I love finding interesting words. Words that sound odd, words that make you giggle just to say them, words that are fun to say… I just get such enjoyment out of some of the words out there! So here are a few of my favourite fun words.
Scallywag
noun
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a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
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USa white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derisively by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation.
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Disconcerted
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unsettled or confused.“Keith looked momentarily disconcerted”
Rascal
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a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way).“a lovable rascal”
Dither
/ˈdiT͟Hər/
- be indecisive.
“he was dithering about the election date”
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add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals.
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INFORMALindecisive behavior.“after months of dither they had still not agreed”
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a state of agitation.“buses are jammed and dirty and everyone is in a dither over taxis”
Lollop
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move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy paces or bounds.“the bear lolloped along the path”
Fidget
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make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.“the audience had begun to fidget on their chairs”
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a quick, small movement, typically a repeated one, caused by nervousness or impatience.
Perspicacious
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having a ready insight into and understanding of things.“it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter”
Ponder
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think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.“I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion”
Grumble
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complain about something in a bad-tempered way.“his father was grumbling that he hadn’t heard from him”
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make a low rumbling sound.“thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance”
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a complaint.“the main grumble is that he spends too much time away”
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a low rumbling sound.“in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder”
Supine
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(of a person) lying face upward.
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failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.“they remained supine in the face of terrible wrongdoing”
noun
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a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g., dictu in mirabile dictu “wonderful to relate”).
Discombobulated
adjective
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confused and disconcerted.“he is looking a little pained and discombobulated”
Okay, that’s it for me! Hopefully this made some kind of sense. I notice nice words when I come across them, but I can’t ever remember them!
(Note: All definitions are copied from the definition that pops up when googling definition+word.)
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Lolloped is a new one to me! Great list!
I know it from a British TV show I used to watch called As Time Goes By. It’s a crossword clue in an episode, and Judi Dench then acts it out to prove it’s a real word. Highly entertaining!
Love your list! Perspicacious is fantastic!
Hahaha! Thanks!
A favorite old British TV show, As Time Goes By, had a funny scene about “lollop”–nice memory. Good post!
YES YES YES!!!! I’m so impressed someone knows that one! That is my favourite show of all time, and that is exactly where I got it from. Yay you!
“Discombobulated” is a super fun one. I also love “lollop.” I’d never heard it before, but it makes me smile. That’s probably how I move most of the time. Ha ha.
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Susan
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I use discombobulated a fair amount, as it really does sum up my general state of being quite well! I do enjoy having a good lollop about….
A great list of words. My gran used to call me and my sister Scallywags!
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Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Hahahaha! That is so awesome! Your gran sounds like one cool lady!
Scallywag is such a fabulous word.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-words/
Absolutely! And I feel like it deserves a comeback as so many political figures these days really do bring it to life!
Some great choices here! I also had scallywag on mine, though before today, I had no idea it was used that way in the US before, I just thought it was a fun sounding word.
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Hahahaa! My Dad used to read some piratey books to me when I was a kid, so it came up a lot!
Fidget is a good pick.
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I do enjoy that one! It’s so fun to say!
What a great list!
Dither is such a great word; and Perspicacious (!) another awesome word.
Haha! Thanks!