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Word Porn: Words that you enjoy saying/hearing.

  • 01-12-2015 08:43PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    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: 51,685 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, Paid Member Posts: 6,822 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Voluptuous is a good word. I like flump too.


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
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    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: 9,131 ✭✭✭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
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #9
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Mellifluous and of course cromulent


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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: 3,998 ✭✭✭Satriale


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


  • #14
    Gringo180
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    Balderdash.


  • #15
    KERSPLAT!
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    Moist.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sensual, it is a lovely word with a lovely sound


  • #17
    KERSPLAT!
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    abominable, awesome word.


  • #18
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,799 ✭✭✭✭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: 1,615 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Necronomincom!


  • #20
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭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: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Caribou!
    Gone!
    Bound!


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  • #22
    Mehaffey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,715 ✭✭✭Mehaffey1


    Soliloquy


  • #23
    Mountainsandh
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    Catastrophic
    unbelievable
    Maladjusted
    alienated
    Boom
    Blue
    Spikey !


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
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    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
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    suffering succotash


  • #27
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,537 ✭✭✭brevity


    Praetorian.
    Haberdashery.
    Delicatessen.


  • #28
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,799 ✭✭✭✭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
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    Moy

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


  • #30
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Boulangerie.

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


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  • #31
    LordSutch
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    voluptuous.


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