Watching Big Brother, I am appalled at many of the housemates' propensity for reducing the entire spectrum of human emotions to just two words:<\/p>\n
They are either feeling:<\/p>\n
"wicked"<\/p>\n
or:<\/p>\n
"gutted".<\/p>\n
And that's it. It's gotten to the point where I feel physically sick every time I hear one of them say "gutted". <\/p>\n
There are so many other words to choose from. Words are great! Use them! Learn a new one every day! <\/p>\n
I'll start you off. Here's one: <b>tripsolagnia<\/b>. That's sexual arousal from having one's hair shampooed.<\/p>\n
Please leave your favourite English words in the comments box. Nothing fictional. And not "elbow" either, because, yes, I too have seen <i>The Singing Detective<\/i>. Or "serendipity", because that topped a recent national "favourite words" poll, and is therefore disqualified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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