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Hi,

I heard it discussed on the news this morning that The World Conference of Literature, which was being held in London, declared the word "serendipity" to be the most popular word.

I would like if people would give their favorite words.

My most favored word is oxymoron - it is such a lovely descriptive word and next is quintessential

Hi Moondancer,

Bliss.

Gay.

Snug.

Walter (the signature, not the word).

Peripatetic (sp?)

syllepsis


and 'words' without the apostrophe

Wombletastic

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I think I might have to ask for meanings as well

Moondancer

Mine is PANTS. The british word for underwear. But it is also a slang for something that isn't very good.
e.g This pogo stick is pants the spring is the wrong colour.

I just like the way it is said so easily (not that I have a problem speaking)

Languish

JK

Humongous

Lugubrious

Incandescent

Scintillating

Gibbons. (don't ask me why, it just cracks me up... )

Sizzling. (onomatopoeia at its best!)

Syzygy, for a definition look in the Word of the Day: http://www.h2g2.com/WordOfTheDay

I throw the gauntlet down to find a longer word with no vowels in the English dictionary

Here you go, Croz: Rhythms.

Okay, the plural form isn't in the dictionary per se, but it *is* the longest word with no vowels in the English language...

I admit defeat.

Still like syzygy though, it just rolls off the tongue.

Plynth and paradigm are two good words. Dipthrong is another.
A word which a friend of mine made up is schnangputt. It has no meaning though.

melancholy

gibberish

schizoid

also, turnip (strange obsessions...)

pseudopsychological

I dont care if its not a real word, it sounds cool...

now can anyone tell me what it should mean....

thigh

I suppose 'pseudopsychology' would just be a branch of pseudoscience in general. But we knew that anyway...

It's a bit of a tautology in my opinion, as I don't think I've ever come across a psychologist who wasn't also a bit of a pseud...

Hey, there's another nice word - tautology.