Thursday 5 May 2011

My favourite word...

Today I've been thinking a lot about one word in particular... OK it was a slow day (but that's the topic for tomorrow's blog post)... right, I bet you're itching to know what the word is.

It is....

*drumroll*

Pulchritude

I hope that wasn't too much of an anti-climax. The word is 'pulchritude' and it means beauty. If something is beautiful, it is pulchritudinous

 
What I like so much about it, is how the meaning of the word is so different to the way the word sounds. Say it out loud! It gets stuck in your throat like a bitter pill. It sounds too much like 'repulsive' or 'puke'. When you say it, all the saliva in your mouth gets smooshed around. It's such a juxtaposition to objects it describes. And for that reason, I love this word.

That's it for now, folks!

(My girlfriend hates it when I describe her as being pulchritudinous, lol)

28 comments:

  1. Very "queer" word I'd say heh, it definitely sounds like it should be something bad or something you should avoid.

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  2. That was so pulchritudinous.

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  3. I just used this word, thank you sir!

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  4. Pulchritudinous could pass as a dinosaur of some sort... lol.

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  5. I'll have to use this word sometime soon.

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  6. There is something about saying that word which makes me awfully dirty...

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  7. Very interesting word indeed, where'd you stumble across it in the first place. It's hardly every day conversation material amongst most folk.

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  8. Never heard that word before. Needless to say, people around me will be hearing a lot more of it soon :P

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  9. i have to agree with you, it is like that

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  10. It's hard to pronunciate this strange word :) pulchritudinous - lol

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  11. Really nice read, i can completly find in points of your blog! Keep it up =]

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  12. hehe thats really a word worth to remember. I am non native speaker so I gonna write this down ;)

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  13. My favorite word is obnoxious, because it fits me :D

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  14. Never heard of it, but I'm very much a supporter of underused words. ~the more you know~

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  15. great picture, bring back word of the day. ;)

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  16. Never heard that word but I think I'll use it in the future. It sounds nice.

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  17. Dosn't sound like it means beautiful one bit!

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  18. Thats..such a weird word. If people don't know what it means they usually assume that its something bad.

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  19. I think I prefer beautiful.

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  20. Never heard of that word, my favourite word today is unscrupulous. Just decided that.

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  21. Never heard of it, doesn't really roll of the tongue.

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  22. now i can use this word on my girlfriend :P

    my favourite word is zephyr

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