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Guggenheim

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

braggadocius

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

spunk

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

luscious

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

wang

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

muumuu

― Prude (Prude), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

cantankerous

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Lilliputian

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

cocksucker

― Prude (Prude), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

(I can already feel myself sliding up the statscock)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck, obv

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

(cantankerous Lilliputian cocksucker... It's like magnetic poetry!)

― Prude (Prude), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

(hahaha!)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

lush is fun too.

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

skivvies

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

bodacious

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

also, "junk" esp. in referring to the privates.

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

titty, when said a la Timmy from South Park

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

suave.

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

skullduggery

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

tomfoolery

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

(whoa I was just thinking of that one)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:02 (twenty-two years ago)

crunk

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:02 (twenty-two years ago)

beeyotch

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

ok, last one of the night for me:

bourgeoisie

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

me too:

bespeckled

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

catatonic
mogadon
fuckwittery
pestiferous
beneficent
cosmos
astronaut

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

discombobulated

― hmmm, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

soot

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 09:30 (twenty-two years ago)

perrywinkle, cucamonga

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)

discombobulated

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

amblyopia

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

pogo

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

schlong

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

plethora
hoity-toity
prang
rapscallion

― lint (Jack), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

onomatopoeia!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

nincompoop

― Barton Fink (bartonf), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)

polyunsaturate

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Pheumonoultramicroscopisolicovolcaniconesis.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

mergatroid

As in "heavens to mergatroid", which has become my cuss of choice this past week or so.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I have tried saying all of these but have still not experienced fun.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Prestidigitation.

Imbroglio.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

mergatroid

Murgatroyd - a classic english surname from the yorkshire countryside

Bucolic - you might say

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Amphitheatre

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

beanbag

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Pulchritude.

(Which reminds me of the January 29th entry on me old mucker Roddy Lumsden's blog "words which mean the opposite of how they sound".)

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

gelatinous

― the krza (krza), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

where the hell is nickalicious when you need him?

― the angry cowboy (dick), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

who else has heard the "Bulbous Bouffont" sketch by the Dead Alewives?

― Kingfish Beatbox (Kingfish), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

plunge
vole
yank
perspicacious
sild
flange

― pete s, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Spaztic. as in Richie Hawtins album title. Used to love it when people asked me what I was listening to :)

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock. Smock.

― ModJ (ModJ), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

hulabaloo
rigamaroo
shileleigh
jamiroquai
omega
excelsior!
bamboozled
tang
booyah
frou-frou

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew you'd know.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

bejesus.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

smorgasboard
adhesive
savoir faire
soi-disant

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

tushie

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

discombobulate is so good it deserves to be posted a third time

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

i've always had a fondness for "parapets"

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

veracitude
bumpkin

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

spork

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Is "combobulate" a word?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

2 words: Playadelic Funkateers

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

boombastic
didactic

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to say onomotapoeia but I couldn't spell it.
fandango
puttytat
falferal (but I don't know how to spell it)
frolick
fuchsia
serendipity
hot-diggety
magnitudinous

― Maria D., Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

ginormous is fun to say mentally, but I've never spoken it aloud.

― Maria D., Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

psychedelic
catatonic
miasma

― Maria D., Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

milieu

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Sixths. My favorite one-syllable word. Say it slowly to savor all the consonant blends.

― Skottie, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

cockamamie

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

In Mexican restaurants I always order chimichanga, just to be able to say chimichanga to the waiter. I don't even particularly like chimichanga.

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not sure I fully grasp the irony of how much pleasure I get out of enunciating the word "ennui" aloud.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

chantilly

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

supercilious
cacciatore

― Maria D., Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:24 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry, I missed hmmmm's first posting of "discombobulated"! wouldn't have done otherwise.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

quagmire

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Orbit!
rotunda
beet
boat

(these must be said with the proper massaging of the vowels, for the sheer joy of them. boooooooooooaaaaaaat)

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sixths. My favorite one-syllable word. Say it slowly to savor all the consonant blends."
in that case...
wasp's nest
hyacinths and thistles
also, mr merritt's pronunciation of "magnificently" in the song "meaningless" is fun as hell. magniFIcently

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

mystic

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

quench

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

ramrod

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Shenendoah

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

cucumber

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

cunnilingus
mung
entendre
schadenfreude

― the angry cowboy (dick), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

cummerbund

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I want Jeanne, Nickalicious and Luna to write a show review or album review or something using all of these words.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

ethereal

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, you mean like magnetic poetry?

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

that one is more fun to hear than to say
xpost

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I like it. We should.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Chingy!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, you mean like magnetic poetry?

However you feel is appropriate!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

rapscallion
nincumpoop

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

bravado

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

boondoggle

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

impunity

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

sockfuckery

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

nutsack

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

percolate & impale

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

shitehawk

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)

persnickety
wad

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

concupiscent
squalor
tremolo
squid

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

'cromulent'

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

poopshingle
llama
brilliant
fajita

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The sublime earthy creaminess
of
"babaganouj"
ownz this thread.

― Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

diagetic
havoc
rascal
prosthetic

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 19 February 2004 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(I thought of cromulent a long time ago but it ain't a word!)

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 February 2004 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

so? it's fun to say!

get offa my cloud, word nazi

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 19 February 2004 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

poikilothermic

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

truculent

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

pigfucker

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

whore, esp when said like a old Jewish New York lady

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)

That thurr Chingy rapscallion's cantankerous skullduggery is a smorgasbord of braggadocious veracitude. A crunk astronaut, he's no catatonic putty-tat entendre. His Jackpot album is a boondoggle of bravado with no cockamamie supercilius schadenfreude, a brilliant babaganouj of havoc, a boombastic fandango. No poopshingle sockfuckery to leave you discombobulated. Ginormous!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 19 February 2004 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I heart you, nickalicious.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 19 February 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

man if all writing was like that school would've been so much more fun.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 February 2004 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Konerak Sinthasomphone

― Le Coq, Thursday, 19 February 2004 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

And how could I forget Anek Hongtongkam

― Le Coq, Thursday, 19 February 2004 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Konerak Sinthasomphone

I've always wondered how you say that name...poor little kid.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 19 February 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

FFFiddlesticks. First time I've said that in 10 years.
What I meant to say was FUCKHEAD...

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 19 February 2004 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nickalicious is a beautiful man.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 February 2004 06:05 (twenty-two years ago)

hapax legomenon...oh wait, that's two words

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 19 February 2004 06:22 (twenty-two years ago)

shangri-la
la la la la la la la la la la la la

slatch
flit, nipple, glug
vermillion, verdant
Vlad
(oh god, that reminds me, I saw this bizarre porn where there was a guy dressed in a klannish cape, and this woman said to him, as part of hypnotisation, "when you hear the word 'Vladivostock', your penis will become hard" to which was added something like "for the woman you love very much".)

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Thursday, 19 February 2004 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

weasel!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 19 February 2004 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

stoat

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 19 February 2004 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)

chump.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 19 February 2004 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Plethora

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 19 February 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

cantaloupe

kalamazoo!

and i got in the habit of mispronouncing fajita (fuh-jai-ta) with my old flatmate, because it sounds dirty and it would make us giggle in various mexican restaurants around chicago.

oh, and also fun when intentionally mispronounced-- strategy said the dubya way.

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 19 February 2004 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

padnah, as is "what you lookin at, PADNAH?"

another word that means the opposite of what it sounds like: "temerity"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 February 2004 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)

chirashizushi. only it's frigging'ard to pronounce!

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 19 February 2004 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

spanakopita

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 19 February 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

dink

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 19 February 2004 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

hornymormon

― the angry cowboy (dick), Thursday, 19 February 2004 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Schenectady
Sheboygan
Paducah
gesticulate
tiddlywinks
spackle
bootay

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

shenanigens

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 19 February 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Shibboleth
Alias
Fulcrum

― Clarke B., Thursday, 19 February 2004 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Callipygian
Tryst
Woebegone
Hardscrabble
Peccadillo
Frottage
Flibbertigibbet
Fungible

("F" words are best!)

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 20 February 2004 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"the" I, mean come on!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 20 February 2004 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Cock-a-roach.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 20 February 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

procedure

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 20 February 2004 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...
porn

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)

punctilious

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

refreshing

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

shampoo

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

chakra

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

cinnamon

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

dentata

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

dentistry

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

lackluster

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Griezel Greedigutt

― Maria D. (scott seward), Saturday, 19 June 2004 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

chagrin

― Fa la la (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:03 (fifteen years ago)

helter-skelter

― Ste, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:00 (fifteen years ago)

canoodle

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:09 (fifteen years ago)

'no'

― Darranzhi MacKhakhala (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:10 (fifteen years ago)

Scott Bakula

― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:11 (fifteen years ago)

xp especially when you say it with a long falling cadence: "NOOOooooo"

― corey, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:11 (fifteen years ago)

meow

― corey, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:13 (fifteen years ago)

i've always liked miao

― Fa la la (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:19 (fifteen years ago)

xp no, especially when you get to say it to a high level politician who's a total prick, actually

― Darranzhi MacKhakhala (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:24 (fifteen years ago)

mew or miaow tbh

― Darranzhi MacKhakhala (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:25 (fifteen years ago)

pylon

― owenf, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:03 (fifteen years ago)

effervescent

― jackie tretorn (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:07 (fifteen years ago)

quarrelsome

― Darranzhi MacKhakhala (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:08 (fifteen years ago)

indubitably

― Michael B, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:10 (fifteen years ago)

tlaquepaque

― Michael B, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:11 (fifteen years ago)

laffy taffy

― Michael B, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:11 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JprubgAoEoQ

frush

― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

Bloomps

BONK

― Kim, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

slumgullion

― Aimless, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

lizard

― Fa la la (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

"hey" with such a thick southern accent that it sounds exactly like "hi"

― Z S, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:51 (fifteen years ago)

xp especially when you say it with a long falling cadence: "NOOOooooo"

― corey

OTM!

― Z S, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:52 (fifteen years ago)

incentivize

― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 16:52 (fifteen years ago)

crankcase
mukluks
smitten
hugger-mugger
roly-poly
pinchbeck

― Aimless, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:04 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

pinchbeck - alloy > place

― owenf, Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:20 (fifteen years ago)


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