There are some words that are nice for no reason other than the way they roll off your tongue. And for no particular reason, I have decided to compile a list of these. The first few are:
1. Repartee
2. Wombat
3. Machete (Courtesy: Ganju*)
4. And my current personal favourite: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Try them! And do you have any favourite words?
Note: Peanut likes to say 'Huhhhh...huhhhh....huhhhhhhhhhhh'. Very versatile as this can be said in a wondering tone one minute, and with biting sarcasm the next.
*Ganju, has the word courtesy ever been used with your name before? Ha, ha. Just kidding, ole buddy.
hahahaha - yes duh duh .... "courtesy-full ganju" is the war cry of many a group!
ReplyDeleteincidentally i lovvveee butrous-butrous ghali as well - i've always wanted a double name. wombat is nice as well. let's try doubling 'wombat' - wombat wombat ... oh wait ... we've been there before. repartee is only all right.
ok bye
Boutros Boutros is my favorite too. What a cute post !
ReplyDeleteMy vote goes for "Poop". I know you are cleaning a lot of it right now and it might not seem endearing in the current context, but poop is the most sonorous of words ever to have been crafted.
ReplyDeleteIn school, a guy who I really hated, was in a play as a police inspector. At a crucial juncture, he screeched in his mickey mouse voice " stop! or I will poop!" Ever since, I really like the word even more so.
Oh ya, I started blogging again.. ; )
incidentally i also like the word 'affirmation' and a variant of it - 'reaffirmation'. i also like the word 'variant'.
ReplyDeleteGriffindor,Juxtaposition,Pompous
ReplyDeleteWilly Wonka,Ms Havisham,Ignominous
Jamboree,Obtuse,Crumble,Poppet, Premonition, Sorority, Notre-Dame, Homi J Bhabha :)
Hey... BB Ghali and HJ Bhaba are names and not just 'words'....
ReplyDeleteI mean, if we are talking names then I propose Pilavulakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (PT Usha for the people who still did not get it) as the best EVER!
Amanuensis. But I don't ever get to use that one.
ReplyDeleteAnd my new favorite - sigmoid. Don't ask.
Here's a rhyme for you:
ReplyDelete"Wombat stew! Wombat stew!
Cruncheee munchy! For my lunchie!
Wombat stew!
Wee hoo!"
I remember hearing it on some kiddy show decades ago.
ganju: 'boutros' not 'butrous'
ReplyDeletepoppins: thanks!
shome: i nearly called poppins 'poopins' thanks to you.
quirky quill: quite a list you've got there. compiling them too?
mahogany: no fair - they have to be real words
sue: what a fanTAStic poem - I can't get it out of my head. thank you. you just made up for all the insults!
nah. I just happen to like a lot of words or least how they sound.
ReplyDeleteWhat does wombat mean? I have not heard wombat before...enlighten.
ReplyDeleteI like 'voluptuous', the word.
I like voluptuous too
ReplyDeleteHmm.. this calls for a post. I was wondering what to write about, parul's comment just reminded me of Mrs Kapoor and the history classes, or why Standard IX-A in a Delhi school never learnt any history..
"Camaraderie", "Connecticut", "Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda" :)
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