words in the english language you love to say

I promise . . .

No, really, serious business . . .

Setanta, splay kills me. It has an inescapable naughtiness about it.

It's only a cold sore.

Then just think of "splay-fingered" . . . now that really sounds dirty . . .

recumbent

rapscallion

callipygian

nacreous

I like certain additions to the vocab that I didn't grow up with: dweeb, nerd, yay

abso-f*cking-lutely

Endymion is a good word.

In case anyone interested, Endymion is a name invented by the SF author Dan Simmons

The book doesn't quite deliver, but the first line of chapter One -
"You are reading this for the wrong reason" grabbed me.

I found this quote inside the front cover:

We must not forget that the human soul,
however independently created
our philosophy represents it as being,
is inseparable
in its birth and in its growth
from the universe into which it is born.

Teilhard de Chardin


I think I'll also take this opportunity to say that I didn't mean to type Endymion in capitals - I suppose I did because they are in caps on the front of the book.
I've regretted it ever since.

Peace,
Endy

I have no favorites of my own, but for some reason the fairy godmother's favorites as expressed in Disney's "Cinderella" have stuck with me for fifty years. They were "elbow, windowsill and apple dumpling." There must be something about those words or the combination of them that caused them to stay with me for so long.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ( 45 letters)

For some reason, I was made to learn this word as a kid ( some sort of lung disease) - as the longest word in the english language (that may be wrong).
Whatever it is, I still like saying it:
new-monultra-microscopic-silly-co-volcano-coniosis

Holy crap. That's a long word. I got tired just reading about it!

Endymion predates Dan Simmons by millennia, Endy!
In Greek mythology, he was the most handsome of men, the god of eternal youth and fertility. Some versions describe him as king, others as a shepherd. The moon goddess Selene was so smitten with Endymion's beauty that she put him into a perpetual sleep so that she could kiss him whenever she wished.

In his poem ENDYMION, John Keats starts with the famous sentence:

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: 
Its loveliness increases; it will never 
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep 
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep 
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing

Hello everyone. I'm new here and this is my very first post! I think this is a topic which merits posting.

I love it.
I have a few favorite words and sayings.
Dashing. As in, "He's so dashing!" A rather old saying for my generation, but I've always wanted to say it. Unfortunately, I have yet to meet someone who deserves the exclamation. Except Dirk from Sahara. I never read the books, but I saw the movie and I must say the man is dashing.
Another favorite is reconcilliation. I don't know why. It just flows as you say it. It's basically a fancy way of saying "making up".

Of course, I've never met him. He's a fictional character! But if I were to use the word dashing, he would be the one I'd use it on.

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