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I'm a big fan of "moist"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Shenanigans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Caldera
Retrograde
Thermistor
Spirochetes
Parallax
Intermezzo
Subterfuge
Inappetance

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Paraphernalia

Such a great looking word for basically "stuff"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Swineherd, ineluctable, sprig, ululate, cnidoblast, pompholoogopaphlasmasin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My favorites are just nonsensical made up words I say when I am talking to my cat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Prick.

It lets out a nice amount of frustration when someone’s being a prick.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I've been describing a lot of things as "funky" lately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)
  • Haberdasher
  • Penumbra
  • Paunch
  • Shabba
  • Thrice
  • Transient
  • Ephemeral
  • Polychromatic
  • Bellend
  • T'were
  • Widdershins
  • Moreso
  • Superfluous
  • Various combi-swears, such as Twattock

Also, a lot of those sort of words that kind of get made up in the fly, for things which don't really have a name:

  • Leanerbackeronnerer (a thing for leaning something back on)
  • Putterinnerer (a thing for putting a thing in another thing)
  • Doofydiddler (a thingumy, wotsit or doofer)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Exactly. I wish it were more socially acceptable for an adult to shout "Shabba!" at random intervals throughout the working day, but these days I just have to think it and enjoy it quietly to myself.

About 30 years ago, I was told off in French class with the line:

"Shabba bien merci is neither funny nor correct French, Fakeman"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Doofydiddler

This reminded me of one my mum used to say: "Dooferator"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Haha! That's what my parents used to change the TV channel with :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Shenanigans - one of my most over-used words, it's a pity some word filters screen it out for racism.

Baboon - one of my favourite words to say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it’s a pity some word filters screen it out for racism.

Wait, what? Why?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Although I have claimed it's because the word is racist against the Irish, it's a Scunthorpe type situation. Nothing that couldn't be fixed by decent regular expressions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Username checks out.

Careful you don't get yourself banned with all that racist talk though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm an advocate for the word "fuck" because of its immense utility.

[–] EmoDuck 4 points 9 months ago

Big fan of "Deluge"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Perambulate
Architrave
Pixilated - not the same as pixelated
Chryon
Teletype

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not really a word but the name Swarfega. It's a hand soap used by mechanical engineers to clean oil off their hands.

I liked it so much it's been my online alias for years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

YES!! My grandad (plumber) had a big tub of the green jelly stuff that I loved using! Whenever I finished helping him in the workshop I'd go and put a tiny bit on my hands and WOOSH - clean hands! Happy memories. :)

[–] sbv 3 points 9 months ago

I find myself saying "really" way too often.

"Moist" is excellent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
[–] ALERT 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I heard people in the UK like tea. These comments seem to tell the opposite, as noone stated tea as their favorite word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see your point, but it's not the word we're after. I'd still drink it if they called it "Leaf Coffee" or "Hot Leaf-Juice" etc

[–] ALERT 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't trust you, you are a fake man with a pretend name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It would seem that way, to be fair. Perhaps I've been planted here by The British Tea Foundation?

A Tea plant, perhaps :)