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I always thought the number 55 in German sounded funfunfunny

Speaking of German, another word I like very much is Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
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There's a little surgical clip called a Yasargil, used in vascular surgery.
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I love that name-- sounds like place in Middle Earth
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brewerpaul wrote:There's a little surgical clip called a Yasargil, used in vascular surgery.
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I love that name-- sounds like place in Middle Earth
Or someone in a Wagner opera.
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Peewit. 'Tis a bird, and a fine insult.
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Turgid. It's so wrong, it's right. Another one to roll your tongue round, as well ... mmm ...
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Your taste for words is lubricious.
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Nanohedron wrote:Your taste for words is lubricious.
Lubricious. Lubricious. Mmmm ... yummmmm ... tasty ... lubricious ...

... wibble ...

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I knew it. Now take the hook out of your mouth; it's not attractive. :twisted:
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Recidivist. Say "Re" slowly. Then "cidivist" real fast. Even folks who should know what this word means often don't.
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mutepointe wrote:...Even folks who should know what this word means...
For example, recidivists?

I like Lugubrious.
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apoplectic
anastomosis
vanquished
scurvy
isostasy
ephemeral

Some for the unique mouth feel. Some because of old associations.
All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out. -- Mark Twain
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"Edgy" is becoming too common for me. It seems to mean "cool" but in a vague unpinnable way.
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Fulfillment.
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stanton135 wrote:Words we love? Yes, lots of them!

In English, "asunder", for sound and meaning.

In Spanish, "aovaríais", for meaning. It means approximately "[ye] would lay [eggs]". I keep waiting for the occasion when I can use it.

I also just started learning Dutch, and the Dutch word for "walk" makes me smile whenever I say it, in any of its forms: "lopen". "Ik loop", "zij loopt", "jullie lopen". :D
Lope means walk in english, too.
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Gloat - an ugly word befitting an ugly practice.

Summonses - it stumbles over itself.

Justice - 'nuff said.
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