What if your favorite word(s) and what does it mean?

[airsh0w]

Mine is:

Phantasmagoria: a sequence of images, whether real or imagined, like those in a dream.

(fan-taz-ma-gore-ia)

 

[xstayfadedx]

My favorite words are herp derp.

Because herp is herp and derp is derp.

 

[panic in paradise]

The Coyote (US play /kaɪˈoʊtiː/ or /ˈkaɪ.oʊt/, UK /kɔɪˈjoʊteɪ/ or /kɔɪˈjoʊt/; Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada. It occurs as far north as Alaska and all but the northernmost portions of Canada.

There are currently 19 recognized subspecies, with 16 in Canada, Mexico and the United States, and 3 in Central America. Unlike its cousin the gray wolf, which is Eurasian in origin, evolutionary theory suggests the coyote evolved in North America during the Pleistocene epoch 1.81 million years ago alongside the Dire Wolf.

Although not distantly related, the coyote evolved separately to fill roughly the same ecological niche in the Americas that's filled in Eurasia and Africa by the similarly-sized jackals. Unlike the wolf, the coyote's range has expanded in the wake of human civilization, and coyotes readily reproduce in metropolitan areas.

Wikipedia


i like the way it sounds...has a nice wave-form.

 

[whataboutheforests]

fuck

it can mean anything you want i guess

 

[New]

Dynamite. I like to use it as slang for cool.

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

susceptible

fey

fantastic

adorable -- even though verb-able words are in general lame, this one is different. i like its meaning, aesthetic, and sound.

edit:
don't want all adjectives...

echelon

 

[panic in paradise]

"fey"

ahhhahaha thats great.

"adorable" i like to use...



aw-full is very interesting to me. idk why it turned out so bad.?
it is just killer.

i saw somewhere that Alister Crowley would cut himself every-time he wrote or spoke the word "it".
lol

i see why that was said at-least now.
i really try and not use the word "it", while writing. there shouldnt be any need, most of the time.


~ speak thine will, do not forgo thy essence.!

 

[nobodyspecial]

Tl ; dr

 

[panic in paradise]

manifest

adjective
1.
readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
2.
Psychoanalysis . of or pertaining to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.

dictionary.com

to make real

 

[ColtDan]

Inspirational

Inspiration refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavour. Literally, the word means "breathed upon," and it has its origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism. The Greeks believed that inspiration came from the muses, as well as the gods Apollo and Dionysus. Similarly, in the Ancient Norse religions, inspiration derives from the gods, such as Odin. Inspiration is also a divine matter in Hebrew poetics. In the Book of Amos the prophet speaks of being overwhelmed by God's voice and compelled to speak. In Christianity, inspiration is a gift of the Holy Spirit.

 

[panic in paradise]

"fey"

ahhhahaha thats great.

"adorable" i like to use...



aw-full is very interesting to me. idk why it turned out so bad.?
it is just killer.

i saw somewhere that Alister Crowley would cut himself every-time he wrote or spoke the word "it".
lol

i see why that was said at-least now.
i really try and not use the word "it", while writing. there shouldnt be any need, most of the time.



~ speak thine will, do not forgo thy essence.!

 

[CoffeeDrinker]

"Mean" because of how problematic and mischievous the word can be, and it's in my nature to toy with meanings.

My least favorite word is "should" by FARRR, that's probably where I fail as a human in these times though.

I like the word "Iron" too, and "mountain" for how solid and sure of themselves they are. I also love the word "person" because of how many shapes and sizes it has.

Chameleonic is a word I just made up, but I think I like it.

 

[CoffeeDrinker]

Ameliorate, if you want me to get fancy. I could use a good amount of amelioration right now....

 

[(Wordy)]

Love some of those mentioned: phantasmagoria, fey, echelon, manifest, and chameleonic (nice one!).

Hard to pick a fave, but let's go with the Ancient Greek word poiesis.

From Wikipedia:

Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means "to make". This word, the root of our modern "poetry", was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the romantic sense, poïetic work reconciles thought with matter and time, and man with the world.

...

Martin Heidegger refers to it as a 'bringing-forth', using this term in its widest sense. He explained poiesis as the blooming of the blossom, the coming-out of a butterfly from a cocoon, the plummeting of a waterfall when the snow begins to melt. The last two analogies underline Heidegger's example of a threshold occasion: a moment of ecstasis when something moves away from its standing as one thing to become another.

Come to think of it, ecstasis (or ek-stasis) is right up there too. It's the Greek antecedent of 'ecstasy'. Ecstasy understood in Greek terms is a standing-outside-or-beyond-oneself.

 

[herbavore]

luminous because it describes a light from within. and it feels light weight-wise, too. And because it tastes like water.

 

[panic in paradise]

Khristna


Christ + Krishna


this to me means, unity acceptance and acknowledgment of one amongst all ~ we wont have the same peace of mind in the west, until we see our reflection in the east. and they wont be free in the east, until we see the hold we have on man is much the same as the man on the cross. let the guy down already, pay for your own sins.


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[ugly]

fuckery.

It describes the state of things. I first heard it in an Amy Winehouse song, may she rest in peace.

What kind of fuckery is this? That can describe a lot of different possibilities.

 

[alasdairm]

favourites include:

segue: a transition made without pause or interruption

avuncular: of or relating to an uncle; suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality

bucolic: of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; relating to or typical of rural life

mercurial: of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury; having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury or to the influence of the planet Mercury; characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

alasdair

 

[psood0nym]

Proclivity:
natural or habitual inclination or tendency

I appreciate it mostly for aesthetic reasons -- the velvety phonetics are clean and contained, with its lovely flow unfurling to a softly satisfying snap.

Afflatus [uh-fley-tuhs]:
inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within.
divine communication of knowledge.

 

[JedTheHumanoid]

Crepuscular - of or relating to twilight.

Used it 3 times in my groom's speech...