fsharpminor
Oct 9 2007, 02:33 PM
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 9 2007, 03:02 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 9 2007, 02:29 PM)
I rather like Benzotriazole, chlorhexidine (maybe in your mouthwash), cocoamidopropylbetaine (probably in your shampoo), dimethylcocamineoxide (in your thickened bleach). All of these I supply !
They remind me of a lovely word I used to need to say regularly a few years ago but which I've now forgotten - it began with poly and contained acryloritrilebutadiene (I think!) and it was normally abbreviated to PXX but I've forgotten the initials as well I'm afraid
I don't suppose you know what I mean, do you F#???
Polyacrylo
nitrile would make sense. Im not an expert in this area, but I think you could 'cross polymerise' it with butadiene to give polyacrylonitrilebutadiene copolymer !
skylark
Oct 9 2007, 02:58 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 9 2007, 03:33 PM)
Polyacrylonitrile would make sense. Im not an expert in this area, but I think you could 'cross polymerise' it with butadiene to give polyacrylonitrilebutadiene copolymer !
I've remembered what it was... and it didn't begin with poly, sorry!
It was ABS - Acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene. I used to love tripping it off my tongue
fsharpminor
Oct 9 2007, 03:42 PM
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 9 2007, 03:58 PM)
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 9 2007, 03:33 PM)
Polyacrylonitrile would make sense. Im not an expert in this area, but I think you could 'cross polymerise' it with butadiene to give polyacrylonitrilebutadiene copolymer !
I've remembered what it was... and it didn't begin with poly, sorry!
It was ABS - Acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene. I used to love tripping it off my tongue
Yes that would be called ABS for short, its a well known plastic, and you spelled it correctly !
Flute_Crazy
Oct 9 2007, 06:18 PM
alfalfa
megalomania
benson
Oct 9 2007, 06:40 PM
help - this word is used so seldom, when i'm pretty sure that many people want to shout it out on the hour.
fiddle_freak
Oct 9 2007, 07:40 PM
I think that pianissimo is such a cute word! also antantino, just i find something cute about them.
fave word has to be lubricate???
cheeble
Oct 9 2007, 11:04 PM
Spasm.
hazel
Oct 10 2007, 11:18 AM
I like sparkle, coruscate and glitter
- they cheer me up no end
I hate sofa, settee and couch, don't know why, all three words make me shudder, which is a shame since it leaves very few options to describe the thing in the lounge which is bigger than the armchairs and covered in cushions
fsharpminor
Oct 10 2007, 11:23 AM
QUOTE(hazel @ Oct 10 2007, 12:18 PM)
I like sparkle, coruscate and glitter
- they cheer me up no end
I hate sofa, settee and couch, don't know why, all three words make me shudder, which is a shame since it leaves very few options to describe the thing in the lounge which is bigger than the armchairs and covered in cushions
I hope you're not a couch potato, Hazel !
Why not call it a Chaise Longue, now that's a nice word for the same thing (well nearly !
)
Devil_Fiddler
Oct 10 2007, 05:14 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 10 2007, 12:23 PM)
QUOTE(hazel @ Oct 10 2007, 12:18 PM)
I like sparkle, coruscate and glitter
- they cheer me up no end
I hate sofa, settee and couch, don't know why, all three words make me shudder, which is a shame since it leaves very few options to describe the thing in the lounge which is bigger than the armchairs and covered in cushions
I hope you're not a couch potato, Hazel !
Why not call it a Chaise Longue, now that's a nice word for the same thing (well nearly !
)
Or a chaise longue with an extra arm...
Most of my favourite words have already been mentioned. I had some lists of french and german words I particularly liked... will see if I can find them.
maggiemay
Oct 10 2007, 05:32 PM
dudelsack !
Misterioso
Oct 10 2007, 06:22 PM
Hyperbole
Hypothetical
Antidisestablishmentarianism - which someone once told me was the longest word in the English language - but I am open to being challenged!
Wobby
Oct 10 2007, 06:31 PM
Favourite French word still has to be 'le pamplemousse' (grapefruit). I think the Italian one is 'il polpo' (octopus) - it kind of sounds really squishy and thus appropriate.
Chemistry, I like '2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine' and 'phenylalanine'. Then there are the acids like 'Ethanedioic acid' (found in Rhubarb, Oxalic acid), 'Hydroxybutanedioic Acid' (found in Apples, Malic acid) and '2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid' (Citric acid). I recall quite a lot of people liked 'phenolphthalein' - I prefer thymolphthalein, as it turns blue instead of pink. 
German one, I can't think of right now - actually not too keen on 'Zwitterion', given its translation. How about Entgegen and Zusammen to keep with the German/Chemistry theme?
~Wobby~
maggiemay
Oct 10 2007, 07:37 PM
kartoffel !
sarah-flute
Oct 10 2007, 07:41 PM
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Oct 10 2007, 08:37 PM)
kartoffel !
same to you with knobs on!
(It is a great word
)
maggiemay
Oct 10 2007, 07:43 PM
Yes ! some of them do have knobs on.
I also like gokiburi
(eek)
sarah-flute
Oct 10 2007, 07:46 PM
Eeek! (just looked it up)
It reminded me of this tongue twister:
CvrÄi cvrÄi cvrÄak na Ävoru crne smrÄe.
It's about a cricket chirping and it's wonderfully onomatopaeic!
Devil_Fiddler
Oct 10 2007, 08:51 PM
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Oct 10 2007, 08:46 PM)
CvrÄi cvrÄi cvrÄak na Ävoru crne smrÄe.
I would love to be able to even attempt to say that...
In German -
Zauberer - Wizard
Schubkarre - Wheelbarrow
Unkrautvertilgungsmittel - Weedkiller
My 2 years of German weren't wasted really
HazelKay
Oct 11 2007, 06:45 AM
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Oct 10 2007, 08:41 PM)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Oct 10 2007, 08:37 PM)
kartoffel !
same to you with knobs on!
(It is a great word
)
or even kartoffel puffel
I like gratification - makes me smile except when I have to defer it
skylark
Oct 11 2007, 10:27 AM
loquacious
(And I love the way Colin Firth wraps his tongue around the word in the "add-on" bit at the end of the Bridget Jones DVD
)
Miss Ross
Oct 11 2007, 10:31 AM
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 11 2007, 11:27 AM)
(And I love the way Colin Firth wraps his tongue around the word in the "add-on" bit at the end of the Bridget Jones DVD
)
Flamboyant, clairvoyance, flair, consequential...
fsharpminor
Oct 11 2007, 11:43 AM
Actually there is one Geramn word you see all the time as you drive in Germany, its got a certain ring to it -- UMLEITUNG (diversion) . Also driving around you see AUSFAHRT (exit, no further comment!
). Reminds me of the place that occured on a thread about strange place names - WINDPASSING in Austria!
Mattias
Oct 11 2007, 12:24 PM
QUOTE(Wobby @ Oct 10 2007, 06:31 PM)
Favourite French word still has to be 'le pamplemousse' (grapefruit). I think the Italian one is 'il polpo' (octopus) - it kind of sounds really squishy and thus appropriate.
~Wobby~
Did you read that on a shampoo bottle? I certainly did! great word.
HazelKay
Oct 11 2007, 12:58 PM
Einbahnstrasse
When I first went to Germany to work, I thought there were an awful lot of streets called Einbahnstrasse, It was some time before I realised it meant one way street
Reverie
Oct 11 2007, 02:35 PM
I like 'parapluie' in French (umbrella).
Maizie
Oct 11 2007, 02:38 PM
OOOOOOOoooooh, that reminds me - Bumbershoot!
Apparently it first appeared in America, as a nonsense word for umbrella. But I like it and I can imagine Bertie Wooster using it: "What ho, Jeeves, it appears to be raining - so pass the bumbershoot, old chap!'
Devil_Fiddler
Oct 11 2007, 04:21 PM
A couple that came up in a music lesson today (and yes. when they were mentioned I did shout out "Ooh I love that word!!" Got lots of strange looks
)
Melisma
Anacrusis
Acciaccatura (sp?)
PianoSecrets-x
Oct 11 2007, 08:12 PM
QUOTE(Devil_Fiddler @ Oct 11 2007, 05:21 PM)
A couple that came up in a music lesson today (and yes. when they were mentioned I did shout out "Ooh I love that word!!" Got lots of strange looks
)
Melisma
Anacrusis
Acciaccatura (sp?)
I like Acciaccatura too (although I usually say it as akki-akka-tura
)
helly burnet
Oct 11 2007, 08:14 PM
GUSSETS!
It's just such a funny word!
littlelady87
Oct 15 2007, 09:20 AM
Ooh, I have loads!
Negligent.
Jam.
Valiant.
Molasses.
Muscovy.
Propitiation.
But I think my favourite is:
Treacle!
Phil Dixon
Oct 15 2007, 09:23 AM
Flotsam
benson
Oct 15 2007, 12:15 PM
when you assess a word in degrees of nice-ness, do you consider its sound, its meaning, both, or just the way it takes you?
fsharpminor
Oct 15 2007, 01:19 PM
ULULATION
SaxFan
Oct 15 2007, 03:19 PM
QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Oct 15 2007, 10:23 AM)
Flotsam
jetsam
Phil Dixon
Oct 15 2007, 03:22 PM
perambulation
SaxFan
Oct 15 2007, 03:32 PM
incontrovertible
palliasse
pemmican
prahu
Devil_Fiddler
Oct 16 2007, 06:07 PM
The language of the Inuits,
Inuktitut
Alicia Ocean
Oct 16 2007, 06:12 PM
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 8 2007, 12:48 PM)
My favourite word is
SUCCINCT I always imagine someone sucking the sink when I hear that word (sorry, you will too now
)
Anyhoo, I rather like "PLETHORA"
skylark
Oct 16 2007, 10:18 PM
QUOTE(Alicia Ocean @ Oct 16 2007, 07:12 PM)
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 8 2007, 12:48 PM)
My favourite word is
SUCCINCT I always imagine someone sucking the sink when I hear that word (sorry, you will too now
)
I'd never thought of that - you must have a more vivid imagination than me!
Devil_Fiddler
Oct 18 2007, 12:04 PM
QUOTE(skylark @ Oct 16 2007, 11:18 PM)
I'd never thought of that - you must have a more vivid imagination than me!
Vivid - I like that word too
and vibrant
fsharpminor
Oct 18 2007, 01:53 PM
..and vivacious ???
littlelady87
Oct 18 2007, 02:02 PM
languid
what a word!
Reverie
Oct 18 2007, 04:23 PM
I like paradox and vastly a lot.
fsharpminor
Oct 19 2007, 07:46 AM
Gillygillyossenfeffercatsanellabogenbythesea
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
chocolatedog
Oct 19 2007, 07:50 AM
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Oct 8 2007, 11:04 PM)
What I find interesting is you can have a group of words that end in the same letters, where those letters are pronounced differently:
eg. bough, cough, dough, tough, through...
Don't forget thought and thorough!!!!
And the wonderful word GHOTI...........
pianotheory
Oct 19 2007, 02:10 PM
Ghoti as in fish??????
gh pronounced f e.g cough pronced coFF
o pronounced i e.g women pronounced wImin
ti pronounced sh e.g nation pronounced naySHern
gh o ti
(f i sh)
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