What is your favourite word?

Ailidh, I read somewhere that odd numbers are better liked than even numbers. I know what you mean about numbers. 4 and 8 are unpopular whereas 3 and 5 are popular. My son's house is number 33, and I think 33 is extraordinarily propitious.

I like the name Rita. I never hear it or see it written down without thinking of shining white satin.

Idiosyncrasies is my favourite word. Possibly because I have so many of them.

Aveline

Chang Kai Shek (Old Chinese politician) always strikes a chord with me. No idea why. I just like the sound of the words.

Chang Kai Shek is the name of about the only Chinese leader other than Mao s tung I can pronounce or remember. This is a coincidence DH and I were talking the other day about Taiwan and he asked me who made Formosa independent and without thinking I said, Chang Kai Shek. It rolls off your tongue.

Thanks, Foxy gloves for the link to the poem that taken me back 60 years,I loved it at school. I was supposed to be studying Geography but the teacher was good and taught us to try and remember the poem and we would know the volcanos in Mexico and South America.

Inexorable

BlueSapphire

Mine are actually French words! We did French poets at A level and one poem I remember had the words 'crepuscule' and 'terebinthe' describing an evening in the warm South of France. Can't remember whether the poet was Verlaine or Baudelaire, but, no matter, I have loved those words ever since!

"Just a song at crepuscule, when the lights are low" doesn't quite scan quite right, though 😂

Twilight - that's a nice word.

Coddiwompling - to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination

Another word I love is Prestidigitateur. I learnt it in 1st year French, back in 66/67 and I can still amuse myself saying it out loud with, to my ears, an appropriate accent. Saddo that I am 😂

I like twilight and melody. Dislike flacid.

Soporific - it reminds me of the Flopsy Bunnies.

Shallullabug.

When I was little I asked my father “where did I come from?”
My father replied
“Ah well, you came from the Shallullabug Islands”.

Cute 😂

Plumptious
Sapling
Honeysuckle
Toasty
Aquamarine

Bellasnana

Soporific - it reminds me of the Flopsy Bunnies.

Oh yes.

Lettuce is soporific 😴

Disingenuous.

Fuc*adoodledo
My lovely Mums favourite word when she was surprised with something lovely ❤️ (she rarely ever swore!)

Serendipity is mind too
Also Frazbonging - made up word for feeling very cold.

*mine not mind

Sago

Discombobulated.

Mine too!

2 words - Oh bugger!

Nothing sinister found - from hospital,doctor last week

Murmuration - sounds lovely and soothing.

Not keen on moist though

FERNITICKLE...Scots for a freckle. My Mum said is meant a fairy tickle.

Love ❤️

Peace