What's your favourite word?

Lounge
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Scrotum.

Although present in most mammals, the external scrotum is absent in streamlined marine mammals, such as whales and seals,

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I love Onomatopoeic

Partly because it’s the antithesis of Onomatopoeic, and also because of its wonderful use in the Kid Creole and the Coconuts hit “Annie, I’m not your Daddy”

:notes: Ono-mono-onomatopoeia
Ono-mono-onomatopoeia :notes:

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Another one I like is the medical term borborygmos…because saying the word kind sounds like what it is…kind of onomatopoeic itself!

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Rigmarole

  • An unnecessarily time consuming activity.

Yeah we all Onomatopoeicly love this one.

“ The Kentish maidens would often have the rigmarole of burndy massaging before teatime on a Tuesday”

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Shuttlecock

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Probably just as well. Evolution maybe dealt with it.

Millennia ago, Whales used to swim around with huge billowing ball bags, until the weakness was identified by predators and survival of the fittest kicked in, and those with the smallest targets flourished :cherries::dart:

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Kind.

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I rehearsed kid 1’s English words and this one was on the list. A Dutch school.

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It’s also a flavour of ice cream. :thinking:

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Kerfuffle

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Sounds quite “Trumpian” to me.

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Snollygosters - I was closer to home in my thinking

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I happen to like “Boobs”

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Sporadic.

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I’m tempted to say that this sounds like ‘bollocks’ to me!

Graham

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Probably best you don’t though - advisable not to be seen to questioning evolution…unless you’re especially bored? …I don’t think Richard Dawkins lacks people to talk to! :roll_eyes::joy:

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So do we all, old chap, but that’s because it’s hard-wired into us.

It’s not a bad word either.

Graham

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Is it permissible to mention one-eyed trouser snakes on this august Forum.

Graham

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Ach ja!

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I rather like ‘moist’ a harmless word that seems to make some people uncomfortable

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