My words or the day from 2015 to 2022, from absurd to yonder
ILike a poor man’s Suzie Dent I used to post a ‘word of the day’ on Twitter. They were words I liked the sound of, or the meaning of, or words that just kept popping up in my brain
I’ve just now cobbled together some powershell commands to pull stuff out of my downloaded Twitter archive. This list is the first fruit of that dubious achievement 😃
- ramshackle
- skullduggery
- mawkish
- rigmarole
- discombobulate
- happenstance
- skedaddle
- gush
- ruffled
- amok
- chortle
- edible
- reverberate
- shuck
- musty
- impinge
- bosky
- dawdle
- curdle
- staunch
- wobbulator
- rigmarole
- rambunctious
- the vig
- higgledy-piggledy
- Laggards
- haunch
- gizzard
- shtick
- tatterdemalion
- interstitial
- skulduggery
- hugger-mugger
- scamper
- ruffian
- genial
- bramble
- truffle
- hankering
- scrimp
- absurd
- flounce
- flummox
- extrusion
- scramble
- pestle
- rancid
- scrofulous
- saunter
- wondrous
- befuddled
- spud
- machinate
- resonate
- gratitude
- scruple
- besmirch
- tardy
- slumber
- dimple
- bustle
- befuddled
- sinister
- husky
- razzmatazz
- tingle
- crepuscular
- gesticulate
- frazzled
- tamp
- grapple
- truckle
- rigmarole
- amicable
- gargle
- griddle
- gusty
- modicum
- miscreant
- dumpling
- liniment
- chevron
- snigger
- merge
- wrought
- gumption
- rabble
- ponder
- maritime
- surge
- meander
- blustery
- bliss
- rowdy
- pith
- damp
- machination
- chirpy
- engrossed
- ocelot
- frisson
- triumph
- drench
- griddle
- shudder
- quandary
- gloop
- ping
- furlong
- squirm
- reverie
- camaraderie
- lunge
- patter
- jaunty
- trundle
- linnet
- agog
- flounce
- brisk
- froth
- tinge
- lagoon
- curdle
- fizzle
- glee
- burst
- finagle
- pernickety
- stipple
- miscreant
- flummox
- tumble
- mellifluous
- stooge
- wry
- precipitate
- hirsute
- rascal
- wistful
- manky
- chaff
- skittle
- quench
- nuzzle
- ineffable
- poodle
- vestibule
- mishmash
- twelve
- chivvy
- snooze
- flannel
- giggle
- gusty
- parish
- vanquish
- startle
- muffle
- mischief
- pebble
- roughage
- jibber-jabber
- gabardine
- perspicacious
- munch
- quandary
- crumble
- reckon
- .
- merriment
- slobber
- musket
- mumble
- ragwort
- resurgence
- glimmer
- turnbuckle
- perch
- halcyon
- drizzle
- ethereal
- curdle
- shoestring
- bungalow
- skittish
- dream
- kelp
- reverberate
- mitigate
- miscreant
- jittery
- gleam
- shimmer
- convivial
- marmalize
- groove
- ochre
- swelter
- skirmish
- oblivious
- sprinkle
- moreish
- hankering
- pundit
- amok
- happen
- mulch
- flutter
- brunt
- sprightly
- happenstance
- baffled
- prattle
- crumple
- scatter
- sinew
- cherub
- abundant
- autumnal
- bedraggled
- fisticuffs
- trickle
- jaded
- crinkle
- lucid
- melody
- dozen
- muffle
- expunge
- rubble
- mirage
- cribbage
- palaver
- corroborate
- scrawny
- jot
- heft
- crepuscular
- digit
- scruffy
- embroiled
- guttering
- smudge
- rummage
- ado
- balustrade
- cattle
- stubble
- askance
- wanton
- jostle
- capacious
- scamper
- adamant
- frost
- purloin
- crackle
- tinsel
- kindling
- dunk
- mariner
- gist
- mollusc
- growl
- chirpy
- exuberant
- mumble
- creosote
- gesticulate
- hocus-pocus
- sprout
- satsuma
- stroll
- schism
- skew
- trickle
- ditto
- scrimmage
- middling
- epitome
- tabernacle
- spruce
- rickety
- mooch
- mishmash
- tomfoolery
- diffident
- twill
- crumple
- febrile
- chrysalis
- styptic
- griddle
- machinate
- swarthy
- wrinkle
- ceramic
- chipper
- antiquity
- stirrup
- thistle
- sanguine
- rife
- sprinkle
- pithy
- frothy
- nebulous
- truckle
- resin
- mulch
- hunkering
- batten
- codger
- shiplap
- fricative
- blossom
- desultory
- grinning
- skint
- valve
- behest
- parish
- filibuster
- dazzling
- snout
- malleable
- daub
- jettison
- tumultuous
- sombre
- nincompoop
- hillock
- grizzled
- chuffed
- stockade
- hue
- outwith
- jovial
- glitch
- mulch
- drizzle
- myriad
- flange
- fiddlesticks
- divot
- russet
- gravel
- albeit
- dunk
- totter
- Blighty
- guttural
- slumber
- foible
- cusp
- jettison
- effervescent
- yonder
- trot
- simmer
- clavicle
- behest
- manifest
- stickler
- fickle
- calypso
- tingle
- stove
- temper
- incorrigible
- peregrine
- bickering
- smidgen
- musty
- vestibule
- tryst
- glitch
- drowsy
- aghast
- luminous
- divulge
- shimmering
- mull
- cadge
- stanchion
- cleft
- hubbub
- tryst
- stymied
- combustion
- squat
- squabble
- festoon
- resplendent
- raddled
- natterjack
- swelter
- gormless
- schmuck
- toggle
- scamper
- giggle
- wallop
- balustrade
- sparrow
- lilting
- sniff
- hustings
- slake
- parsnip
- raddled
- nobbled
- paraphernalia
- hankering
- sizzle
- fricative
- smattering
- scant
- warble
- qualm
- buddy
- heft
- waif
- dromedary
- batten
- froth
- conkers
- gladden
- ribbon
- purport
- dithering
- scurry
- fume
- knuckles
- autumnal
- turmoil
- slouching
- wreak
- foist
- follicle
- raucous
- speckled
- tustle
- gabardine
- commensurate
- paradiddle
- muffle
- chilly
- piffle
- harbinger
- bangle
- gantry
- caper
- saunter
- vacillate
- tardy
- banjaxed
- hoik
- minion
- tousled
- nostrils
- amalgamate
- garnish
- skiff
- tad
- declamatory
- plinth
- rumbustious
- stucco
- strum
- hush
- bubble
- plangent
- rankle
- lustre
- mulled
- tinsel
- ponderous
- footfall
- tidings
- swaddling
- eggnog
- myrrh