Occuponymous - when someone's name matches their occupation! My eye doctor - Dr. Dokter; my former dentist, Dr. Strait; my geology professor, Dr. Rock. It feels serendipitous ;)
I didn't know that was a word!!! I love that English has a word for that!! I have a great example. My dad's shop teacher in high school: Samuel A. Wood. Both his name and his initials fit this definition!
Fun! There's a chiropractor in town named Dr. Zipper. On the flip side, a dentist advertises on the radio with the tag line -- "I'm Dr. Hurt. That's just my name, not my intention!"
That's so great! I worked in City government and we had a resident run for Mayor with the last name Lies (pronounced "lease") and his campaign motto was "If you want the Truth, vote for Lies". :)
I also love epistolary! Some of my other favorite words: mellifluous, halcyon, gossamer, ineffable, eventide, flaneur…there are just so many beautiful words, and I love when I’m reading and I come across a word I don’t know!
Oh my gosh, I love penultimate! I had a boss who used it frequently… and ALWAYS incorrectly. (As in, he meant “the best” and it meant “second to last.”) It drove me nuts. And my now-partner and I developed an inside joke about it in our early courtship that is still going today. (Yes, we fell in love over obsessive precision with word meanings.)
I love foreign phrases and words dropped into a conversation or written work of English. Hoi polloi, accoutrement, sangfroid, bon mot, hubris, verboten, flagrante delicto, etc. It’s so fun and witty!
Occuponymous - when someone's name matches their occupation! My eye doctor - Dr. Dokter; my former dentist, Dr. Strait; my geology professor, Dr. Rock. It feels serendipitous ;)
I didn't know that was a word!!! I love that English has a word for that!! I have a great example. My dad's shop teacher in high school: Samuel A. Wood. Both his name and his initials fit this definition!
They sound like Dickens characters! Great word!
Fun! There's a chiropractor in town named Dr. Zipper. On the flip side, a dentist advertises on the radio with the tag line -- "I'm Dr. Hurt. That's just my name, not my intention!"
That's so great! I worked in City government and we had a resident run for Mayor with the last name Lies (pronounced "lease") and his campaign motto was "If you want the Truth, vote for Lies". :)
Love this!
My eye doctor when I was a kid was Dr. Sites.
There used to be an OB-GYN here with the name Dr. Dildy. You can't make this stuff up!!
I had a massage therapist named Pettibone
Kerfuffle!
GOBSMACKED! I also like perambulation, persnickety, and "Honey, I was wrong and you were completely right."
Persnickety is an awesome word.
I also love epistolary! Some of my other favorite words: mellifluous, halcyon, gossamer, ineffable, eventide, flaneur…there are just so many beautiful words, and I love when I’m reading and I come across a word I don’t know!
These are all so beautiful
Ooh good list!! I concur.
I also love serendipity! Also surreptitious. And Morgenmuffle (someone who is grumpy in the morning).
Morganmuffle! Fun!
Penultimate was a favorite of my Dad’s and I always think of him when I use it.
Oh my gosh, I love penultimate! I had a boss who used it frequently… and ALWAYS incorrectly. (As in, he meant “the best” and it meant “second to last.”) It drove me nuts. And my now-partner and I developed an inside joke about it in our early courtship that is still going today. (Yes, we fell in love over obsessive precision with word meanings.)
I love penultimate, and the adjacent words antepenultimate and preantepenultimate.
Flibbertigibbet! It sounds (to me anyway) like what it describes. It was the first word that came to my mind!
OOH…this is a fun one! I will probably want to amend my comment periodically as words start tumbling out of my brain.
But for now I’ll start with effervescent, resplendent… and schlep.
Discombobulated. :-)
I just love the word “sunlit”. It evokes coziness and beauty.
I love aliferous which means to have wings. I also think niveous, resembling snow, is lovely.
Oh! And kerfuffle. Another fun one 😀
Crepuscular. It describes animals that are active at dusk and dawn — neither diurnal nor nocturnal.
I, too, love that word.
Avuncular, palimpsest, hurkle-durkle, tchotchke, lagnaiappe, saudade, and tsundoku. A few of these words are borrowed from other languages.
I love foreign phrases and words dropped into a conversation or written work of English. Hoi polloi, accoutrement, sangfroid, bon mot, hubris, verboten, flagrante delicto, etc. It’s so fun and witty!
My favorites are not in English!
Spanish: mañana
French: pantoufle
I just like the way they sound.