I thought I'd start a "word" thread. Word discussions, jokes, etc., happen here all the time and it seems that a lot of people have fun with them.
Words you like, repulse you, never made any sense, don't jive with their meaning(s), newly discovered words, new words, usage, syntax, etc. are all game.
I never use it, but I've always liked mellifluous, though I think it's spelled incorrectly.
I have a friend who cannot tolerate moist--and she's a food critic! It makes her recall only festering wounds.
Now there's an icky word----fester.
I think that petite and pity should be antonyms.
On one side of the womens' department you have the petite sizes, and on the other you have the pity sizes.
Use and usage are not interchangable.
I saw Impactful in a print ad yesterday. Sounds like a punch in the jaw.
Sleuce has nothing to do with what it is.
(A double-sized piece o' pie?)
And I sorely need a replacement for F. In the future, as portrayed on TV sci-fi, the new words will be frack and frell. Really? What? Is the future for pussies only?
Forget sounds contrary to its meaning.
And I love syzygy, just 'cause of how it looks.
