I think you just like words that end in -esce.
That's not true. They don't have to end in -esce, just contain it. Like "quintessence." See, it's a very snooty word. Klassy with K. Also a good song by Squeeze.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:04 am PST #476 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:54 am PST #477 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Not all of them. Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:13:46 am PST #478 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.
It's not the kind of word that guys like to even contemplate, much less hear.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:17:21 am PST #479 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
So I understand. It's not like Voldemort, though.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:23:39 am PST #480 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's not like Voldemort, though.
Heh. I would think "impotence" might get the Voldemort treatment.
"Don't say that word! I just had too much to drink. I've been very stressed at work lately! It's not...you know....That word."
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:58:58 am PST #481 of 10002
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Yeah. Well, spending so much time writing as Munch, I've acquired a new respect for The Penis, and the people that have them. Freud was still wrong, though. Y'all can keep 'em.
beth b - Jan 13, 2004 12:11:50 pm PST #482 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
don't talk about the Melty Man
Volans - Jan 13, 2004 3:12:51 pm PST #483 of 10002
move out and draw fire
"iridescence" is nice also. "conscience" can be a bit bothersome. "tuppence" is for Jane.
Anybody read Lois Bujold? A friend insisted I read The Warrior's Apprentice and I have done. I enjoyed the writing and all, but it seemed a bit...Mary Sue?
Consuela - Jan 13, 2004 3:19:49 pm PST #484 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Mary Sue... maybe. In that Miles is a bit too good at things. On the other hand, he's also supremely fucked up. But some of that comes later.
I enjoy the stories so much I don't much care if Miles is a little idealized. And really, Cordelia's far more perfect than her son is.
I recommend finding a copy of Borders of Infinity and reading "In the Mountains of Mourning", though. That'll give you a better sense of Miles and his fucked-upedness. And what he has to deal with at home that makes him in part what he is.
deborah grabien - Jan 13, 2004 3:22:04 pm PST #485 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I like "concupiscience." Yes, there's an extra "i" in there. But pretty word.
Does everyone have a favourite word? I like "preternatural" and you never see it. Also? "Nacreous". Two favourite words.
(/linguistic, yet not really bookish, natter)