My favorite use is in the Archer episode 'The Limited' where we see Cheryl/Carol in her private train car in the bath responding to Mallory asking 'What are you doing here?' by 'Uh, trying to perform my ablutions?'
love this word. you ever mess w the word 'noetic'? It feels similar. William James said it was one of the two qualities that happens when you have a transcendent consciousness experience -
Noetic quality. — Although so similar to states of feeling, mystical states seem to those who experience them to be also states of knowledge. They are states of insight into depths of truth unplumbed by the discursive intellect. They are illuminations, revelations, full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain; and as a rule they carry with them a curious sense of authority for after-time.
Just the sound of it, really. The combination of letters is almost tactile to me, and the order of the consonants makes them exponentially more powerful than hearing them in smaller (lesser) words like 'surf' or 'fact'. You go from hiss to fricative to that crisp "ct" (only possible because there's another syllable after it), and then a pleasing denouement.
wow I didnt even know this word existed and now I do!! Here's the def for everyone else: Pandiculation is the involuntary stretching of the soft tissues, which occurs in most animal species and is associated with transitions between cyclic biological behaviors, especially the sleep-wake rhythm
incredible word. I just looked up the etymology: In the Middle Ages, Thome Fole was a name assigned to those perceived to be of little intelligence. This eventually evolved into the spelling tomfool, which, when capitalized, also referred to a professional clown or a buffoon in a play or pageant.
my word is STOKED
great word great meaning great way to pronounce it all around good word
wow I have been pronouncing your last name SUPER wrong
lol how?
Can Tony get me a cannoli?
jfc
Ablutions
the act of washing oneself (often used for humorously formal effect).
ok how the hell is this done for HUMOUR that is FORMAL????
https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/1152653076676825088?s=20&t=dKhCkyhIuw08blKF2mPyvQ Here's a formal example in a hotel likely.
incresdible.
My favorite use is in the Archer episode 'The Limited' where we see Cheryl/Carol in her private train car in the bath responding to Mallory asking 'What are you doing here?' by 'Uh, trying to perform my ablutions?'
webinar 🤤
huge word with a huge impact on society. B+
Lol
Discombobulated
incredible word, so many consonants bouncing around and it's got a bob right in the middle there. 11/10
It’s “bobbing” around in the middle!
pad is a good one!
i also very much like the word "copacetic."
i have lots of favorites but i'll start with that one.
PS bonus fave words include "the" and "and" because probably most people don't have those as their favorites. ooh or "this" or "here" or "now."
Numinous
love this word. you ever mess w the word 'noetic'? It feels similar. William James said it was one of the two qualities that happens when you have a transcendent consciousness experience -
Noetic quality. — Although so similar to states of feeling, mystical states seem to those who experience them to be also states of knowledge. They are states of insight into depths of truth unplumbed by the discursive intellect. They are illuminations, revelations, full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain; and as a rule they carry with them a curious sense of authority for after-time.
here's a good breakdown: https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/06/04/william-james-varieties-consciousness/
Gelatinous
I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It
I could ruin yours by telling you the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word pad, but I'm not choosing violence today
that is why you are a noble soul that shall ascend to heaven while I shall remain here in a gelatinous purgatory for all my days
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seep
love the word, the image it evokes tho? idk. B+
surfactant
was waiting for someone to say this jk why do you love this word?
Just the sound of it, really. The combination of letters is almost tactile to me, and the order of the consonants makes them exponentially more powerful than hearing them in smaller (lesser) words like 'surf' or 'fact'. You go from hiss to fricative to that crisp "ct" (only possible because there's another syllable after it), and then a pleasing denouement.
damn that was a beautiful explanation - surfactant - its like a 4 act play! Thanks for walking me through that
Pandiculation.
wow I didnt even know this word existed and now I do!! Here's the def for everyone else: Pandiculation is the involuntary stretching of the soft tissues, which occurs in most animal species and is associated with transitions between cyclic biological behaviors, especially the sleep-wake rhythm
So yawning is a clasic pandiculation!
We have two chiweenies, and they cannot go outside with me until there has been the requisite pandiculating.
i need to see a documentary of this asap
Here you are, Alex. One of our dogs pandiculating (Google combined several still shots to create this effect).
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CbyHuyqzyXwD2oIHoiaGI4XX22vOTIvm?usp=sharing
(he even yawns in the middle of it!)
Hahaha omg this is incredible. Also ‘pandiculate.gif’ is the best file name there has ever been
speciesism - meaning, the assumption of human superiority...in itself a laughable assumption!
ooooh yes this is good, a great word and a profound comment on the stupidity of humankind. A+
epic word AND the first word suggested with the letter 'g' - very interesting...
ok now u r showing off A++
incredible word. I just looked up the etymology: In the Middle Ages, Thome Fole was a name assigned to those perceived to be of little intelligence. This eventually evolved into the spelling tomfool, which, when capitalized, also referred to a professional clown or a buffoon in a play or pageant.
Classic Thome Fole