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Favourite words

Hoobygroovy, 10 May, 2009 at 18:57 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 16
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Mine today is the Scottish word tapsalteerie, which means topsy turvy or ... uʍop ǝpısdn.

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Latest activity by Nun, 11 May, 2009 at 00:26
  • HeidiHole
    Beginner October 2003
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    This is very weird, I was just thinking that I would start a post about favourite words. Spooky!

    My favourite word of today is paddock, I like the way it sounds when I say it ?

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  • Blackkat
    Beginner July 2008
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    I love the french word 'pomplamousse' which means grapefruit.

    My reason is the same as yours HeidiHole (cool profile name btw), I just like the way it sounds!

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  • clair_de_lune
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    My favourite word is bungalow.

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  • Dove
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    I love the word 'antwacky'

    antwacky, Adj. Old fashioned. Possibly from antique(y). E.g."Oh no way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they're so antwacky." [Merseyside/West Lancashire use] ...

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  • ooh la la
    Beginner August 2013
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    I love the words tiptoe and pumpkin. They take me back to my childhood.

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  • Mrs Winkle
    Beginner May 2007
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    I have been watching The Inbetweeners, and I'm loving the word clunge. I am really 15. ?

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  • Sare
    Beginner September 2002
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    I caught the last episode of this the other day, and I wish 'd watched it from the beginning. I loved the scene where the pervy one had been dumped and he said it was because his *** was too big.

    I love the word knobjockey.

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  • Mrs Magic
    Beginner May 2007
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    I love the word bugger.

    As for Scottish words, I love driech (drap weather), wallied (drunk) and sook (suck)

    Ooh, how could I forget oxter? (armpit ?)

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  • Lumpy Golightly
    Expert February 2003
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    Miscellany and serendipity. Also the dialect words ockerd and cussid, which mean vaguely the same as 'awkward' and 'cursed'. My Grandad from Worcester used both of them.

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  • Quincy
    Beginner July 2007
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    Me too! I love TI. They are reshowing the first series from next week.

    I love the word frippary. Oh, and patisserie.

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  • Hoobygroovy
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    I like it. My family would similarly use the phrase "Auntie Beenie" (sp). "What do you think of this dress?" "Oh, I don't know, it's a wee bit Auntie Beenie". I assume it's another Scotticism. I've only ever known one other person down south who knew what it meant and her mum was Scottish.

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  • Allison Wonderland
    Beginner December 2006
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    Also love serendipity (the dipity bit in particular), but my favourite ever word is ubiquitous. I remember seeing it in the dictionary when I was about 10 and I've loved it ever since [geek icon] ?

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  • Lumpy Golightly
    Expert February 2003
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    My Dad worked for a company called Ubiquitous. I have to admit it's not a word I'd ever used until then, but it's a good 'un.

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  • Hecate
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    I like attercrop - Yorkshire dialect for spider

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  • ashke_again
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    Pluter is my word of the week.

    Means to potter, waste time

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  • sparkle_kez
    Beginner January 2012
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    My favourite word is pilchard, it makes me smile whenever i hear it

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  • Nun
    Beginner September 2006
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    I love laxidasical. Cuboidal is a lovely word, but you can't put it into conversation very well.

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