Fandom Discussion: The Increase Your Vocabulary Thread

[themostepotente]

Hello, and welcome to the 'Increase Your Vocabulary' thread. And really you can thank petulantgod for my next couple of discussions. Not only is he a brilliant writer, but *le gasp*, he's very entertaining.

I know that certain words in fics click with me -- just like some words leave me cold. Some just sound sexy. Some convey their meanings better. Others just look cool.

Now then -- what's the objective of this thread, you ask? Simple. Post a word you may have used in a fic of yours with the definition. This should be a word you don't see or hear in every day conversation -- hence the increasing your vocabulary bit :P

My word for this thread is sibilant -- having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash [a sibilant snake]

Go to it. *G*

--P

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

callipygian - Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.

This was a very fashionable word for a while.

I also like cordiform, meaning heart shaped. There's also pisiform, meaning pea shaped, but I'm not sure how you'd use that. "He stroked his partner's pisofirm nipples..." Nah, maybe not.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Great words to describe shapes. *G*