# Love words?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 3, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504 "2004-01-03T19:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/41 "2004-01-05T06:08:08Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Algorithm \*  
> \*\*What about **Locution**? \*\*

That too. 😛

Also:  
Ballast  
Coriander  
Popliteal  
Illustrious  
Leviathan  
Contretemps  
Hubris  
Nascent

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**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/42 "2004-01-05T07:11:53Z")

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Floccinaucinihilipilification.

And I spelled that right on the first try, except for an extra u. 🙂

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**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/43 "2004-01-05T17:24:11Z")

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**Preposterous** is my all-time favourite.

Close runners-up are:

bulbous bouffant  
blubber  
macadamia

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**Author:** ![Stover9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stover9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stover9)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/44 "2004-01-05T17:39:39Z")

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Fromp

Gelatenous (sp?) - from Strong-Bad

Excretion

Gubernatorial

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/45 "2004-01-06T06:24:07Z")

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Boustrophedonic

(I used to get paid to say it. Can anybody else make that claim? 🙂 )  
tor  
crag  
grackle  
thrombosis  
rhinocentric  
ecumenical  
paleontology  
othogonal  
rhomboid  
nil

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/46 "2004-01-06T06:41:58Z")

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moist  
antidisestablishmentarianism  
adequate  
delicate  
void  
elegant  
petite  
trounce  
git  
incessant  
continuity  
Athena  
debunk  
refute  
obliterate  
eradicate  
flux  
damsel

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**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/47 "2004-01-06T07:14:56Z")

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I’m a writing major. I love words.

ridiculous  
carnivorous  
voracious  
blatantly  
waffle

And welfy. :^)

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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/48 "2004-01-06T07:23:20Z")

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ephemeral  
soporific  
fastidious  
sardonic  
ethereal  
disembowel  
nonchalant  
martial  
voracious

metrosexual (j/k)

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/49 "2004-01-06T12:26:27Z")

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baldric  
steatopygous  
minge  
crepuscular  
deodand  
andiron  
baculum  
mundungus  
velocipede  
widdershins

[quote]  
[Ballast  
Coriander  
Popliteal  
Illustrious  
Leviathan  
Contretemps  
Hubris  
Nascent/quote] I think these were all British aircraft carriers in WW2…

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**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/50 "2004-01-06T14:04:15Z")

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Fluctuant  
Bougienage

and

(you can feel it coming, folks)  
Plethora.

Is plethora the sexiest word of all time, or what?

I love words… my travel scrabble set lives under my pillow.

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/51 "2004-01-06T14:12:33Z")

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fusion  
nautical  
luxury  
pristine  
ion  
ocean

These words make me happy 😉

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**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-words/222504/52 "2004-01-06T15:36:56Z")

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_giggle_ BOINK! (think big rubber hammer) 😃

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