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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:57 pm
by deer of the dawn
Kookaburra

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:14 am
by Sorus
lagomorph

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:11 pm
by deer of the dawn
mnemonic

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:51 pm
by Cord Hurn
nonagon

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:11 am
by ussusimiel
odious

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:52 pm
by Sorus
phylactery

Which is also on my infamous list of words that sound dirty, but aren't.

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:51 pm
by ussusimiel
quietude

Where can we view that infamous list, Sorus? :twisted:

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:07 am
by aliantha
riff-raff

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:01 pm
by ussusimiel

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:34 am
by Sorus
tintinnabulate
ussusimiel wrote:
Where can we view that infamous list, Sorus? :twisted:
I thought I'd posted it here somewhere, but I can't find it. Perhaps it should be a new game.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:40 pm
by ussusimiel
Sorus wrote:I thought I'd posted it here somewhere, but I can't find it. Perhaps it should be a new game.
Start that thread!

Here's one on my own list:

Bucolic

(While this word means 'pastoral' and pleasant country living, it has always sounded to me like a cross 'puke' and 'colic', which while relevant to each other are utterly at odds with 'bucolic'. That's dem Greeks for ya!)

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:03 pm
by deer of the dawn
ululate

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:28 pm
by ussusimiel
yodel

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:09 pm
by deer of the dawn
Umm,... V-W-X...

voracious

Wawa

Xenophobic

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:51 am
by Sorus
Not sure if I should take Y again or go straight to Z, so I will do both just to be safe.

yttrium

zenzizenzizenzic

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:39 pm
by michaelm
auspicious

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:05 am
by Sorus
Baroque

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:11 am
by Cord Hurn
chiaroscuro

(a bit obvious on a Donaldson fan site, I admit, but I still think it's fun to say)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:02 pm
by ussusimiel
dendrite

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:42 pm
by Sorus
Ennui