I was just looking at the below photograph by Robin Vincent and the word "apparition" came to mind. It got me thinking about how much I like that word. Aparition -A ghostly figure. Beautiful.
What about you? What words do you find beautiful, powerful, sad, ugly etc?
I agree, it sounds like a mix of pity and filthy which doesn't equate to "full of vigor, substance or meaning."
I think shibboleth is a hoot to say, and quite a useful term to boot.
I have no idea why, but reading this has caused this cool word to pop in my head : Palimpsest
Great word, one that I'm familiar with but never use. I'm going to attempt to add it to my lexicon.
I'm fond of the Finnish word "sisu". There isn't really one word that translates the concept to English. Often times people sum it up as "guts", but that misses part of the connotation. Best I've seen is "sisu" means (this taken from wikipedia) "Sisu is a Finnish term loosely translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity."
I've got to get this off my chest. My least favorite word in the english language is "debacle." Don't get me wrong--I WANT to use this word, its definition and connotation are great, but the pronunciation makes me sound like a damn chicken whenever I say de-BAWK-le. So I've decided to never use the word. Answering the original question, my favorite word is "salaam", it's very calming.
That's funny, do you mind me asking where you are from that your pronunciation makes you sound like a chicken? I agree that salaam is a peaceful sounding word, though I don't think I've ever used it.
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
I think b_b uses it as an adjective to describe landscape - as in a cunty marsh. I've also heard him use it describe delicious food, as served at the Mercury Bar. "Mmmm, those moist burgers are absolutely cunty." b_b can be a bit crude, but he is otherwise lovable if somewhat short.
It could. I like to drop "cunt" in conversation with people as I get to know them as a litmus test. Someone visibly flinched once, and it made me wonder why I liked to do it. Is it a power thing? Is it comedy? Is it just a good litmus test to make sure I'm around people as callous with certain words as I am? What do you think, b_b ?
Syzygy - A link to all of the different ways it has been used I'm personally used to the astronomical meaning, the alignment of 3 celestial bodies in a straight line. It is a fun word to say, and a killer word in hangman. I almost never get to use it though, as it doesn't really come up in conversation much.
I really like the German word "Schadenfreude", because it's interesting in many aspects. For one, it shows that we Germans really have a lot of words for almost everything and secondly, I think it reflects some part of the German culture for that word to even exist. And my American SO always reminds me how that is the "most German" word she knows :D
It's funny how when something enters your conscious it begins to appear. I was just reading this Souciant piece and there it was... schadenfreude.
What a word. We all experience it, whether or not we choose to admit it. It gave rise to the success of reality television.
It is true, but I find it kind of impossible to justify bitching about the repetition of something you weren't here to experience, in other words, yes it's repetitive, but you only know that because you went looking for it, not because you were able to actually notice the repetition because you were (under this username at least) an active user of this website at the original time. It's like me complaining about a repost even if I respond to the repost and would never have seen the repost otherwise. What's the point? The repost didn't damage you. In fact it brought new information to you - AND, you're contributing to it besides. If you don't like that the question has been asked before you have more constructive options: 1) Respond to the original thread 2) Don't comment and don't share I think it is more positive to think of reposted AskHubski questions as potential opportunities to update us on your previous answers, assuming of course that you were around at that time. You weren't even. This is a new opportunity for you to provide an answer, which by the way you did. So why are you bitching about it? No one is forcing you to answer this question, clearly you decided that you wanted to. Like, at no point am I debating the truthfulness of your statement. I am debating its validity when brought to the discussion by you.
I knew it! The animated gif gave it away. They're really obnoxious by the way. Also, you're absolutely right it was posted before and moreover it's not even the most interesting re-post, my apologies. I was looking at photography last night and was captured by how much an image can convey and then by how much a single word can convey... And bam, I made a post. -again sorry for the repost.
Im not a gamer so all of that is lost on me but I appreciate the cryptic nature.
Oh, you. Considering the crux of my comment was the fact that the username was only 9 days old and so therefore couldn't possibly have experienced the repost, then yes, it would have mattered. My opinions on reposts are mixed and that is abundantly clear from discussions I've had on the topic. My umbrage was derived from looking at an account that appeared to be jumping on a bandwagon in order to pander to a certain crowd by commenting on the nature of a repost that that account clearly could not have experienced. So yes. Assuming you are ando as well, yes it absolutely would have made a difference. There's behavior that looks like shilling for approval, and there's behavior that looks reasonable based on the context, aka in this scenario, the age of the account. I should've guessed from the damn animated GIFs. Like, if you want to be treated like a stranger, delete your old account and start a new one. But if you don't want to be, then don't. There are consequences for deleting your online personality and one of them is that we're all going to act like we don't know you any more until you blow your cover. You're going to get treated like a newb again.
I had a feeling there was something familiar about you! You didn't seem very newbyish. I can see there being advantages to having a new persona. I was briefly thinking of starting a new account under the name noodledish. (That was fun, first time I used the spoiler alert function.)
There are so many words like this in English. Sometimes I feel like the concept of crossword puzzles came first and then English began to develop in order to provide it with a context. Example: sough It kind of looks like a typo, but no, it means "the sound of wind rustling through the trees, or the sound of gentle surf" which is cool, but kind of overly specific to be used often.Least favourite/ugliest: cruft - something that would come along and ruin any good day.
interesting, I know that definition to be applied to susurrus as well ( a favourite word of mine), though wiktionary calls it a "whispering or rustling sound; a murmur" coming from the latin for "a humming or whispering"
For the majority of my life I've been a rhythm guitar player and STILL I often spell this word wrong. I don't care what my elementary ed teacher said, "y" is not a vowel. Happy New Year T!
Sonder - n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
verb: sonder, sondered, sondering adjective: sonder thenewgreen: Whatcha doin'? lil: Just sondering. tng: How come? What set it off? Was there a particular sonder experience? lil: I was listening to They Might Be Giants song, Ana Eng, -- it's full of sonderlines, but when I came to the chorus...
it spun me out into thinking of all the people in the world who might be perfect for me, that I have never met. Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say
If there was a me for you
Well, we might have a winner with this word given that wonderful definition. However, I'm having trouble finding it in any dictionary that would count in a game of scrabble...? Still, I'm happy to know this great word. The absence of sonder is something that largely differentiates online and offline communications. The more this is eradicated, the better. Hubski, sonder for the web.
Two words I've never used in a sentence. I don't think I've ever heard defenestrate used before. -thanks for its introduction. Do you actually use these ever in conversation? Their definitions aren't so obscure that they wouldn't be applicable, but people may not catch your meaning.
Great word, it reminds me of this guy You'll note he misspells it on his card. But Leprechauns aren't the best spellers...
My favorite words occupy more thought-space than I'm readily willing to admit. Sometimes I worry that the words mean more to me than the things I associate them with... But hey--I'm drunk as fuck and it's a fresh day of the new year! This is no time for dialectic crises! I say the word yikes a lot, that's an all-time classic. Just the way it feels, and the shape my face makes when I say it tells you everything about how I'm feeling. The 'y' at the beginning is fun, that 'yuh' sound is underrated. The hard 'k' at the end, it's just explosive and sounds nice and punchy. It's just an expression, it barely means anything. But the sound is just as important. Rambunctious. I never use this word, but often I'll catch myself saying it so much in my head that it loses all meaning. Truthfully, most of my favorite words are chosen not because of their meaning, but because of the way it sounds, the twists my tongue gets to make and the shapes my mouth is allowed to form.
Least favorite: moist. That's got to be one of the ugliest words. It connotes uncomfortably damp conditions, and if a girl says it, it's been to known to kill boners. Favorite? Gedankenexperiment comes to mind. I also think mellifluous is self-referentially apt. Apt is another good word.
I really don't get what everyone's problem is with "moist." Then again, I agree with ericblank that "cellar door" is overrated. It probably wouldn't be such if people didn't love quoting Tolkein so much. If he had just been able to keep his damn mouth shut... ;)
Words are arbitrary, but moist just doesn't hit me right. Not to get to raunchy, but it makes me think of an old lady getting turned on. And cellar door is Tolkien? I thought it was another author's favorite (a la Donnie Darko).
The internet tells me that while Tolkien lauded the phrase, he did not originate the complimentation. which I find interesting of course. Apparently many people like it. Sadly I've only seen Donnie Darko once and a long time ago, so I'm missing your reference.
Favourite Dutch word by far is gezelligheid. Untranslatable as well. One of those words that's just enjoyable to use, as it is always positive. And it's pronounced like choking on a piece of candy, what's not to like? As far as English words go, I quite like halcyon.