The coolest English words!

Wereldreizigster · Post by **Wereldreizigster** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:57 pm

Hey guys & girls,

For a game I am looking for the coolest English words. They can be horribly long or terribly short, that doesn't matter. But help me out, what do you think is the coolest English word ever??!

The more I have, the better! So please, bring in those coooool words!

Macavity · Post by **Macavity** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:01 pm

My favourite is serendipity.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:36 pm

I quite like 'nodule'. Also 'gusto'.

There are loads of words I like, but not many are springing to mind...

ummm .... hullabaloo

skullduggery

chuckle

knackered

Brian

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Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:22 pm

Hallelujah

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Wereldreizigster · Post by **Wereldreizigster** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:38 pm

Thank you so much, I do love Hullabaloo by the way...

Love from the Netherlands

anood · Post by **anood** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:29 am

stuff is a good word and........

Sinister-UK · Post by **Sinister-UK** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:28 am

knickers is my favourite

Sinister-UK · Post by **Sinister-UK** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:41 am

knickers is my favourite

anood · Post by **anood** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:54 am

Sinister-UK wrote:knickers is my favourite

yeah you are right

baseballstas · Post by **baseballstas** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:54 pm

The coolest word for students would be GHOTI

Ask them to pronounce it - afterwards tell them it's pronounced like FISH

They'll look at you funny - how can 'ghoti' be like 'fish'?

Explain :

"GH" sound from "enouGH" = F
"O" sound from "wOmen" = I
"TI" sound from "acTIon" = SH

FISH - they'll love it.

...it wall also demenstrate the craziness of 'spelling'

papa
stas