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| hombre gordo Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5381 days ago 184 posts - 247 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Portuguese, Korean | Message 1 of 124 11 December 2009 at 10:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Do you have any certain words in your languages which just feel awesome to say? For whatever reason? Maybe words that just sound awesome, words that maybe have a taboo meaning, words that are so cleverly formed? Words that feel orgasmic when you say them and cause a rush of excitement?
For me, the following words are so exciting to say. English Assault rifle (this word not only sounds awesome, it is funny because I have never seen a rifle which wasnt made for the very purpose of assaulting people. It is overly clear what it is used for, which is funny. Saying this word just feels so awesome.) Assclown (very funny insult. I have only heard pro-wrestler Chris Jericho use this word) Sissie (It feels very manly when you call weaklings this word. It feels like it has a strong military image) Back in the old country (know that I am living abroad, I used this immigrantesque expression when talking to my parents by phone) Spanish Cojonudo (rude word used to imply that something is good) Japanese 俺 (ore) (rough manly word meaning "I". Inappropriate in certain situations. I love refering to myself as 俺 to the extent that I feel a rush of excitement) 女房 (nyoubou) (I am totally engrossed with this word which is a slightly old fashioned way to refer to ones wife. It just feels to manly to say it.) A similar Korean word, chibsaram also feels awesome to say. Any words that you feel are awesome and exciting to say? Edited by hombre gordo on 11 December 2009 at 10:05am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6566 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 2 of 124 11 December 2009 at 11:46am | IP Logged | ||
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I love French exclamations like what you find in Tintin. Saperlipopette! Zut alors! Ça m'étonne! Great fun. Edited by Captain Haddock on 11 December 2009 at 11:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| omigod666 Newbie Australia Joined 5839 days ago 17 posts - 27 votes Studies: French | Message 3 of 124 11 December 2009 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Chinese Mandarin:
俺:It means the same as in Japanese,a very manly word indeed! Sadly its use is only restricted in the Northern part of China 老婆:Wife. Again, very manly and universally used Cantonese: "是但啦" or"冇所谓啦", I thin in English it means "Whatever,doesn't matter" French: C'est fou! It's even funnier when there's the frightened look that goes with it German: vielleicht, is a very good-looking word English: "You are such a stupid bitch" cracks me up every time! But say it slowly, like this one here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHqIlwChyLs Edited by omigod666 on 11 December 2009 at 12:28pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5707 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 124 11 December 2009 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Spanish: Jolín. Where I lived this was consistently pronounced JOOOOlííín, it sounded awesome.
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| Rowena Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6377 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 5 of 124 11 December 2009 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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'Piping hot'
I don't know if it's awesome, but whenever I read it, I have to say it out loud.. :P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6692 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 124 11 December 2009 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I agree about "piping hot". It always makes me smile when I hear it or read it. Another one in this same category is "spanking new".
I'd prefer "A salt rifle", though I've no idea if such a thing has ever been thought of. Well, it has now :o). Spanish: Descuajiringado - approx. meaning: "smashed up and bent, often beyond repair, sometimes even beyond recognition". 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6268 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 7 of 124 11 December 2009 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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German: Tohuvabohu (chaos), zerfleddert (what happens to a notebook if you use it a lot and take bad care of it)
Esperanto: tohuvabohuo (chaos), homarano (member of mankind) Chinese: 马马虎虎 ma3ma3hu1hu1 (literally: horse-horse-tiger-tiger) (not very good; careless) Actually, I like most of the redoubled Chinese words, they're cute 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Envinyatar Diglot Senior Member Guatemala Joined 5334 days ago 147 posts - 240 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 8 of 124 11 December 2009 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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German: Aschenputtel (Cinderella). Maybe my Spanish-ears find weird that this sweet and soft girl's original name is such a strong and potent word.
Hebrew: Chutzpah (Audacity). This word is simply awesome. Spanish: Tempestad (Storm). I just like how this word sounds, I find it very euphonic. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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