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devi ([personal profile] devi) wrote2006-02-14 03:30 pm

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ARGH AM INCAPABLE OF DOING ANY WORK WHATSOEVER.

I need help to get enthused about words. What's your current favourite word and why do you like it?
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[personal profile] triskellian 2006-02-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
My favourite word is autodefenestrate, just because OMG, there's a word for that?! And because it reminds me of an amusing childhood incident when my brother spent quite some time hurling himself out of my groud-floor bedroom window and then coming straight back in through the front door to do it all over again :-)

I'm rather fond of sesquipedalian, too. (Not of [livejournal.com profile] sesquipedality, of course, cos she's evil ;-) And I like paradoxical words, although my brain's currently refusing to provide a handy example.

[identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com 2006-02-14 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one, yeah!

But I was trying to think of paradoxical words, too, and failing. I have a feeling there's another one that means 'brief' or 'concise' which is actually very long, but I can't put my finger on it.

[identity profile] mooism.livejournal.com 2006-02-14 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
“Abbreviated”? But only five syllables.

[identity profile] mollydot.livejournal.com 2006-02-14 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
compendious?