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love of words

I got an email today that referred to “this rather dreich day”. While I’m not a fan of dreary weather, dreich is one of my all-time favorite words.

It makes me realize how much joy I get from words and word play. What are your favorite words? Do they make you happy?

- Estyn

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5 Responses to “love of words”

  1. Katy Says:
    March 24th, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Such a *perfect* Scottish word. My brain is dreich today.

    Other favorites: discombobulate (hilarious) and anything coined by Liz Lemon. Did you see the recent episode making fun of her British “future husband”? He called a bicycle something like “velociped”.

  2. Katy Says:
    March 24th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    I forgot. “Trompe L’Oeil” cracks me up, I pronounce it Trump De Oleeo.

  3. Wendy Says:
    March 25th, 2010 at 9:00 am

    gruvvulous glove (those are two “v’s”, not a “w”)
    and Gluppity-Glupp–both from Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

  4. Katy Says:
    March 25th, 2010 at 10:08 am

    THWART. From the Middle English Thwerten, apparently. I think all Middle English is funny.

  5. clinder Says:
    March 25th, 2010 at 11:03 am

    Uber, everything is sooo much bigger and better when it is preceeded by “Uber”

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