What is your favorite English word?
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shenanigans
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Most of these..
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but, more particularly, bo**ocks!
http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabb ... wocky.html
but, more particularly, bo**ocks!
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Perhaps
bookkeeper
3 double letters in a row!
bookkeeper
3 double letters in a row!
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One of my favourites, too.Kare wrote:serendipity
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Hey, never noticed that before. Cool!Samma wrote:Perhaps
bookkeeper
3 double letters in a row!
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Perambulate
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I quite like the word 'shellacking' in the sense of 'to be given a shellacking' (decisively defeated):
shel·lac also shel·lack (sh-lk)
n.
1. A purified lac in the form of thin yellow or orange flakes, often bleached white and widely used in varnishes, paints, inks, sealants, and formerly in phonograph records.
2. A thin varnish made by dissolving this substance in denatured alcohol, used to finish wood.
3. An old phonograph record containing this substance, typically played at 78 rpm.
tr.v.
1. shel·lacked also shel·lacked, shel·lack·ing also shel·lack·ing, shel·lacs also shel·lacks To coat or finish with shellac.
2. Slang
a. To strike repeatedly and severely; batter.
b. To defeat decisively.
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evanescent
It's a rather 'Buddhist' word too.
It's a rather 'Buddhist' word too.
"Delighting in existence, O monks, are gods and men; they are attached to existence, they revel in existence. When the Dhamma for the cessation of existence is being preached to them, their minds do not leap towards it, do not get pleased with it, do not get settled in it, do not find confidence in it. That is how, monks, some lag behind."
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Food. I dunno why.
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Nice. I quite like that one.
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