03.15.09
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:53 pm by gradmommy
I was listening to NPR this evening, and I heard a word that I like a lot: cacophony. Webster (well, okay, not Webster, but dictionary.com) defines cacophony as:
| 1. |
harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
| 2. |
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday. |
| 3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand. |
I don’t like cacophony, but I like the sound of the word.
Speaking of which, I do have a favorite word whose meaning I really like: serendipity.
| 1. |
an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. |
| 2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for. |
Who wouldn’t like that? Do you have a favorite word?
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2winmommy said,
March 16, 2009 at 8:13 am
I always liked silhouette and melancholy — not necessarily for meaning – just for the way they sound.
yli said,
March 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm
susurrus — but i seem to always spell it wrong and pronounce it with the wrong stress, the way i spell/pronounce it (the wrong way) makes i sounds like the chinese word with roughly the same meaning.
carly said,
March 16, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I can’t think of any favorite English words right now, but I was just discussing my favorite Norwegian word today: rusbrus! It means alcoholic soda-type drinks. But its mostly just a funny sounding word.
Alotta Errata said,
March 16, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I like bombastic, mostly for the way it sounds. And then there is onomatopoeia and queue, which I like to write in cursive because it is fun and looks pretty.
Lydia said,
October 29, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Zephyr- gentle breeze
Refraction- Alteration of path