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>>>Well, somebody has to be. It's a great word though, eh? Sophisticated, and serious sounding. Like this person is a member of an elite. Not like a proctologist. And certainly far less likely to be the subject of bad jokes.
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>>You think that's a cool word? How about the instrument they use to take your blood pressure - hard enough even learning how to pronounce it:
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>>sphygmomanometer
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>Not bad, but it sounds like an instrument for measuring something like peat thickness.
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>My actual pick for the best word in the English language though, is a simple word. "Galoshes". It is both onomatopoeic and visually descriptive. I can't think of another word that conveys it's context as well.
How about "Susurration" - a whispering sound
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.