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Do you have a favourite word ?

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gallusquine Wed 20-Nov-19 12:14:19

"Dreich" is voted most iconic Scots word, beating off contenders like "glaikit" and "shoogle".

Dreich has previously been voted favourite Scots word.

What's your favourite word ?

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Rapunzel100 Fri 22-Nov-19 12:57:09

Snollygoster - and there are a lot of them about at the moment!

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Nanny41 Fri 22-Nov-19 12:43:35

Diddy

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Goodbyetoallthat Fri 22-Nov-19 12:42:59

Nuance

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Grannycool52 Fri 22-Nov-19 11:51:53

Banjaxed
Omnicompetent
Obviate
Snuggle
Twangled (mixture of tangled & twisted)

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Scribbles Fri 22-Nov-19 11:39:46

Drempels - Dutch name for speed humps but sounds so much better.

Onamatopoeia
Tantamount
Schlepping
Rustle

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henetha Fri 22-Nov-19 11:02:41

Dimpsey is a word I use a lot. It's west country and means
dusk, the time just before dark.

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Youngatheart51 Fri 22-Nov-19 09:20:15

Don't know why but I love the word whatnot, use it quite a lot. My 11 yo ddg loves the word pedantic (Something she most definitely is! ?)

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Sillygrandma5GK Fri 22-Nov-19 08:26:07

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Lilypops Fri 22-Nov-19 08:19:45

Cathartic , Caveat ,per se, hardly get a chance to use these words , but I like them

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ginny Fri 22-Nov-19 08:14:48

I like ‘ giggle’. Sounds what it is and make me think of the innocence of childhood.

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Jules59 Fri 22-Nov-19 08:05:28

I love saying “voluptuous”. It sounds wonderful as it rolls of the tongue!

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Shizam Thu 21-Nov-19 23:39:02

Yiddish has given some great words, chutzpah, schlep, klutz are some good ones.

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lindadoughty650 Thu 21-Nov-19 22:47:44

Chaitriona - "dree your weird" was misheard by a small family member which she used as "eat your worms", and this revised expression has continued in use for quite a few years now

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Morganrae Thu 21-Nov-19 22:36:34

I have one but it's not for printing.

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annodomini Thu 21-Nov-19 19:28:42

Tranquillity. Sounds peaceful.

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anniesgrannie Thu 21-Nov-19 19:19:22

onomatopoeia

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GillS Thu 21-Nov-19 18:49:27

Conniption!

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lilydily9 Thu 21-Nov-19 18:48:19

Delovely, a word created by Cole Porter.

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boumau Thu 21-Nov-19 18:28:03

I wouldn’t say it’s my favourite word - don’t think I have one - but there was a time I used to write albeit quite a lot; so much so that my boss commented on it

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Mollygo Thu 21-Nov-19 17:22:51

Pontificating! There’s such a lot of it goes on today. I used to like exorbitant-described the amount British Gas tried to charge when they said I’d used over 1,000,000 kWh in one quarter!

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oldgaijin Thu 21-Nov-19 17:12:46

Foggiebummer...it's a bumble bee!

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Ladyf Thu 21-Nov-19 17:10:36

Idiosyncrasies...........probably because I have lots of them.

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Aepgirl Thu 21-Nov-19 16:47:20

Scrummy is, to my mind, a lovely gentle word.

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Emptynester Thu 21-Nov-19 16:19:29

Recidivist (repeat offender- not many opportunities to use this one!)
Ashby de la Zouche

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GabriellaG54 Thu 21-Nov-19 16:15:41

Mum. I love being called 'mum' and sad that my mum isn't here for me to use it any more.
Mum, to me, means a circle of light, love, reliability, comfort...everything good and welcoming.
I feel really really sad that not all children have a mum who is all that and more.

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