TheNeil Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Sat on the bus on the way to work this morning I was thinking about pretty much nothing (as usual), texted Mrs TheNeil a couple of times and realised that some words just sound nice (to me). Anybody else like the sound of certain words? I don't mean, for example, 'chips' just because chips are nice but words that you just like to say/hear Mine would be: Hat Hair Handbag Flange Flaps Paradigm Or am I descending further into insanity? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Flange - excellent word! Plinth has always been a favourite here Largactyl - don't know what it's for, but it sounds wonderfully gothic. Smoot - a commonly used (in this house) alternative to swearing nemo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gardenia Report post Posted May 17, 2006 I love French sounding words and names but my favourite English word is TROGLODYTE SWORDFISH (dh) MOTHERWELL (ds1) Gardenia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted May 17, 2006 don,t want to descend to off the wall here , but my dear daughter used to have a made up language(yeah I know she makes me wonder all the time)....anyhow some of these words are great and being the strange family we are we,ve adopted some of these words and use them all the time ...........yeah I know were all a bit odd ..............maddogs top 3 words are (maddog is her nickname ) I.easter eggs-a-marlaw..(used as an expression of great excitement) 2.t-ward -illy (means to fel a bit odd/strange) 3.........and our fave.....gill-ig-illy (to feel really happy) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted May 17, 2006 love them suze! My favourite has always been Serendipity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted May 17, 2006 I wonder if all families adopt their own language!!! We've got a few based on the funny things they said as toddlers Doubla yogy (two yoghurts at once) lana nana noo noo (banana) Calpopol (calpol) dWink (drink) snuggly buggly (cuddle) I won't go on but we've go loads of 'em. I've even accidently said them to strangers Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted May 17, 2006 I hadn't even realised that other people used nonsense words. A fave in the TheNeil household is 'shug' which is a hug between me and Mrs TheNeil (and we always refer to ourselves as 'Team Sh') Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Huggle Buggle ~ cuddle Nom noms ~ sweeties Bo Bo bee bee peeps ~ sleep Oh and not forgetting the nick names by hubby has for our kids Twig ~ our eldest daughter, derived from Twiggy because she is so slim (he now calls her this permanently) Mess ~ our youngest daughter, came from Messy Jess...now shortened....(he uses this all the time aswell) Sooo embarrassing when we're out and he's shouting Mess or Twig, come here etc Will have a longer think and add somemore later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb1964 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 We also have words that have stuck from when they were babies; bockle - for a bottle noo noo - dummy But as for favourite words they would have to be: delightful dainty enchanting and Thierry Henry saying 'Va va voom!' jb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarahjane Report post Posted May 17, 2006 We also have lots of family words Nug- milk My favorite at the moment is garlics- darleks from Dr Who, H is convinced they are garlics so now we are all calling them that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted May 17, 2006 NEIL ............... .......LOVELY ....I like shugs ...........ya big softy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lizzie Report post Posted May 17, 2006 My oldest son who is now 20 used to call his Uncle Gary, Bumber Gaz and his dummy was a fee four( called that because he always had to have 3 or 4 in each hand!! Little one used to call his dummy a fudd and has the nick-name Konklefroid!!!! We have a cat called Patch which is known as pucklesnodge, another called chucky which is known as Parsnuck a dog called Delboy which is known as Bondoy or Gulp!! I could go on for hours here, but I think I misse4d the point completely!! Sorry The Neil!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted May 17, 2006 What about words you HATE?? Mine are... portion button gift toilet The first two actually make me feel physically Boho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hayden Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Hi im Hayden, I have a thing about straight lines, if someone doesnt underline a word with a ruler it makes me cringe!! (i have AS). my fave words probably are - peristalsis - laminator - amor - summer - yo kukomi (japanese for a karate kick) - im a brown belt!! i cant think of any else. i hate the words for sexual organs, someone could have thought of some nicer terms!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Report post Posted May 19, 2006 i cant think of any else. i hate the words for sexual organs, someone could have thought of some nicer terms!! What about "tuppence" for a lady's bits and "Widget" for a gents? That's what we use in our house anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted May 19, 2006 I'm there with 'flange' but lots of my other faves start with F too: Filbert Fulcrum Ferkin Frottage Fumble Flume... G is for grunt, grout and gargle H is for hallibut I is for Indiscriminate.... Ooooohhhhh loads.... I'd better stop... Fave pseud phrase is still Frank Zappa's 'conceptual continuity' (eat my aura, Dora) I'll come back on 'family words' but a couple of quickies: Billy- Bockle (bottle - babies for the use of!) Bukiform (school uniform) Spider Lasers (stabilisers, as found on a bike) Scampion (scorpion) doubt of the benefit (benefit of the doubt).... L&P Baddad (ben and dad) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted May 19, 2006 What about "tuppence" for a lady's bits We use 'tuppence' too Men's bits are always referred to as 'tommies' - don't ask me why Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
