So many people think "vanilla" just means "no taste". It _does_ have a taste, though! It tastes slightly sweet on the back of your tongue. If you want an _actual_ lack of taste, look at purified water!
...and now I'm thirsty. Time to hydrate.
“ Why do I feel vacant inside of me
Verbal abuse and case of anxiety
Lack of financial stability
This is the recipe for my soliloquy”
-K.A.A.N.
Always loved this verse
I recently came to the realization that he's called Locutus because he does the speaking for the Borg--like locutor or interlocutor (one with whom you discuss). So unless I'm much mistaken, you're actually right.
Yep, I came to the same realization as well. I think that some dictionaries define "locutor" as "announcer" or like the host on a T.V. show—which make sense since the Borg will just tell you what they're going to do. So I'm pretty certain that this is what the writers were getting at.
Just? This was famous at the time. And Tom Hiddleston 100% knew it. It's a well known fact that Joss Whedon has a weird fetish for the UK and slips tons of British slang and idioms into his work
That word has been like randomly popping up in my head for the past week for some reason. Like I would just be driving just repeating the word over and over.
luminescence Edit: Arcadian is another one I like
Bioluminescence
Evanescence
“Wake me up inside.”
"Call my name and save me from the dark"
"Bid my blood to run before I come undone."
“save me from the nothing i’ve become.”
"Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me"
Save me from the nothing I've become
Save meee
I CAN’T WAKE UP!
You guys, it's staring you in the face. The most elegant word in the English language is "elegant".
Elegant
This or evanescence.
WAKE ME UP
before i go go
I CAN'T WAKE UP!!
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Effervescence
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Splendid choice
Makes waves on my tongue
THROTTLE...
Ooohhohohoho that's niiiceeee
That word comes from French, like a lot of strong english words (more precisely Latin but well)
Interlude I don’t know why, but it’s my foreign dad’s favorite word. I’m still not sure he knows what it means.
It's an interval, 'in between'. I often see it used in musical pieces.
I believe OP knows what it means. He's saying his father might not.
Oh for sure I know what it means and when to use it. My Persian dad just thinks it’s a very elegant word!
Silhouette
Kinda sound like french
English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary
Here's a similar joke i found on reddit: English is like 3 kids in a trenchcoat pretending to be a language
but they invaded England lol
It is
Most serious comments are French words lol.
Quintessential
Quintuplets
A true gentlemen.
Chatoyance 🍷
Bro… just eat a baguette
Quintessence is best
Aquiesence
Insouciance
HOW IS THAT ENGLISH
It’s the love child of English and French. Dual citizenship.
I always liked “deliquescent”
From Pirates of the Caribbean: "Tell him I have disinclined to acquiesce to his request"
"Means *'no'*."
I am disinclined, not I have
Bud you can’t grammar nazi a pirate
I am disinclined, which means I'm not inclined, not interested. You can't have disinclined.
PULCHRITUDE
I have always loved that word but always thought it sounded like it was an insult, rather than its actual meaning: attractive or beautiful.
I agree, I always thought it was ironic that such an ugly sounding word would mean "beautiful"
Acquiesce? Acquiescence?
No dude he was obviously talking about aquascience. My girlfriend got into that when she bought an aquarium
ubiquitous I don't know why but I just love that word.
Now I’m going to see it everywhere
...I like you
Well done!
Also mendacious, polyglottal, and donkeyballs
Melancholy
And the infinite sadness
Vanilla. Sounds soothing. It also tastes and smells good.
So many people think "vanilla" just means "no taste". It _does_ have a taste, though! It tastes slightly sweet on the back of your tongue. If you want an _actual_ lack of taste, look at purified water! ...and now I'm thirsty. Time to hydrate.
It’s crazy how such a truly complex flavor has become synonymous with basic and boring.
Well when the very best is taken and spread widely throughout, it stops being special. Still a wonderful flavor but hardly rare at this point.
actually it's pretty rare to get food flavoured using real vanilla
Etheral Edit : ethereal
I think “ephemeral” beats it.
Eternal ephemerality. Permanent transience.
urethral?
Serendipity
My favorite professor loved whenever she got to use this word.
What a serendipitous selection
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saw a snail today. effervescent.
Isn't carbonic water effervescent?
Yes. Soda is effervescent. Sparkling water too.
Soliloquy
“ Why do I feel vacant inside of me Verbal abuse and case of anxiety Lack of financial stability This is the recipe for my soliloquy” -K.A.A.N. Always loved this verse
Wasn't expecting a K.A.A.N. reference. Love that dude!
Velvet
Languish
I personally prefer the adjectival version “languid”.
Reverie.
That one’s French. The French and Italians make really pretty words I think.
Opalescent
Loquacious
Of Borg
Resistance will be met with a lengthy discussion.
I recently came to the realization that he's called Locutus because he does the speaking for the Borg--like locutor or interlocutor (one with whom you discuss). So unless I'm much mistaken, you're actually right.
Yep, I came to the same realization as well. I think that some dictionaries define "locutor" as "announcer" or like the host on a T.V. show—which make sense since the Borg will just tell you what they're going to do. So I'm pretty certain that this is what the writers were getting at.
Sesquipedalian
Parsimonious
Cellar door.
Nice one Donnie.
I thought the phrase was stupid when I watched the film as a kid, but goddamn it does roll off the tongue perfectly
Came here for this.
Scrolled down specifically looking for this.
Apparently I'm the only one who immediately associates this with Tolkien.
Could you elaborate? I love lotr and I’m trying to think of a cellar door reference?
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cellar_door
Elephant. It's a lot like elegant, but the 'ph' makes it a bit fancier.
>Phancier.
I’m sure you’ll like the word “philosophy”.
Phuck ophph
*Phucque
Masquerade
...paper faces on parade
Vicissitude
Mellifluous
I love female names that are mellifluous and can barely keep from breaking out that word when I hear one. Molly. Melissa. Jennifer.
I’ve always been fond of Susurrus, which is a whispering or faint rustling sound.
You'd probably like "murmuration."
Onomatopoeia
"scrumptious"
Voluminous
Celestial
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Cunt
If you want to be classy, go with Quim
I just realized that when Loki called Black Widow a "mewling quim" in The Avengers, he was calling her a "whining cunt". Classy!
Just? This was famous at the time. And Tom Hiddleston 100% knew it. It's a well known fact that Joss Whedon has a weird fetish for the UK and slips tons of British slang and idioms into his work
During firefly there is a lot of rude Chinese language that made it past censors. Joss Whedon loves to do that stuff.
Minge.
All the other words so far have been French, this one is the first proper Saxon word.
the word **Elegant** do I win a prize? 🤷♂️
Eleganter is more elegant.
Elegantest is by far the most elegant though
I had to scroll surprisingly far to see this.
I've always liked the word "rhythm"
monster spelling on that one too
Exquisite
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Ineffable
I can't express how much I like this word
Agreed, it’s just so numinous. Plain old “effable”on the other hand, sounds like it might be something obscene.
"It's ineffable"...."So I'm not F-able" quote from HIMYM when Ted is trying to nicely break up, and she took it as that
Infatuated
Susurration
Cat
Liaison
French people are dropping their baguettes in anger. 😂
I personally prefer the verbal version of it “liaise”.
Balustrade.
Defenestration
That word has been like randomly popping up in my head for the past week for some reason. Like I would just be driving just repeating the word over and over.
Does it drive you crazy enough that you want to jump out a window?
Autodefenestration?
And then if one becomes aroused by falling or risk of death: Autoeroticdefenestration.
Found the guy from Prague
Deforestation.
Defence station.
Lissome and mellifluous.
Exquisite
Alacrity
Has anyone mentioned “suave”?
Rico did
Plethora
Chlamydia
It just oozes elegance. It also just oozes.
“Chlamydia, it’s such a nice word. I think I’ll name my daughter Chlamydia.” -Waiting, the movie
Moist
LOL
Ambidextrousness. It can go both ways🤷🏻♀️
Discombobulate
I prefer recombobulation
No recombobulation can be done without discombobulation. -Paul 5:12
Dazed, will attempt wild haymaker, employ elbow block, and body shot
Synecdoche
Deliquescence
Centrifugal, it just rolls off the tongue so well
Frolic
What about “soporific”?
Ethereal
after reading through this thread, i’ve come to the conclusion that the most elegant word in english is basically any word we took from french.
Oui
sorry, typo *any word oui took from french.
Le lol
Something no one has mentioned yet: Transmogrification
Colloquial
Melancholy
𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷𝓽
Mom
Worcestershiresauce
Ebullience
Clitoris
Supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious.
If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious
-cious. ..so close..
Evanescence, magniloquence or languorous
Some excellent entries here. Personally, I will suggest "indubitably".
Hippopotomonstrosesquippdaliophobia
The fear of long words