What's the loveliest word you know?

[reyd reid reed]

Again...phonetically.

Me? I like 'scintillating'. I like the way it feels when I say it, I like the way it sounds when I hear it.

[Guava Jelly]

1. I have three

reyd reid reed
:loveya:

[reyd reid reed]

8. ...

:blush:

[querelle]

2. Love

It's so perfect in so many ways. Short, but it describes so much for a four letter word.

Q

[reyd reid reed]

7. You're right.

:thumbsup:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Open your eyes and go to your grave knowing it is *I* who killed you!!

Oh, wait, that's technically a phrase.

My favorite loveliest word is perhaps "elision". Maybe "chiaroscuro".

[querelle]

4. How About.............

Antidisetablishmentarianism.

Look it up. It's a real word.

Q

[reyd reid reed]

10. Heh...

My dad made me learn that one when I was in the fifth grade.

[Pierre.Suave]

53. you misspelled it

Antidisestablishmentarianism.

you forgot an "S"

[reyd reid reed]

5. Of the two

I like 'chiaroscuro' better. I like the way they both sound...and I have to confess to giving 'elision' a slight edge when it comes to the way it feels...but I have to go with 'chiaroscuro' because of the meaning.

And that first phrase is memorable...the memory wouldn't last long but it'd make a hell of an impression.

:P

[Lilith Velkor]

6. Fuck.

It's crisp, clean, and refreshing.

Fuck fuck fuck!

:)

[reyd reid reed]

11. It's also expressive

and invigorating and fun. And it lends itself so well to the compound form.

:P

One of my favorites.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Gossamer

I love that word.

[reyd reid reed]

13. That is pretty.

Sounds good, feels good, looks good. What more can you want?

:hi:

[Connonym]

12. hope n/t

[reyd reid reed]

14. Yup.

Without it, we're...well...hopeless.

I don't wanna be hopeless. What do you hope for?









Check your PM in a few minutes

[EFerrari]

15. Yes

:)

[reyd reid reed]

17. I'd never really thought about it...

but it has all the right qualities.

Especially if you're agreeing with me.

:P

[EFerrari]

28. I love sounds and have to do surgery on poems because

I often put words in for the sound when they don't belong there - Wish, axis, sometime, whisper -- and then the Editor has to axe those syllables.

But "yes" is very lovely. :)

[reyd reid reed]

31. Oooooh...that's another of my favorites:

'whisper'

I love it.

:)

[EFerrari]

38. "Whisper" makes you draw air in and then, force it out and with your mouth

It's not a word you can say with only your brain.

That's what poetry is -- mouth music. lol

[reyd reid reed]

39. I think I'm drawn to words that have a sibilant sound to them

scintillate...summer...whisper...all of them are lovely.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Serendipity!

:)

[reyd reid reed]

20. Oooooh...purty.

I could use a dose of it, too.

:hi::loveya::hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. How can I limit myself to just one?

Glossy...

Love...

Beloved...

Tender...



:hi:

[reyd reid reed]

22. Those are good words...

but which one makes you tingle when you write it or when you say it? Which one jumps out at you?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. That word is always.......

love...

Because it illuminates me......

[LostInAnomie]

19. Hump

As in, "I like to hump my girlfriend."

Ahhhh... the melody of it. It's like angels singing God's own tune. O8)

[reyd reid reed]

24. That's not the word that's getting you tingly

that's the girlfriend. Give me a word. One that makes you get all shivery.

:P

[LostInAnomie]

33. Grope

As in... Oh, nevermind! :evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

35. LOLOL!!!!

You're consistent. This is a good thing.

How long until you see her next?

[LostInAnomie]

40. Three LONG weeks

Until then, "hump" and "grope" can only be just words to me. :cry:

[reyd reid reed]

42. They'll pass in the blink of an eye.

Three weeks isn't much more than a quick breath. You'll see.

Hang in there.

:hug:

[achtung_circus]

21. Whimsy.

The sound and the concept.

[reyd reid reed]

26. One of the things I like about this one

is that it SOUNDS like the concept. They match so well.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

30. and whimsical...

I love whimsical art.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. bodhisattva.

"bodeesaaatva."

:)

[reyd reid reed]

27. Not only lovely

to listen to...but noble in concept.

Very nice choice.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[dolo amber]

25. I'm not sure you'd call it lovely,

but 'annihilate' is one of my very favorites.

I also like hobo. :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

29. Annihilate

has a certain sibilant ring to it, somehow. Remember, phonetics is the criteria. And it does sound nice and it's feels good to say.

:hi:

[Poiuyt]

58. I was going to say "ameliorate"

[reyd reid reed]

61. That's pretty

and has a much nicer meaning than annihilate. I like them both, though.

[Nicole]

32. Luscious

I love that one. :)

[reyd reid reed]

36. Another one that sounds so much like

what it means.

Excellent choice.

:)

[AshevilleGuy]

37. Right now it's SPRING!!!

I am shivering in my house tonight because I want to make my heating oil last until the big warmup next week. Enough is enough!

[reyd reid reed]

41. Won't be long now.

Just keep telling yourself that.

And grab a blanket and snuggle in.

Won't be long.

:hi:

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

47. ...

I've been hauling heating oil - 10 gallons at a time. I refuse (and cannot afford) 150 gallon minimum to deliver at $2.44/gallon. :wow:

How you thaw out soon.

[reyd reid reed]

48. See? You shoulda done the Pagosa Springs thing.

Natural gas. No hauling required.

:P

[lizziegrace]

49. Pagosa would have been a pellet stove

at the log home I found to rent. Furnace was only a backup.

:P

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

50. Well then, you'd have had to move closer, then.

That's still about a...four or five hour drive? Ain't exactly 'sugar-borrowing' distance.

[lizziegrace]

64. I will

:hug:

BTW, my favorite word is "Hi"

[reyd reid reed]

91. I'm rather fond of the word

'friend'

:hug::loveya::hug:

[AshevilleGuy]

89. That is how I have been doing it this year

Damn that stuff is nasty! I have it down to a science, though. I figure one or two more times, hopefully that will do it.

Good luck to you, too.

[Gatchaman]

43. Headlight!

I could explain this, but I'll leave it as an enigma. :)

[reyd reid reed]

45. Awwwww....

c'mon....

Purty please???

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. Oedi

I could kiss Call Me Heidi for that. :loveya:

[reyd reid reed]

46. But...

do you say 'Odie' like Garfield's nemesis, or 'Eddie' like Haskell? Or do you kinda purse your lips and say it?

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

51. Well, *I* say

"me."

:P

[lizziegrace]

52. ...

:rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

56. Oh, pffffffffffffth....

I swear...one day when you least expect it...

*THWACK!!!

[wildhorses]

54. i am not sure i can separate phonetics from connotation

just like i hate the sound of goodbye....i love the sound of hello

just listen to them...


good bye sounds so sad

and hello sounds ever so friendly

even with the start of it being hell:evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

57. Hello just has a softer, gentler sound

Goodbye is harsher...more gutteral.

:hi:

:hug:

[wildhorses]

63. trudat

i really do like the sound of 'ethereal'

'star' is nice

and the heavens above

i can go on...

words are fun:hi:

[reyd reid reed]

67. Words are lots of fun.

I love the way they just move together and apart, expressing ideas, emotions, images. It's like a dance and the endless combinations are fascinating.

:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

55. Mine isnt a word, but a phrase

it is:

"I love you"

especially when it is whispered by my very lovely GF...

[reyd reid reed]

59. Awwwwwwww

Warm fuzzy alert!!!

:loveya:

[Pierre.Suave]

72. I know

I am such a softy.

[otherlander]

60. lapis lazuli

or if that's two words then

evanescent

or

Svalbard

[reyd reid reed]

62. Oooooh...evanescent.

Lovely, lovely word.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

73. lapis lazuli

might be two words but it is ONE lovely blue stone:loveya:

[otherlander]

76. Svalbard is kind of like one big ice-colored stone.

:shrug: :)

[wildhorses]

79. yeah

too bad norway owns it

:hide:















:yoiks:

[gemdem]

65. Peace

and sigh.

Both short and to the point, but still linger upon the saying and the hearing.

:-)

[reyd reid reed]

66. They do.

Notice how many of people's favorites have a soft sound to them?

Damn, I love language.

*sigh*

[gemdem]

69. I love language, too

I guess that's why I was an English major -- many years ago.

[femmocrat]

68. cerulean

[reyd reid reed]

70. ...

Isn't that purty?

[sammythecat]

78. Yes it is.

A perfect picture of a beautiful word.

[Dude_CalmDown]

71. Fuck.

[reyd reid reed]

74. Still a good one.

Why do you like it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6274258&mesg_id=6274741

[qwertyMike]

75. Here's a few

Butterfly
Silk
Passion
Bosom
Lace

[reyd reid reed]

83. And y'know what...

you could use all of those in a single sentence.

:hi:

[sammythecat]

77. Luminous

It sounds like a gentle light.

[reyd reid reed]

85. It does, doesn't it?

The word is just as gentle as the light.

[Midlodemocrat]

80. Iridescence.

Such a beautiful word.

[reyd reid reed]

82. Oh, it is.

Another one of those words that just Fits.

[Glorfindel]

81. Shenandoah - a wonderful Native American word

they have so many that are beautiful in and of themselves, like Chattahoochee, Nantahala, Tuscarora, Tallahatchee, and Winnebago, but I think Shenandoah is the loveliest.

[reyd reid reed]

86. It kind of flows...

a lot of them do, but that one in particular is very fluid.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

84. Reidie Sweetie

voluptuous

:shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

87. Very nice word.

One that isn't used nearly enough these days --

I like it.

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

88. serendipity

[reyd reid reed]

90. It just sounds so...

right sometimes, doesn't it?

:hi:

[billyskank]

92. Affectionate

[Blue_Tires]

93. Chevrolet

obvious reasons...The Chevrolet brothers actually came over from Switzerland

[Random_Australian]

94. Keylate ligands. Phospholuminescence. Tetrakis.

[Random_Australian]

95. Soft kisses. *sigh* (Sounds dreamy - one day I'll get one) :)

[Random_Australian]

96. Country bumpkin. :)

[Random_Australian]

97. Australia. Quite a nice word, as is nice. :)

[Random_Australian]

98. Masseuse. Schizophrenia (purely for phonetics). Hiroshima for poignancy.

[Random_Australian]

99. Equinoxe. Albuquerque.

[Random_Australian]

101. Lyapunov.

[Random_Australian]

102. Strawberry.

[Random_Australian]

103. Optics. Resonance.

[Random_Australian]

104. Wow I'm still thinking about kisses. Anyway, anthropomorphism is a good word.

[Random_Australian]

105. So is differential.

[dEMOK]

100. Farfegnugen... n-t

[fizzgig]

106. cacophony

i don't know that this counts, but i love the way it sounds. to my ear, it is both boisterous and gentle.

if it's not an onomatopoeia, i really think it should be

[Control-Z]

107. Menagerie n/t

[RummyTheDummy]

108. Not one word, but several beautiful words

"Mr. ***** (my boss) was eaten by a pack of wild hyenas today."

That is one sentence I DREAM of hearing each and every day.

[Qanisqineq]

109. forgiveness

I don't know if I like the way it sounds because of what it means or not. I just feel very peaceful when I say that word.