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mystic, anomaly, infer, holo holo

The word 'holo holo' was originated by myself and is used in my family. The family understand it but nobody else would unless explained to them. Phonetically, the word is 'hawllo-hawllo'.

A holo holo is a pile of uprooted vegetation (weeds , grass clippings etc) that has been left to wither to a brown colour such that the lawn beneath has yellowed. The creator of a holo holo is subjected to fierce rebuke in my family until such time as they remove the holo holo.

My favourite word for many years has been mellifluous

Nebulous.

Worst word: tender

Best words: dapple, capricious, tacit, effortful, champagne

Onomatopoeia

ease
solitude
persnickety
kind
prickly
quantum
interstitial
intransigent
docile
ergo

high chapparalle

Winona Ryder

Coccolicco (pronounced 'kokoLEEchoh'), an extinct dialect of Italian-infused Spanish that used to be common in Argentina.

Molokai ( with a glide on that final AH-EEh syllable- one of the main Hawiian islands).

spitoon

gazeebo

marlin spike

Helical interpolation.
Work-related and geeky.

A real simple (English) word I've oddly come to like very much recently is "fairly", e.g. "I do fairly good".

May sound a bit silly particularly to native English-speakers, but I love how it makes a statement feel more friendly and humble in a way. Ever since I discovered I liked the word I tend to get smiling a bit when I hear it used.

hijinks
sophistry
self-realization
sensual
erudite
luminous
emptiness
chasm
spasm
quintile
quartile
decile
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