As an editor and writer, words are a big deal to me. Kinda goes with the territory. Ever since I was a little kid, words fascinated me. In 4th grade -not to toot my own horn or anything, but just as an example - I could spell antidisestablishmentarianism. I could take the word and chunk it up within seconds. It was weird. Guess I should've known then that I was a writer. Took me a really long time to figure that one out!
Other than that crazy word, there are words that I love. Other than the usual ones that evoke (there's one) a certain sense (peace, love, joy, harmony, hockey <--threw that one in to see if you're paying attention), there are other words that make me feel gooey (another one!) or just sound cool.
Here are a few of my current favorite words:
evoke
gooey
seriously
implode
contrary
privy
Are you this crazy about words, or am I all alone here? Wouldn't be the first time! What are you favorite words?
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I was a linguistics major in college because I loved words so much! I wanted to know everything about them. One of my favorites is: linger
ReplyDelete@Kmckendry - Linger is a GREAT word! I was into Romance Linguistics in college, but didn't major in it. Majored in Romance Languages.
ReplyDeleteKris, I'm a total word nerd! I love combining them to make new ones. I love the sound of them. I love learning their meanings, and how that can change over the years (and centuries).
ReplyDeleteAs for my favorite words? Mmm. How about "book deal"? LOL
@Donna, yes those two words, book deal, are two of my favorite when combined! Guess most of us writers are word nerds <-love that!
ReplyDeleteMy most favorite word ever is probably... 'silhouette'.idk I really like the way the word LOOKS as well as sounds! (especially the silent H!)
ReplyDeleteI really like the word 'darkness' as well and in my story i use a lot of metaphorical language including 'darkness' but the word ITSELF i don't think is that cool. I think it's the connotation you get from it that makes it good!
@Jess, I agree that there are some words that I may not particularly like, but I do love the image or connotation it evokes. Silhouette is a great word. That brings up many images for me. Darkness is good as well, but I'm like you - it's not that cool as a word!
ReplyDeleteYou are not alone. One of my favorites is "serendipity".
ReplyDelete@Isis~ That's another of my favorite words.
ReplyDeleteI love so many words: evoke, evocative, atavastic. I especially love descriptive verbs such as slogged, pinwheeled, lunged. There are so many wonderful ones.
ReplyDelete@Susan, slogged-yes! I also like shizzle. Just the sound of it makes me go all squirmy.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I just used "gooey" and "implode" in my writing recently!
ReplyDelete@Lydia, great writing minds think alike! haha...
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I just realized I spelled implode wrong! Shame on me!!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the word evoke, captivate and parchment, really random lol! :)
ReplyDelete@Alyssa, those are great words, too. I like the way captivate rolls out of my mouth. Parchment is just fun to say. :)
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