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Started by Martinus, December 01, 2014, 07:21:12 AM

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Martinus

December 01, 2014, 07:21:12 AM
Ok, so this may be a bit of a monger-esque thread, but are there any English words (including those originating from other languages) that you just like for their elegance or other reasons?

My recent favourite is "demimonde".

:huh:

Caliga

#1
December 01, 2014, 07:28:05 AM
Dingleberry.
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

mongers

#2
December 01, 2014, 07:32:54 AM
Mongeresque is a pretty good one.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Viking

#3
December 01, 2014, 07:35:13 AM
Thixotropic
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Scipio

#4
December 01, 2014, 07:35:56 AM
Tits. Winkle. Vibraphone.
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

Brazen

#5
December 01, 2014, 08:04:06 AM
twunt, gigglesnort, plinth.

CountDeMoney

#6
December 01, 2014, 08:43:21 AM
Fuck. You.

Syt

#7
December 01, 2014, 08:48:40 AM
Whorepissarsecuntfuck
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Sheilbh

#8
December 01, 2014, 09:16:25 AM
Slupsk.
Let's bomb Russia!

mongers

#9
December 01, 2014, 09:58:55 AM
I quite like mundane.   :bowler:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Pedrito

#10
December 01, 2014, 10:26:50 AM
Flabbergasted.
Uselessness.
Thread.

L.
b / h = h / b+h


27 Zoupa Points, redeemable at the nearest liquor store! :woot:

Barrister

#11
December 01, 2014, 10:54:21 AM
aa
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

alfred russel

#12
December 01, 2014, 12:39:27 PM
Woody.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Siege

#13
December 01, 2014, 12:41:27 PM
Faggot.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Josephus

#14
December 01, 2014, 12:46:37 PM
Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker
Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011
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