Writer's Block: Sounds Good to Me

[dormant_dragon]

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Haven't done one of these Writer's Block things before, but this one caught my interest (me being more than just a bit of a word nerd...) Two of my favourite words are 'flummoxed' and 'gobsmacked', not just because they sound cool, but because they effectively convey that unique sense of bewilderment and surprise that I often feel in my daily interactions with other people.

Many's the time I have longed to quote Blackadder at someone - "I am anaspeptic, phrasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulations."

Comments

[madradish.livejournal.com]

I really like juxtapose and recontexturalise (don't get to use that one often enough sadly).

One of my favourite words in German is entschuldigung which means 'excuse me'. It trips off the tongue beautifully. :)

[dormant-dragon.livejournal.com]

'Gormless' is another word I love - mostly because of the images it conjures of a guy wearing a completely dopey expression; though somehow I'm never able to imagine a girl looking gormless...