Dear Words,
We're sorry we had that little quarrel. You know that we could never really leave you, don't you? Here's a small token of our affection.
with love,
Onions
Words that aren't onomatopoeias but sure sound like what they mean:
Words that aren't onomatopoeias but sure sound like what they mean:
schmooze
sneer
trudge
hussy
treacle
curlicue
dump
frippery
discombobulated
curmudgeon
corpulent
smooth
blasé
brazen
snap
languid
officious
zest
poltroon
protrude
zest
poltroon
protrude
almost any of you sl- words: slippery, slide, slap, slick, sleazebag, slimy
Words that don't sound anything like what they mean
4 comments:
My children call Dessert "berzerk". Ha. Of course such behaviour is wildly and recklessly encouraged in our house.
Yeah, what is with bucolic? I always forget what it means and equate it with tuberculosis.
I was the same with bucolic. As a child I also got really confused about "Caucasian" because it had "asian" in it.
I think the trudges and hussys and curmudgeons are called "ideophones". Or so Lingua Franca tells me.
I've always liked cake. The word, not so much the food. What's the tactile/physical equivalent of onomatopoeia? Because every time I say "cake", I feel like I'm eating it.
For words that don't sound anything like what they mean:
Estranged.
It rolls off your tongue like it is warm-touchy-feely-exotic but it is really a cold standoffish word.
And had to laugh at bucolic. So true! Sounds more like a nasty illness to me.
Love the blog--thanks for the link!
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