words that are fun to say

Page 2 of 6 [ 81 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Brainfre3ze_93
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 5 Jun 2010
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 16,912
Location: Not here

13 Jun 2010, 8:51 am

Palindrome

Freak_Contagion
Velociraptor

Joined: 16 May 2010
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 418
Location: Texas

13 Jun 2010, 9:51 am

@DarrylZero: I <3 that video. Thank you for showing it to me. xD

I also like "canticle".

_________________
Semi-colons are awesome; you are awesome if you use them.

I enjoy random PMs. ^.^

Element333
Raven
Raven

Joined: 3 Mar 2010
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Posts: 116

13 Jun 2010, 11:33 pm

Pulchritudinous
Sepulchre
Medulla Oblongata
Onomatopoeia
Prestidigitation

ColdBlooded
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 Jun 2009
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,136
Location: New Bern, North Carolina

13 Jun 2010, 11:44 pm

Vanilla_Slice wrote:

Vroomfondle and Slartibartfast.

42

Vanilla_Slice

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" is pretty fun too.

Oh... and "Worcestershire Sauce."

Rocky
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 May 2008
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,074
Location: Uhhh...Not Remulak

14 Jun 2010, 2:19 am

Any Spanish word which includes the "trilled" R. For example, if a word starts with "R" in Spanish, you are supposed to flutter your tongue as you say it. I am always tempted to extend the length of the trill! :lol:

_________________
"Reality is not made of if. Reality is made of is."
-Author prefers to be anonymous.

fobfan123
Snowy Owl

Joined: 30 Apr 2010
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Posts: 143

14 Jun 2010, 2:20 am

plethora

a quote.from Wordgirl show .. :before I thought it meant some kind of leather, but then I found out it means many things (or something like that) pleeethhooora. waves arms to express how he says it.

Rocky
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 May 2008
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,074
Location: Uhhh...Not Remulak

14 Jun 2010, 2:31 am

DarrylZero wrote:

A video about words that are fun to say. The song cracks me up everytime.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuCNAwXGaQ[/youtube]

That was awesome! Thank you for posting it! With any luck it will be stuck in my head and people will wonder why I have a silly grin on my face! :lol:

Great thread BTW.

_________________
"Reality is not made of if. Reality is made of is."
-Author prefers to be anonymous.

auntblabby
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 115,291
Location: the island of defective toy santas

14 Jun 2010, 5:24 am

Rocky wrote:

many of us [especially in america] seem to lack the gene which codes for ability to trill/roll R's. but i am prone to clumsy but enthusiastic rhotacisms myself. anyways, my favorite funny words of dubious etymology, are-

sheemoo [a minced oath]
jeez louise [a minced oath]
shazzbutt [all-purpose euphemistic expletive]
d'oh! [ditto]
doodly-sqwat [a minced oath]
yabadabadoo [fred flintstone's favorite cheer]
shyamanama [a minced oath]
steatopiguous [means having huge jutting buttocks]
wish sandwich [ghetto slang for having 2 slices of bread and no meat]
nosegay [a bunch of flowers, but it sounds funny]
reintarnation [being reincarnated as a hillbilly]
carbuncle [a ruptured, absessed boil]
spoonerism [unintentional transposition of words or syllables, e.g., "tiger's woody"]
indubitably [without question]
philtrum [that little notch thingie on your upper lip beneath the nose]
foofaraw [noisy overreaction or flashy decoration]
redumbancy [repeating the same mistake over and over]
lugubrious [refers to exaggerated sadness, but the word itself just sounds funny]
caddywampus [for something to be disorderly]
obsequious [to be apple-polishingly ingratiating]
judas h. tap-dancing priest! [a minced oath]
daggone [a minced oath]
inka dinka doo [simply means inka dinka doo

]
¡aye carramba! [a euphemistic expletive made famous on "i love lucy"]- i love exaggerating the double-RR trills of this phrase.

886
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Jan 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 6,664
Location: SLC, Utah

14 Jun 2010, 6:54 am

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

This thread is dedicated to words that are fun to say such as:

-spatula
-gobbledygook
-sinew
-gelatinous
-thagomizer
-gorgonopsid
-scuttlebutt

Who can think of more?

I'd be cautious using that one, gook can be considered racist.

Someone may take it the wrong way.

Either way, I've grown to abuse the word "useless" over everything that doesn't quite go as I'd have intended, be it people, devices or other various inanimate objects.

_________________
If Jesus died for my sins, then I should sin as much as possible, so he didn't die for nothing.

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,625
Location: In my own little country

14 Jun 2010, 7:04 am

Save Autism Now! :lol:

_________________
The Family Schlager

MONIQUEIJ
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Oct 2009
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,353

14 Jun 2010, 7:23 am

it's all about the nt's( i sing this to ,my nt boyfriend :joker:

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,625
Location: In my own little country

14 Jun 2010, 7:25 am

It's only a problem, if you make it a problem.

_________________
The Family Schlager

Xeno
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Jun 2010
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 828

14 Jun 2010, 1:00 pm

I can't make the trilled R sounds used in Spanish and Russian. That frustrates me, haha. I was told by a Spanish professor that if people don't start doing it when they're little kids they're usually not able to learn to. I also think it's interesting that in Japanese there is no L or R sound, but a sort of tongue flapping sound that is in between. That's why many Japanese people mix up the L's and R's in English.

And, I like the word "zany".

Valoyossa
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 20 Feb 2010
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,287
Location: Freie Stadt Danzig

14 Jun 2010, 1:06 pm

There are three trills: alveolar, uvular and guttural. I can spell two last, but alveolar is still unavailable for me.

_________________
Change Your Frequency, when you're talking to me!
----
Das gehört verboten! http://tinyurl.com/toobigtoosmall size does matter after all
----
My Industrial Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBo5K0ZQIEY

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,625
Location: In my own little country

14 Jun 2010, 1:11 pm

When somebody tells me not to get all bent out of shape, I like to reply, by saying, "Get bent!"

_________________
The Family Schlager

Xeno
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Jun 2010
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 828

14 Jun 2010, 1:13 pm

Valoyossa wrote:

There are three trills: alveolar, uvular and guttural. I can spell two last, but alveolar is still unavailable for me.

Interesting. And Kraftwerk is awesome.

Page 2 of 6 [ 81 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next

Jump to:

words that are fun to say Post Reply New Topic

words that are fun to say