Comment with one of each:

1. A word or words that sound(s) pretty
2. A word or words that you can never spell correctly the first time
3. A word or words that you think should be used more frequently in everyday discourse
4. Your favorite example(s) of onomatopoeia

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Comment with a word that sounds funny.

It doesn't have to mean anything funny, it just needs to sound funny.

A few of my favorites:

Wombat, lugubrious, node, Wasaka, and the one that always makes green_tea_lady giggle for absolutely no reason at all: carry-on luggage

Via the YDC word of the day (today's word is "libertine"):

"She is treading the thin line between a libertine and a trollop."

Excellent. Why don't I use the word "trollop" more?

This is why I love the yourdictionary.com word of the day function better than anyone else's:

Today's word is JARDINIERE. In the usage notes Dr. Language writes

Today's word is so fresh from French that most dictionaries insist that you ( Read more... )

Went to Comic Con. Bought stuff. Came home. Went to surprise party with work peeps. Came home again. Cleaned kitchen. Sighed with relief.

A larger entry about the con is (hopefully) on the way. In the meantime, I submit for no specific reason of any kind:

Three Words That I Have Recently Found To Be Cool

maudlin\Maud"lin\, a. [From Maudlin, a ( Read more... )