5 powerful words

[nuttycrunch]

I was thinking of assigning my students to decide what, to them, are the five most powerful words.  Of course, swearing is not allowed - and I'd like to stick with English.  So, your words?

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[defconqueso]

Oi!

I came across you via puffpastry and felt the urge to contribute here...

1) balderdash
2) appalled
3) accountable
4) unjust
5) condolence

[nuttycrunch]

Did you get these out of your head, or were they from the latest State of the Union Address? I love the word "appalled". It makes me feel British somehow.

[defconqueso]

They're from the head -- they just seemed the strongest to me at the time. To me most words don't really get their full strength until combined with other words -- kinda like the rings that summon Captain Planet, except in this case, like, Captain Sentence/Captain Sentence Fragment/Captain Phrase.

Except "Balderdash". That one stands on its own.

[blubberfatality]

1. never
2. always
3. love
4. hate
5. war

these were my first impression however, now that i think about it, some of the "ideas" behind the words are powerful, but maybe not the actual words.

[nuttycrunch]

Your glass is 3/5ths empty today, Blub....

[blubberfatality]

whats that supposed to mean? i'm a dumbass of some sort?

what about yours?

you didn't post any...

[blubberfatality]

the above post was not meant to sound defensive. but it did, sorry nutty!!!

love you!!!!