Thursday, January 9, 2014

favorite words (contest?)

Two of my favorite words -- words that require no context or definition to make me smile inside -- are "rapscallion" and "tallywacker." They are somehow impish ... silly and serious simultaneously... like finding one of "the good ones" in a box of chocolates.

I just like them and wonder if others have similar, not-quite-totally-useless inclinations.

4 comments:

  1. Mustn't forget the ozark feminine anatomical reference of twitchet. Reference my childhood and...

    http://books.google.com/books/about/Pissing_in_the_Snow_and_Other_Ozark_Folk.html?id=CGP0_AhD0J0C

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  2. "Pissing in the Snow" was always one of my faves.

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  3. My current favorite word is "lenticular." I get to use it more than you would think.

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  4. Good one, Rebecca. I had to look it up before I got swamped with a sense that it probably had something to do with the male reproductive tract. :)

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