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24/01/2006 10:33:31
 
 
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Forum:
Politics
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01086525
Message ID:
01089740
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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.
>>>
>>>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:
>>>
>>>sphygmomanometer
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>>Not bad, but it sounds like an instrument for measuring something like peat thickness.
>>
>>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

Yes, nice. Conjurs up the sound of the breeze billowing out the sheers through a window on a summer morning. Unfortunately, it also conjurs up the sound of the axe murderer's stocking feet slithering along the hallway on the way to your bedroom.

While we're at it, 'billowing' and 'slithering' aren't half bad either.
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