Isn’t it about time for a holiday? It’s been three weeks since the Fourth of July and we won’t celebrate Labor Day for another five weeks.
Well, I hereby declare July 25th Joy-in-Words Day. Help celebrate!
What’s your favorite word to say out loud? What word gives you joy as it rolls around in your brain, through your mouth, and off your tongue?
A few CLN members share their favorites:
Frances Bohn
lalapalooza
Heather Bouwman
dumbfounded
Julie Bowe
serendipity
tinkle
supercalafragilisticexpialidocious
Nancy Caffoe
scruples
razzmatazz
judicious
gollywhompered
Peg Neral Helminski
Serendipitous
Barbara O’Connor
brouhaha
Tunie Munson-Benson
bamboozled
juxtapose
numinous
peripatetic
poppycock
Vicki Palmquist
ampersand
McNertney
snooker
Rob Reid
alluvial
Cadott
flummoxed
Kinnikinnic
Julie Reimer
clandestine
scrumptious
Kurtis Scaletta
albatross
farcical
lugubrious
onomatopoeia
spork
supercilious
Valparaiso
Susan Marie Swanson
garnet
ginger
lark
Katherine Tillotson
festoon
Stephanie Watson
jimmyrigged
ramshackle
slipshod
How many of these words could you use in one sentence (Hemingwayesque or not)?
Think of the pleasure of saying a rap out loud with 15 or more of these words in the verses.
What are your own favorite say-out-loud words?
Happy Joy-in-Words Day!
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