Dear reddit, what are some oddly satisfying words? If not English, please post the meaning as well.
Posted Feb 8, 2016, 11:57 AM UTC
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My favourite word is 'indefatigable' though. So many consonant sounds! And 'galore' is great. The elusive post-positive adjective, plus it has a lovely positive meaning, and it's a joy to say!
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Exceedingly appropriate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfPMkD6WbHc
My submission is every other word she says.
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Yes! This fragment was my inspiration to ask this question! (see imgur image...). Awesome!
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As soon as I saw the word 'cusp' I knew. Whenever I hear one of those words in real life, that's what goes through my head. Plinth. Moist. Cusp. Plump.
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I like saying "fankle"
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fankle
I feel it...
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Quip.
Nefarious.
Pithy.
Ineloquent.
Cacophonous.
Splodge.
Vial.
Lacerate.
Zugzwang -- a German chess term for when a player is obliged to move but every outcome is disadvantageous.
Tumescent.
Salubrious.
Lithe.
Ephemeral.
Exquisite.
Eleventy.
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These are all... exquisite, ephemeral! Without any Zugzwang whatsoever!
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Sesquipedalianism - literally, the use of words a foot-and-a-half long
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That's fantastic
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Flabbergasted - overcome with astonishment
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"Tschechisches Streichholzkästelchen" German for a box of matchsticks, which come from Czech.
Or "Четыре" ["Тshetyrij"] which means "4" in Russian.
Or "Drache" [the "ch" is a pharyngeal, like arabic, not a "k"] it mean "dragon" in German.
Ayy lmao I looked up for the transition of "Rachenlaut" [=pharyngeal], and it is also satisfying to say.
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Quincunx. Four items around a fifth, like a 5 on a dice.
I like to arrange my kumquats in a quincunx.
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Quincunx
That's an awesomely oddly satisfying one!
Love it.
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Panache - dressing with flourish, looking totally tits.
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I've always liked trabajaba - Spanish for he used to work.