Word Play

We’ve already established that I enjoy words. I enjoy the way they look – the circle, dip, loop, tail of a cursive “q”, the matter of fact, marks the spot “x” – the way they sound and how you can taste it on your tongue, the way letters thread together into little explosions of thought with a place and a purpose.

Words bring me great satisfaction, and if that makes me a complete loser or an utter bore, well, frankly I don’t give two {insert your favorite four letter word here and add an ‘s’}. So in celebration of my fascination and their existence, I am sharing some of my very favorites:

Discombobulate
Clobber (sounds best with that mid-western nasal-y twang)
Juxtaposition
Enunciate (e•nun•ci•ate)
Lackadaisical
Perpetuity (use this in a sentence today; people with think you are very distinguished and smart)
Luminescence
Elucidating (for you mom)
Perpetuate
Fuck (verb, adverb, adjective AND noun)
Relinquish
Profusely (often succeeds “Ang, you’re sweating…”)
Schlep
Shvitz
Shlimazel
Shlimazel
Shlimazel (really, is there anything better? Say it out loud. I dare you to disagree)
(….and while we’re going there, honorable mention to: tchatchke, shmaltzy, and chutzpa….oy vey, yidish is vunderbar!)
Gesticulate
Exacerbate
Razzmatazz (tell me that didn’t make you smile)
Articulate
Wonky (a recent fave…the perfect adjective for just about everything)
Lollygagging
Polypeptides (not entirely certain what they are, but so fun to say)
Smarmy

I assure you the list goes on. But I will relinquish as I do not wish to perpetuate smarmily or exacerbate wonky verbal gesticulation…

What are your favorites?