The Word you Love :D

[Zoombie]

So...what word do you really love, but you can never find a good place to put it?

I'll start:

Exsanguinated: It means to be drained of all blood and guess what, I've only managed to use it once. ONCE! In over 10 unpublished novels and a whole lot of words, I've only used this word once. And, the odd thing is...two of those unpublished novels have vampires. And yet, no exsanguinated. Shame, isn't it?

Ironical: The fact that this word was both recognized by my spell checker AND used by Malcolm Reynolds means it's great on general principles. But I've never managed to find a really good place to put it, other than a few places here and there.

Now, share some of your favorite, least used words that are awesome and cool.

[leenakincaid]

Ambiguity. To be ambiguous is to be vague.

I have three unpublished manuscripts and have not been able to put the word in a single one.

[Shady Lane]

My favorite word is epiphany, and I use it whenever possible.

I also like hesternal. It means, "having to do with yesterday."

[RLB]

Anything with the prefix "be"

bemused
befuddled
bespectacled
beleaguered

You can only get away with them every so often...

[JoNightshade]

Anachronism, archipelago, and archetype are my three favorite words. I have used anachronism at least once in my current WIP. I'm sure I must have slipped archetype in somewhere. But so far, no archipelago. Hmm, I will have to give some thought to that. :)

I also like epiphany, Shady.

[Zoombie]

Epiphany is good.

Oh, and I almost never get to use Charlatan and Scoundrel...or Ninnyhammer.

[reenkam]

virtuoso

abecedarian - having to do with the alphabet

laceration (you'd think I could use this, but it always sounds kind of overdone...)

[mscelina]

defenestration. Although I kill a hella lot of Elves, I've yet to pitch one out the window. The only writer who's used defenestration that I have read is David Eddings--and he used it twice (along with defenestrator and defenestrated)

I also love the word solicitous, but when I've tried to use it it sounds pretentious.

[Xx|e|ph|e|me|r|al|xX]

Xx|Ethereal - Exquisite, airy, or heavenly
I love it. :tongue Rarely use it. Though on occasion. If I use it too much, though, it takes away from it's unique beauty.

Evanescent - Fleeting
I love this, too. Such a pretty ring to it. :3

And on about the same lines...

Ephemeral - take a shot in the dark :tongue Yet I've yet to use it in any story context.

Exuviae - fancy word for shed. I like the sound/look of it

Endear and its various forms (endearment, endearingly) - just sweet.

Endcues - last words of a transmission, phrased to indicate that its about to end. I'm writing the endcues of my novel right now!--example. I wish...XD I just like the sound...

Encyclopaedism - Extensive knowledge. (I'll probably use it like... Alfie's encyclopaedism never ceased to astound me.)

And others. These are the ones I can think of/find for now. :tongue|xX

[Dave.C.Robinson]

Defenestration is also one of my favorites, as is yclept (means named or called).

[heyjude]

Ignonimous

[NeuroFizz]

End (The).

[Enraptured]

I've got a bunch of words just waiting for their chance to be used in a story :) I did manage to use "decompensation" in my current novel, which made me happy. I'm still searching for a place to use "apotheosis."

[aadams73]

Dingleberry. Yes, I used it in the first chapter of my WIP.

[Azure Skye]

Anything with the prefix "be"

bemused
befuddled
bespectacled
beleaguered

You can only get away with them every so often...

I used bespectacled in my first chapter. Woohooo!!!


Ahem.

For me, the word is obfuscate.

[JohnDavidPaxton]

Obsequious or Shibboleth.

I have a character that says both before his throat is ripped out.

[Namatu]

For me, the word is obfuscate.
I love obfuscate, obfuscation, and all variations thereof. Only used it once.

Alacrity.
Egregious.
Chary.

[WordGypsy]

Asunder. I LOVE that word. And stentorian which means loud. I'm actually thinking about getting stentorian as a tattoo. I'm loud :D

[Devil Ledbetter]

Sinusoidal.

[ccarver30]

I don't know most of the words in this post. :)

[JBI]

Ever since reading Hedda Gabler by Ibsen I have been hooked on 'extraordinary'.

[RRK]

I'm a fan of defenestration as well...but since the buildings in my WIP are mostly single-story or underground, it's kind of hard to use...

I'm also a fan of lascivious, which doesn't go well with the tone of my WIP. I just think it sounds cool.

[Summonere]

Horripilation. Man, dig that word. Haven't used it yet in a story, but I'm gunna. Someday.

Also like excoriate, but I use that enough in casual conversation, anyway, that using it in fiction will prove merely incidental.

Chicanery is good, and hornswoggle, and I'm pretty sure I haven't used them much, if at all, in stories.

Among invented words, I sure like thingamadoohickeybob.

[Spiny Norman]

Defenestration is also one of my favorites, as is yclept (means named or called).

I have a character who provides "defenestrate" as a solution to a crossword, and none of the other characters believe it's real.

Also, isn't yclept Middle English? Does that count? ;)

[Azure Skye]

Discombobulate is another one.

[Dave.C.Robinson]

I have a character who provides "defenestrate" as a solution to a crossword, and none of the other characters believe it's real.

Also, isn't yclept Middle English? Does that count? ;)

"Doc" Smith used it in one of his Lensman books -- so I figure it's fair game. Besides its age doesn't mean I can't like it.

[ink wench]

Languish
Languid
Linger (I had no idea I had such an 'L' fetish unitl now)
Sanguine
Melancholy

I have tons more but those are the only ones coming to mind. I managed to use most of them in my last novel too.

[III]

Disingenuous - it says so much about the human condition. It's a defensive misuse of the truth or near-truth. It's something we're all prone to.

[JoNightshade]

I think it's funny how some of us chose several words with many of the same phonetic parts-- the same beginning sound, or just a combination of similar sounds. And then others choose several totally different words. Perhaps the former people (like me) choose words for their sounds rather than their meanings; perhaps the latter choose them for meaning.

[Wintermule]

Favorite words...mhm...variegated, indigo, gauze, quartz, emerald, sapphire, lenses...quite a few. My favorite words come from putting them in a context that makes them powerful, even if they aren't the best when used alone.

[Willowmound]

Lackadaisical.

It's beautiful in so many ways :)

[Scrawler]

End (as in The)
royalty (as check)
I also like:
fictomercial
shnovel
glurge
testosteronic
chickenability
mindblindness
opportunivore

[Saundra Julian]

I don't know most of the words in this post. :)

I'm with you, kiddo! I won't read a book if I have to go to the dictionary to understand it!

[Summonere]

Originally Posted by ccarver30 http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1531018#post1531018)
I don't know most of the words in this post. :)

I'm with you, kiddo! I won't read a book if I have to go to the dictionary to understand it!
But words are diamonds and chocolate. I like collecting them. Savoring them. They are the nuts and bolts and I-beams of what writers do, aren't they?

(Having said that, yes, there have been a handful of books that have given me dictionariographic page-flipper-itis...)

[JoNightshade]

I'm with you, kiddo! I won't read a book if I have to go to the dictionary to understand it!

If you don't read books with words you don't understand, how do you learn new words? If I applied this philosophy, I'd be stuck at a third-grade reading level.

[Saundra Julian]

I believe in the KISS theory!