Words

[Obo]

What is your favourite word?

[Doodlebug]

maudlin, or maybe ambiguitym, no actually i quite like cantankerous

[Jack B]

Hey Ed - how's about posting some answers for what some of these words mean! I want to know what sphygmomanometer means!!!!

[Glad to help: it's a type of blood pressure measuring apparatus. So now you know! Source: http://www.gayatrihouse.com/sphygmomanometer3.htm ]

[Spanner81]

"Moist" another fine example of onomatopoeia.

[David H]

Mucus

[Malandro]

'Quaff' or everyones favorite 'plinth'

[Karmela]

Gash. So childish, and yet such a fantastic word. With so many different connotations as well ......

[emccourt]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. It's the name for the fear of long words. Seriously. And synesthesia.

[Malandro]

Plinth

[Jojo]

confiscate!! I've always loved the sound of that word.

[gemweeks]

Dennis Bergkamp

[Amelia]

bobbins

[davver]

'Forsooth', or, indeed, 'superb'

[Anyeeta]

Okay,,, Not for the meaning, but for how it sounds. My favourite word is manure. If you wanted the word to be accepted in polite company, you could say demure!

[monkeygirl]

flip-flop

[The Guru]

d-lysergic acid diethlymide

[winifred]

hedonistic

[lottie]

ping...go on say it with me...PiiNNgGG

[homer s]

THATCH,SPONDOOLICKS,CRIKEY and CHIMP are just a few ov my favourites,i could go on,try and use these beauties in general conversations,the daily use ov interesting words is essential in the persuit of laffs! TRY IT,WOTS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?