I'm a writer. Or at least I play one on the internet. A writer has many tools (the internet, the thesaurus, the dictionary, the copy/paste shortcut etc) but his main tool is words. I love words. I love playing with them or arranging them in humorous and pleasing ways. I love alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. I roll around in words, I can't seem to get enough of them. So I thought, I'd write a blog all about some of my favorites (see, I told you I could be on Sesame Street).
Words I Love --
rotund - big, round, fat, fun word
loquacious - talkative, the first "big word" I learned
meander - take "wander" and replace the "w" with a "me" I wander. That's nice.
quash - to dispel (as in rumors) or disperse (as in a rebellion) either way, majorly cool
rogue - defined as 1. a playfully mischievous person; scamp or 2. no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade. Hell, yeah
Words That Sound Dirty, but Aren't --
expectorate - alright so spit is a little dirty, but come on, I meant the other kind of dirty
quiver - one of the reasons I used it in the title of this blog
ream - as in a "ream of paper", duh
Words That Don't Sound Dirty, but Are --
intercourse - a word so non-threatening that the Amish named a town after it
relations - come on, it's other meaning is family members that's just wrong
pootnanny - I know this is slang, but I was about twenty years old before I realized this was THAT kind of slang. How can something that sounds so innocent, be so dirty?
Words That Make Me Giggle --
cringe - it sounds cowardly doesn't it
parabola - that's just far too many vowels
preamble - I just giggled when I typed it, I almost failed American History in elementary school because I laughed at this word
pootnanny - seriously, that's a funny word
Words That Make Me Vomit --
pus - how can three letters be so disgusting?
esophagus - there's something about all the guttural sounds in that one that just gets me
drainage - I've never talked about drainage when it was a pleasant thing
Why not let Mrs. Rogue in on the fun too?
Words Ella Hates --
salve - cream/gel that is rubbed on the skin to soothe/heal, this word literally makes Ella cringe lotion - sort of sensing a theme here, huh
moisture - now you people know why she married the guy that doesn't eat wet food
So, what are your favorite/least favorite words? What words do you try to find an excuse to use in a sentence, and what words do you avoid like the plague (oh that's a good word). Drop a comment below, and don't forget the freakin' kudos!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Arrows in My Quiver...
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2 comments:
I manage to stick vagina in my vocabulary an average of 15 times daily.
Solid is an excellent word.
As is moray, as in ... social moray.
There are NO "worty dirds" I dislike.
I should never be allowed back on the radio.
Kate you freaked me out at first, I forgot that read this stuff.
Vagina is always acceptable for conversation...unless the conversation is with small children and then that's weird.
Solid, is indeed a solid word.
Spelling issues aside (I'm thinking it's spelled more - with a little thing over the e) I love that word too.
I knew you were a potty mouth.
I don't agree, I've been checking out YOUR blog the past couple of days, and damn, you've got some things to say.
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