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[devi]

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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[triskellian]

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 sesquipedality, of course, cos she's evil ;-) And I like paradoxical words, although my brain's currently refusing to provide a handy example.

[kensson.livejournal.com]

Monosyllabic.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

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.

[mooism.livejournal.com]

“Abbreviated”? But only five syllables.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

compendious?