Favorite word?

@Joe Nation,

Another Anu Garg devotee here!

I get the daily wordsmith word and also the one from dictionary.com

here's another of my faves:

eructation*

'Each evening at camp the boys showed off their eructations.'

*the act of belching

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*the act of belching
Whew!

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Did anyone mention the quintessential Yiddish master exclamation:
Oy vey!

I just love it soooo much!

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One of my long time faves is: SARDONIC

...perhaps because it describes ME much of the time.

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sobriquet

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I like that word too, Rockhead, but it always reminds me of a sorority girl at a party who doesn't drink.

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@Eva,

Pffft! That's funny!!

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jjorge wrote:

SARDONIC

Years ago, I had a nice conversation, tongue in cheek, with The Dys where this word and its origin was involved.

The now very poor search device used on A2K doesn't allow me to find it anymore..

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@Francis,

sardonic (sahr-DON-ik) adjective

Marked by scorn, mockery, and cynicism.

"In no time the plot becomes less and less tangible as Merde Happens evolves into one long, sardonic diatribe by a Brit about the (exaggerated) strangeness of America -- when his French girlfriend isn't snarking about it." -Alan Wong; Sardonic Mirth; The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 5/9/08.

ORIGIN:
[After Sardinia, a large island in the Mediterranean. Eating a Sardinian plant was believed to produce facial convulsions as if in a maniacal laughter.]

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Excluding anatomical terms:

"Garbanzo"

or

"****"

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rhythm

harmony as well.

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I just found a new fun word ...
fungible.

Quote:

fun·gi·ble [fuhn-juh-buhl]
–adjective Law .
(esp. of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.

Origin:
1755–65; < ML fungibilis, equiv. to L fung ( ī ) to perform the office of + -ibilis -ible

Thank you maxdancona for the inadverdant word introduction! Smile

http://able2know.org/topic/161225-1#post-4347815

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@tsarstepan,

purveyor

Quote:

pur·vey·or [per-vey-er]
noun
1.
a person who purveys, provides, or supplies: a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
2.
Old English Law. an officer who provided or acquired provisions for the sovereign under the prerogative of purveyance.

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