The most beautiful word in the English language
 

REF: http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Mum...219651661.html


So what words do you like? The sound, the meaning, the spelling?

I like:

agog
gnarly
conflagration
epiphany


Mr Mephisto

Not too sure about that: "motherFu......."

...........cker.
I likethe sound of
sponge
pod
whippersnapper
plexus
bum
staunch

I could go on but I feel i'm sharing too much

Moist

Bollocks

I find the word shampoo hilarious.

I like the words 'pay-day' and hometime

I like the word "yes".
It always makes me happy to hear it.

cellar door.

;)

muffin, you can't help but snicker when you say it...

ephemeral

extraordinary

splendid

intrepid

glorious

raunchy

repugnant

infinity
magical
single malt scotch
fresh
supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
free
poodle

How's that for a really weird combiniation?

kilt
celtic
snuggle

wainscotting

I was going to put that but it's a phrase not a word (yes I am a smartsarse and nobody likes me)

I think they ment the most sappy words :)

Something I had yesterday

Open Bar

mulligatawny

Nononono... the best word in the English language is "yes". :D

Rend
mutilate
flog

Looking back over my list leads me to think I must have some serious emotional problem.

Belly
fluglehorn
shuttlecock
persimmon
chutney

they are just fun to say... especially if you repeat them ad nauseum...

Muligatawny isn't english, is it?

I think its Indian. So is persimmon and chutney if memory serves...

How about the word serendipity...

DAMN! beat me to it.

twas a matter of time.

I like...

plump
peach
lathe
glare

zenith
alacrity
panacea
sycophant
apocryphal
myopia
sardonic
sophomore
abysmal

Vex

Simple to spell, easy to say, yet, I don't see a lot of people using it on a daily basis. And it has the X', which makes it sound uber cool.

Uber
Is also another word that I like :D

Haha... you know, you're absolutely right Ustwo. I guess when people were asked what they considered the most "beautiful", they just got all emotional and silly...

Non-sappy words I like also include

rambunctious
archipelago
onomatopoeia


Mr Mephisto

I've always kind of liked the word entropy.

Watched Donnie Darko Last Night.

Words I like (with beautiful or interesting sounds):
Mellifluous
Euphonia
Synapse
Sychronicity
Discombobulated
Fellatio

some of mine;

box
gash
pie
beaver
snapper
clam

Odd-sounding words appeal to me more than other, more normal ones...

colloquial
masticate
coitus
loofah
flabbergasted
bailiwick
excogitated

Phallic
Cacophonous
Compendium
Agoraphobic
Coquetry
Grub

I could do this all night.

bork bork bork!

Xyla
Grace
Phoenix
Nanny
Love

Naming something by vocally imitating the sound it makes. I learned this word in freshman english in high school. I use it as often as I can just to see the faces of WTF? That and it makes me look smart.

Just a few....

poppycock
willy-nilly
wallop

I like words that sound made up....:p

Big fan of scintillating myself. Hard to work it into the conversation, but always gives me that air of refinement that my appearance does not...

DAD

GRAND PA

i love the word DEBAUCHERY, don't know why, i just do

Mucilage

Ampersand

Passport

Budgerigar

Tachyon

It always gives me goose bumps when i hear it, because you know when they're around, even if your about to be phasered or chopped, everything will turn out ok :)

Has anyone said "porking" yet?

cellar door ;)

wanker.....you got to like a wanker

oh yeah, and 'mushroom'

cogitate
savvy
squirm
squirrel
squish
squash
squad
squelch
squeeze
lackadaisical
fuck
humdrum
salutation
elf
shamrock
soothing
dollop

I love the word: Kismet. It is so magical and real and it works in only the most unique moments...that only happen once or twice in a lifetime.

lol that one cracks me up

My favorite word is Hover and Rover both fun words to say

HOOOVER!!!!

I like the way "ennui" sounds...

Mukluk! (real word)

Free
Flesh

mine is me

I skipped a few posts, but here's one:

Rapture

Halcyon
Cheese
Hybrid
Bongos
Bollocks
Gibblets
Gobble
Pubes
Moose
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

valhalla
ampersand
debenture
amadeus
armistice
melancholy

I've always liked how they both sounded and looked...

rendezvous
benevolent

I love the sound and meaning of these words:

Ethereal
Eloquent (And its variations, such a wonderful word)
Beautiful
Bombastic
Sepulchral
Mist

I always like the word "Jeep" I don't know why... I think I just like the sound it makes. When I say it enough times in a row it always makes me laugh. I think it's kind of funny really, because I don't actually like jeeps (the vehicle) at all. Just the name. ;)

i like

plethora

oxymoron

I was reading through some of the old threads and zeraph mentioned the word: epiphany is i just thought was such a wondeful word, that i'd list it as the most beautiful in the English language.

yes, epiphany is nice....
Of course cellar door was on the list too.
how 'bout
Yogurt
blasphemy
inuendo
higgeldy-piggeldy
cantankerous
curmudgeon
saucy

Some of these aren't exactly beautiful, but I dig 'em anyhoo.

I guess I'm sappy at heart, and given that this Sunday is Mother's Day, my favorite reference to her is...

Norwegian Mafia

There are certain words that please me aurally, such as:

Eclipse
Saavy
Decadent
Curvacious (Like text-painting...)
Sepulchral
Hole
Purr
Titillation
Solace

In reading this thread it occurs to me I never thought of a word based solely on how it sounds to the ears..always liked the ones that sounded good to the heart.
love
kiss
miss you
sorry

i'm a simple gal - I'll take a sincere

Thanks

how bout:

spicey

cinnamon

aromatic

For me, the most beautiful word in the English language;

Acceptance

This word has a deep meaning for me on many levels.

I've always loved the word "twit".

cheese, milk and dairy..
all nice words :D

I like cake

How about a nice simple "please"?

nonmalignant - because of what it means.
money - as in having some
radio - what does it mean? where is this word coming from?
clarinet

Pedagogy was a favourite of mine. also defenestration.

It's already been said a buncha times, but my sig says it well.

Festoon
Sabbatical
Schmooze
Poignant

amazing
oversized (load) ;)

sparkle ... deluge ... concavity ... intrepid ... coruscate ...
and of course.... supple

It's a different question for us English speakers. The people surveyed were responding solely to the sound of the word, not knowing the meaning.

For an English speaker, it's impossible to completely divorce meaning from sound. Ever heard the French children's song Allouette? It a catchy little thing, a nice pleasant bouncy tune, and the words sound sweet and innocent. If you don't know what they mean. The song is about (I kid you not) a kid who's found a dead bird, and is dismembering it, naming each body part as he rips it off the bird's body. Having the correct context changes how we react to it.

That said, I have to go with:

sublime
peripatetic
analagous
grace
nucleic
ethereal
quizzical
zither
sweetpea
anaphalactic
bombadier

I like the words

eloquent (I think it's the most beautiful sounding word)
epiphany
lily
cunt
monkey

I do not like the words:
panties
ointment
bucket

Cacophonous

The irony,check the defintion.

Esoterical
Discombobulated
Cantankerous
Flatulent
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsyllicovomononucleosis (sp?)

That last one may not be the most beautiful but (to the best of my knowledge) it's the longest!

That's: Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-syllicovo-mononucleosis

BTW: I like "ointment" a whole lot better than I like "unguent"!

Euphoric – sounds like the feeling to me

Loam – rich, earthy, saying it feels meditational…

Mississippi – (spoken & also spelled out loud) – reminds me of childhood

Flopdoodles – funniest word for breasts I've ever heard

I've been beaten to it, but the best word to me is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - from Mary Poppins, for those who don't know it.

Oh, and also "moo". It's such a useful word. You can tell someone to "moo off" and you are still being polite, you can enter someones house and greet them with "moo!" (We usually do!), you can randomly change many verbs with moo - "Shall we moo off then?" "Let's moo!" "Time to moo". "Moooo!" (Yes). "Mooo..." (No)
It's great!

ROFL!!! I'd never heard that word before but I love it!

Cunnilingus -it rolls off the tongue.

Poopy.
Because no matter who says it, where they are, what time it is, it's funny.

awry,yonder,hijinx,kazoo,onomotopaea.sp.I just like the sounds of these words.

eh ... fellatio sounds better, imo.


I had a cat named fellatio once ... :hmm:

I learned to HATE that word in thermodynamics :)

My favorite has always been "thither" as in "hither, thither and yon" , The way it rolls off the tongue is just something that makes me chuckle. I try to use it as much as possible, but it isn't easy.

I have always loved "crevice"

porn....is by far the most superior word in the english language

is it just me that thinks "pickle" is just the most fun word to say?

I mean, go ahead, say it out loud a couple times. It's great!

Ah yes, my first vanity plate ~20yrs ago. (without the "e")

Now I'd choose thwart. As in: Curses, I'm being thwarted!

Both words have found a special super-glue like bond to my existence, clinging much like that half-Indian tracker in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. "Who are those guys?"

cellar door is a beautiful word and i have thought so since hearing it being described that way in Donnie Darko, but does it count being two words?

same sound as cellar door, my favorite word has always (well, since I first heard it when I was in junior high...) been scintillating.
just beautiful, every time I hear it I'm reminded of sunlight hitting the rippling waves just after sunrise at the cottage. augggh....homesickness!