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shadowkatWhat are your favorite and least favorite words? Any reasons why?
I love the word Fuck. I know it is crazy. But it is such a good word. It is honest and blunt and crude. It can be used in more than one context and clearly gets across how one feels. Also you can tell a lot about a person by how they react to it.
Hate the word passive. It feels well weak to me. So does Sad. Don't like that word much at all. Not descriptive enough. I don't know what people mean when they say it.
The word - Dude. Ugh. Makes me cringe. I don't know why exactly. Might be that an old college friend used it ad naseum?
Adore the word wonky - which I think was made up. Has a nice sound I think. I like words that have a certain sound to them. Pristine. Soiled. Descriptive words - that can sum things up without having to use too many of them.
Hate the words cunt, faggot rhymes with maggot (both harsh sounding words), nigger rhymes with snigger - which have a demeaning dirty feel to them, like you want to jump in the shower and scrub yourself clean forever. Ho or Whore....Slut is better, I think. I like slut. You can be slutty but not be demeaned for it. I'm such a slut. Don't know, just like it better.
Prefer the sound of Aunt (ant) to Aunt (Ont)- one is down to earth, the other makes you sound hoity-toity or like you've got a fish up your throat.
Always like the word why. Sky, my, to die...lie...or lye...which oddly enough can both result in a sort of corrosion, one physical and one well emotional.
I like the French word for love better than the English - Amore....which makes me think of the English word more.
Also like the French words for Miss, Mr, and MRs -Ma'am for better - Mademoiselle, Monsieur, Madame.
Don't like the word poodle. Not found of the word prissy. Or girly. Or frilly.
Blunt. That's a good word. Can use that in lots of ways. The blunt edge of the sword. Or you don't have to be so blunt.
Bloody - now that is a wickedly cool curse word. And a great word all around. Adore it.
Bloody hell. Or damn that was a bloody movie. Or she was so bloody, I threw up just looking at her corpse.
Bugger, bug, bugged - also is nifty. Bug - You bug me. Or you are such a bug. Or an ant is a bug. Bugger it all. Bugger. He is a bugger. The word keeps changing depending on the context in which it is used. Really cool.
Feline...I like that word much better than cat. Although always did like the word cat, so much so, I used to name characters in my stories Cat or Kat. Dog...not so much. It is such a sad sounding word. So...down on the last syllable...dooog. Or doggone it. Or dogged shame. Or she is such a dog. Negative. But cat...has more grace, and bite. Catty - critical.
She's such a cat. Panther. A true feline.
Cock. Not a word I like much. But it has more heft than penis does. Dick is fun. Because it is both a person's name and well another word for penis. Since I have an Uncle Dick (actually he's changed it back to Richard now) who can be quite a *dick* at times, albeit an adorable one - dick is a cool word. Albeit is too...which I use far too often.
Boobs. Sounds crass. Juvenile. Bosom. Too hoity-toity, like a finishing school matron. Breasts...can handle. Breast. Course Boobs can be fun. Boobies.
Booty. Cool word. Can mean butt. Or well buried treasure.
Package. Another word with multiple meanings.
I like words that can mean more than one thing. Or are in one sense not descriptive at all and in another highly descriptive. She got a package in the mail the other day. He touched his crouch and adjusted his package.
Giggle. Nice word. Cackle. Better one. Snort. Even better. Short. Quick. And so descriptive. He snorted. A laugh through one's nose.
It's getting late and I have managed to not post a whiney woe is me post like I was about to, yay me. Or another cranky post. Speaking of which like the word cranky - whiney, not so much. Do like the Australian version of it "whinger" or Whinge...nicer sound.
I love the word Fuck. I know it is crazy. But it is such a good word. It is honest and blunt and crude. It can be used in more than one context and clearly gets across how one feels. Also you can tell a lot about a person by how they react to it.
Hate the word passive. It feels well weak to me. So does Sad. Don't like that word much at all. Not descriptive enough. I don't know what people mean when they say it.
The word - Dude. Ugh. Makes me cringe. I don't know why exactly. Might be that an old college friend used it ad naseum?
Adore the word wonky - which I think was made up. Has a nice sound I think. I like words that have a certain sound to them. Pristine. Soiled. Descriptive words - that can sum things up without having to use too many of them.
Hate the words cunt, faggot rhymes with maggot (both harsh sounding words), nigger rhymes with snigger - which have a demeaning dirty feel to them, like you want to jump in the shower and scrub yourself clean forever. Ho or Whore....Slut is better, I think. I like slut. You can be slutty but not be demeaned for it. I'm such a slut. Don't know, just like it better.
Prefer the sound of Aunt (ant) to Aunt (Ont)- one is down to earth, the other makes you sound hoity-toity or like you've got a fish up your throat.
Always like the word why. Sky, my, to die...lie...or lye...which oddly enough can both result in a sort of corrosion, one physical and one well emotional.
I like the French word for love better than the English - Amore....which makes me think of the English word more.
Also like the French words for Miss, Mr, and MRs -Ma'am for better - Mademoiselle, Monsieur, Madame.
Don't like the word poodle. Not found of the word prissy. Or girly. Or frilly.
Blunt. That's a good word. Can use that in lots of ways. The blunt edge of the sword. Or you don't have to be so blunt.
Bloody - now that is a wickedly cool curse word. And a great word all around. Adore it.
Bloody hell. Or damn that was a bloody movie. Or she was so bloody, I threw up just looking at her corpse.
Bugger, bug, bugged - also is nifty. Bug - You bug me. Or you are such a bug. Or an ant is a bug. Bugger it all. Bugger. He is a bugger. The word keeps changing depending on the context in which it is used. Really cool.
Feline...I like that word much better than cat. Although always did like the word cat, so much so, I used to name characters in my stories Cat or Kat. Dog...not so much. It is such a sad sounding word. So...down on the last syllable...dooog. Or doggone it. Or dogged shame. Or she is such a dog. Negative. But cat...has more grace, and bite. Catty - critical.
She's such a cat. Panther. A true feline.
Cock. Not a word I like much. But it has more heft than penis does. Dick is fun. Because it is both a person's name and well another word for penis. Since I have an Uncle Dick (actually he's changed it back to Richard now) who can be quite a *dick* at times, albeit an adorable one - dick is a cool word. Albeit is too...which I use far too often.
Boobs. Sounds crass. Juvenile. Bosom. Too hoity-toity, like a finishing school matron. Breasts...can handle. Breast. Course Boobs can be fun. Boobies.
Booty. Cool word. Can mean butt. Or well buried treasure.
Package. Another word with multiple meanings.
I like words that can mean more than one thing. Or are in one sense not descriptive at all and in another highly descriptive. She got a package in the mail the other day. He touched his crouch and adjusted his package.
Giggle. Nice word. Cackle. Better one. Snort. Even better. Short. Quick. And so descriptive. He snorted. A laugh through one's nose.
It's getting late and I have managed to not post a whiney woe is me post like I was about to, yay me. Or another cranky post. Speaking of which like the word cranky - whiney, not so much. Do like the Australian version of it "whinger" or Whinge...nicer sound.
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Date: 2007-06-09 06:42 am (UTC)I've always loved words which are onomonpia like zipper, or pop (or giggle or snort, or for that matter: fuck). In fact I like the word onomonpia.
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Date: 2007-06-09 04:39 pm (UTC)And I thought, oh, what the hell. Let's see what happens. And you want to know something? It made me feel better. Actually made me feel better.
Have discovered something venting and ranting in my lj or in my head or in a private written journal doesn't always have the promised effect of making me feel good afterwards. If anything I feel worse. And a little ashamed to boot. Sort of supports something I read in that Social Psych course I audited a year or so ago - that if you are angry or stressed the worst thing you could do is punch a bag - if anything it just makes you angrier, and more aggressive. Channeling the anger as opposed to dispersing it. Sort of similar to how when you apply heat you draw the pain to it, and cold disperses it.
Love onomopia too. Just can't spell it. It's the sound I like. Although will admit, I have a preference for words I can pronounce, or for that matter spell - if I can't, they frustrate me.
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Date: 2007-06-09 05:02 pm (UTC)I do think that always suppressing or denying anger can lead to problems (particularly when someone just gets rid of them w/drugs, alcohol or food), but finding calmer ways to release it (like exercising: swimming in particular works for me, but long walks work for me too). I really liked what you said:
"Sort of similar to how when you apply heat you draw the pain to it, and cold disperses it."
that is exactly my experience.