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  1. Mr Bee's Avatar
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    What's your favourite word and why?
    Title says it all.

    Especially short ones, need a little inspiration


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  2. siani-chan's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    It changes from week to week.

    At the moment, the word I find the most delightful is 'irk'.*

    The word 'delectable' is most pleasing.

    *Not just because I won scrabble with it.
  3. Miss O.C.D's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    My favourite word is 'bed' because it gives rise to my other two favourite words; 'sleep' and 'sex'

    because they are both primitive actions and you can never have enough
  4. Foo.mp3's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    Vigorous. My womenz will have an inkling as to why :sexface:
  5. La_Mignonne's Avatar
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    Discombobulate... Simply because it doesn't sound like a real word and I get to ask people "are you discombobulated?" and see their da*** faces


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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    (Original post by La_Mignonne)
    Discombobulate... Simply because it doesn't sound like a real word and I get to ask people "are you discombobulated?" and see their da*** faces

    Awww, i love doing that!
    My fave word for the week is "gosh", cos if you keep saying over and over and over again, the word loses all meaning
  7. hvcxxx's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    At the moment it is 'headquarters'. I think it's quite satisfying to say!
  8. Mr Bee's Avatar
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    So is Womble


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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    Willy :teehee:
  10. tehFrance's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    (Original post by Mr Bee)
    Title says it all.
    I don't have a favourite word but I generally say "merde" if something has gone wrong... basically every other thing I do
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    me.
  12. Mr Bee's Avatar
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    (Original post by tehFrance)
    I don't have a favourite word but I generally say "merde" if something has gone wrong... basically every other thing I do
    'Merde' is French for '****'.

    I like it!


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  13. ken2's Avatar
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    Yarak!!! Def #1
    As a swear or as a joke.
    No im not Turkish.

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  14. Roger Mexico's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    Laceration or apathy. They're both such beautiful words.
  15. xander93's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    spelunker

    Has various connotations, but funnily enough only means 'one who explores caves', otherwuse known as a 'potholer'
  16. MereBeing's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    Defenestrate, because why not?
  17. Nepene's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    Titmouse.

    Interestingly, it's not actually a mouse, or a pink object on the end of a breast.
  18. megvond18's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    I have a habit of saying everything is 'banging' its not exactly the most inventive but my friends have picked up on it! haha
    Last edited by megvond18; 02-07-2012 at 00:05.
  19. Inverse's Avatar
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    I use the word "troglodyte" far too often. XD

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  20. cl_steele's Avatar
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    Re: What's your favourite word and why?
    wouldnt say its my favourite but ive developed a nasty habit of clarifying everything i say with 'bare' at the moment
    failing that i do rather like blithering :rolleyes:
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