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02-29-2008, 10:18 PM
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Favorite Word?
OK, so not actually a game. I couldn't figure out which topic to put it in. ^^
Anywho...I ♥ words, and I'm sure that if you're a writer, then you do, too. Soz--what are your fave words?
Right now, I particularly love:
-defenestration
-capoclaque (an Italian word)
-kvetch
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I have measured my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?
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02-29-2008, 10:24 PM
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Jin - A Chinese word referring to the accumulated force generated through full body motion.
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A humble wolf with dreams of being on a stamp, releasing an autobiography, having a film made showing his daily struggles, having a world wide fan club... - Code Red
"Doing? You're doing what ANY sane man in your appalling circumstances would do. You're going mad." - The Killing Joke.
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02-29-2008, 11:38 PM
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A couple of favourites are 'incandescent' and 'yoink'.
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All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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03-03-2008, 04:42 PM
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gossamer
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03-04-2008, 01:47 AM
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mmm
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03-04-2008, 12:53 PM
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transsubstantiation
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A humble wolf with dreams of being on a stamp, releasing an autobiography, having a film made showing his daily struggles, having a world wide fan club... - Code Red
"Doing? You're doing what ANY sane man in your appalling circumstances would do. You're going mad." - The Killing Joke.
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03-04-2008, 02:01 PM
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mm
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03-05-2008, 01:24 PM
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I like:
redundant
concise
idiotic
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03-05-2008, 03:18 PM
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Serendipity Convey Enchant Organza
These are my favorites today, who knows what they will be tomorrow.
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~Robin~
~Chimmy Has A Brand New Bag~
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03-07-2008, 06:55 PM
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidoschus
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Do not pity those who cannot understand you, but pity those who cannot understand themselves.
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03-08-2008, 11:02 PM
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Right now...Solitude
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~Robin~
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03-08-2008, 11:08 PM
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Gouda - because it's fun to say.
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A humble wolf with dreams of being on a stamp, releasing an autobiography, having a film made showing his daily struggles, having a world wide fan club... - Code Red
"Doing? You're doing what ANY sane man in your appalling circumstances would do. You're going mad." - The Killing Joke.
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03-08-2008, 11:15 PM
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defibrillator
maestro
belladonna
clearance sale
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"All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one."
Marquis de Sade
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03-09-2008, 07:28 AM
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gob-smacked (hyphenated words count!)
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All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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03-10-2008, 03:33 AM
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varmint or kumquat
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