Beautiful English words

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Yellow Records wrote:And Trollop.
I think you and me are on the same wavelength lol :wink:
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Nihilarian
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Lamprophony
Selcouth
Widdiful
Zabernism

and two of my personal favorites...

Mungo and Nudiustertian
Scott
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krs wrote:
many colored grass wrote:
krs wrote: DID ANYONE ELSE GET THIS? :cry:
I got it immediately. :) And it is a beautiful English phrase, with or without the movie.
hehe

It's the first thing that came to mind after reading this thread.
Yeah, I was just about to post the same :) Also, I kinda like the words 'odd' and 'crunchy'.
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Elbow
Goose
Knickers
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Portfolio
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Cellar Door all the way.

And the song that goes with it.
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747Music wrote:Portfolio
Hell yes
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The best English word I have ever seen is Antidisestablishmenterianism.
Respect to the man in the ice cream van
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Bauble, emancipate, crestfallen is a great one. Juxtapose raises your grade in an English essay by a mark, usually.

Blimp. Excellent. Forwards. Context.
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Laughing.
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Delighted.
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Yellow

...capitalized like that it always looked to me like a bunch of friends cheering you from across the street. :)
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Succinct - what a glorious word, it sounds so clear and crisp.

Cantankerous

Capricious

Gargantuan

Fortuitous

Marvellous

Whimsical

some of my favourites!
Sagan: In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Basinski: I wanted Cascade to become this crystalline organism like a star or a liquid crystal spaceship, a jellyfish traveling through the galaxy…
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2020k wrote:Cellar Door all the way.

And the song that goes with it.
beautiful track, love donnie darko, oops, yer..

inconsequential? (makes me thirsty when I say it, maybe i'm just thirsty..)
The past inside the present.
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fujee wrote:Succinct - what a glorious word, it sounds so clear and crisp.
I have to agree, I've always loved that succulent word lol.

Aqua.
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Aqua makes me thirsty, succulent makes me think of drinking as wel.. (think i'm thirsty again)
The past inside the present.
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get some liquid in you boy!
Sagan: In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Basinski: I wanted Cascade to become this crystalline organism like a star or a liquid crystal spaceship, a jellyfish traveling through the galaxy…
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lackerz wrote:Aqua makes me thirsty, succulent makes me think of drinking as wel.. (think i'm thirsty again)
This...

Flamingo, balloon, finesse, grape, fizz, benzene, alphabet, oblique
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