The Not-So Austen Bookclub discussion

Here's a place to list your fave words.

I'll start, with a few of my faves:

- Horrid.
(Why? Because it sounds Austen-y!)
- Detest.
(It sounds so much better than 'don't like', or 'hates'.)
- Elementary
(...my dear Watson!)
- The phrase 'funnily enough'
- Literally
- Inconceivable!
(Princess Bride fanatic that I am :D)
- Precious
(No, I'm not related to Gollum)

My favourite words would have to be

Hamartia (Meaning a fatal flaw) :)

Preposterous (it sounds cool!)

Outrageous (sounds like preposterous)

Geronimo! (The doctor says it therefore it is cool)

Allons-y (French for let's go)

Fantastic!

Those are my favourite words. :)

Oh and the phrase "Bloody hell!"

Isabelle wrote: "Oh and the phrase "Bloody hell!""

*laughs* 'Bloody hell' is one of my faves. As is 'hamartia'. 'Bloody hell' mainly because Ronald Weasley says it so much!!

My favorite words:
Serene (I like words ending with the ene suffix)
Ghastly (Ghastly Bespoke!)
Skulduggery (love the way it sounds!)
Mortifying (Jane Austen-esque)
Guernsey (An island just off the English Channel...)
Gratifying (Again, Jane Austen)
Fez (it's fun to say!)
Garner (another Jane Austen... sheesh)
Centurion (It is Roman. Need I say more?)
Kraken (the hard Ks...)
Slay (Shadeslayer!)

Booknut wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "Oh and the phrase "Bloody hell!""

*laughs* 'Bloody hell' is one of my faves. As is 'hamartia'. 'Bloody hell' mainly because Ronald Weasley says it so much!!"

I didn't even get started on British words... git, prig, wanker, ace, brill, anti-clockwise, loo, arse, barmy, beastly, bespoke, blimey, bloody, chuffing... we could be here for hours.

(what a great thread!)

Lucious

Serendipidy

conglomeration

incontravertable

Inconceivable.

Excessively. (Austen)

Indeed.

Rather.

Phoenix.


I know I have more....

Awesome thread!!

Petrichor

Cosmogyral

Hiraeth (Welsh)

Bibliothecary

Tacenda

Recumbentibus

Quisquilian


Some of these meanings are brilliant

Plethora
Dearth
Serendipitous
Fortuitous
Oh, and when anyone with an accent says "Thank you ever so much'---I die. :)

- Knackered
- Equestrian
- Anatidaephobia
- Bewitching
- Obtuse

Sydney wrote: "Plethora
Dearth
Serendipitous
Fortuitous
Oh, and when anyone with an accent says "Thank you ever so much'---I die. :)"

Lol yes ^ Mine ...

-Onyx

-Obsidian

-Pallid. I LOVE pallid. It makes me think of full moons and arkenstones <3

-Anything at all said with a British accent.

Booknut wrote: "- Knackered
- Equestrian
- Anatidaephobia
- Bewitching
- Obtuse"

lol i think Will has Anatidaephobia
((by saying Will im referring to Infernal Devices... or as Booknut wud like to call him; "her soulmate))

And what exactly is that? xD

It's a new one by me, but I'm guessing the fear of ducks?

I'm almost laughing out loud here:

What Is Anatidaephobia?
Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.

Breathe. Breathe. Okay, don't breathe... Hyperventilate.

*chuckles* We mustn't laugh, Wordless - we must have sympathy for those afflicted by this phobia ^^

Ahhhhhhhhh Don't even say that!!!

xDDD

That is a great phobia, gotta say!

Behold, the fear of long words:
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

People who have to explain that they have this will probably have a reaction then and there.

That's it!! I've been trying to remember that word all night!!

*Gasp* I think I have that phobia ... *eyes widen, faints back onto the floor*

Really, Lady Poppy. Have some consideration: people in this very room could have that phobia and may now be experiencing the symptoms! Shame on you xD.

XD I feel the shame. My deepest apologies, but next time don't read what you can't handle. :)

Heheh.

yup,i actully put that phobia (the duck one) as my FB status once

behold, the most shameful fear (for book lovers like me)
the fear of books: bibliophobia

some more funny phobias:
- Barophobia: Fear of gravity
- Genuphobia: Fear of knees
- Basophobia: Fear of walking
- and Phobophobia - the fear of fear; the phobia of having a phobia

I like phobophobia, but it would sure suck to have that.

I definitely have Abibliophobia.

WordlesslyAmazed03 wrote: "I definitely have Abibliophobia."

*GASP* but y? i wud have assumed u luved to read books (just like evr1 else here)

Sasha wrote: "WordlesslyAmazed03 wrote: "I definitely have Abibliophobia."

*GASP* but y? i wud have assumed u luved to read books (just like evr1 else hear"

"A" is the Latin root for "not", so she doesn't have bibliophobia. (Hope that's what you meant)

Abibliophobia is the fear of running out of reading material. And you call yourselves bookworms. Shame.

WordlesslyAmazed03 wrote: "Abibliophobia is the fear of running out of reading material. And you call yourselves bookworms. Shame."

oh sorry, i thought the A was a typo so i just assumed u may have unintentionally typed the word wrong, sorry for i did not think otherwise

WordlesslyAmazed03 wrote: "Abibliophobia is the fear of running out of reading material. And you call yourselves bookworms. Shame."

Ouch, that one stung.

No, no, it was a joke. No shame.

Lol.

Phew. I was worried I'd be shamed for the rest of my life. *Relief*

I'm not that mean. :)

ahaha lol u guys are funny

Yes, yes we are.

Highly entertaining, I'm sure.

i feel that our little convo may have ended... maybe

*awkward silence*

Awkward.

Your new favourite word?

probably, but no

ok my fav word would be....

ok two words: Demon-pox

Yes! Yes!

-_-

sooo...

...

Squidge. Don't ask :)

Taitneamh (Irish, meaning "shine/shining).

Indeed

Luftwaffe (the German Airforce in WWII. Not that I support them, but the word is fun to say!)

Obviously - especially when Professor Snape says it. (sounds like 'Ob-v-i-ous-ly').