #53
    olly_mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭olly_mac


    I do like to hear the the word "sorry" now and then, and I am not afraid to use it either.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Charles Rocher wrote: »
    I like onomatopoeic words.

    Plunge. Clunge.
    Gallop.
    Splash. Gash.
    Hiccup.
    Buzz.
    Splat. Twat.

    Not really onomatopoeic anymore but whatever...


  • #55
    RoboRat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    velvety
    Cashmere
    Floral
    Demesne
    Glamorous
    Evocative
    Indulgent
    Lithe
    Nemesis


  • #56
    calanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭calanus


    resplendent


  • #57
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    unorthodox


  • #58
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,711 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Gewgew (pr geegaw)

    gallivanting


  • #59
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    longshanks wrote: »
    Basorexia has a nice ring to it. The overwhelming desire to kiss.

    :)

    I think that desire should have its own word, but the word should have a few 'm' or 'ch' sounds in it. Mix of Latin and Greek as it is, so someone made it up deliberately at some stage.

    As it happens, this morning I was listening to this:

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


    x


  • #60
    mrsbyrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭mrsbyrne


    My utterly adorable Spanish sister in law was here at the weekend and she love the word comprehensive.


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  • #61
    clairek6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭clairek6


    Serendipity


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