What's your favourite word?

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My current favourite word is.....:


Minutiae

"mi·nu·ti·ae (-sh-)

A small or trivial detail: “the minutiae of experimental and mathematical procedure” (Frederick Turner)."

Curtesy of:

http://dictionary.reference.com/

 

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kaugummi.

german for eraser. just sounds cool.....cow-goo-mee

 

supple:

# lissome: moving and bending with ease
# limber: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
# limber: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
# make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

 

paradigm:

Pronounced pair-a-dime

broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind

a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated;

an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype

Definition according to Freddy Freeloader:

Your paradigm is the lens through which you see the world and everything in it. Your paradigm sets your bounds.

Usage according to Freddy Freeloader:

If you can change the paradigm through which you see the world, you can, and will, change your life.

 

It's actually chewing gum...

But you're quite right, it is quite cool.
Some of my favorite words would probably be German, as they have a lovely way of turning an entire sentence into a word.
They can be quite expressive...

An eraser is a Radiergummi, and it tastes the same.

 

Mine has got to be 'borked' at the moment.
I seem to be using it every day in work at the moment.

'Sorry guys, you can't log in this morning, active directory is borked again.'

It's a technical term.

For those of you who aren't easily offended and would like to swear more in work, check out the ProfaniWiki .
It will make you look big and clever and impress girls and stuff.

 

for me the most beautiful word in my language (which is dutch) is desalniettemin, which roughly translated means nevertheless. lichtekooi is a close second, which is an old word for prostitute.

the most beautiful word in german (since you were talking about german words) in my opinion is habseligkeiten, which means something like possessions.

as for english, i think i would have to go for lullaby.

 

AHHH!! i knew that as well! i've lived in germany for two years and learnt that it was wrong. my german teacher taught it as eraser, and made a play on how nice it sounded so thats why it stuck!

danke schon, ich liebe wurst.

 

My favourite word is pigeon. I don't know why it just sounds funny.

 

Blurple


It's a combination color blue/purple mix.

 

define? google came up with nada for cottiplod so thought i'd ask.

 

it does indeed! lol!

 

UHU is a type of glue, isn't it?

 

it is? you sure? i've been using uhu adhesives since i was a little kid, but i've never seen an owl on any of their products. i even have an uhu stic here in my desk drawer. no owl though.

 

My word (seeing as I live in Switzerland) would have to be geil.

You can find the 'official' translation here, but in common useage it's taken to mean cool.

eg. German -- Das ist mega geil.
English -- That is really cool.