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KlinkKlonk (138 words)
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Words I Like., by quarked
miscellany, by lurk
soph2's Words, by soph2
mkuo's Words, by mkuo
Extinguishish, by whichbe
GRE list #4, by Sera
random favorites, by Rarn
fibrous words, by rolig
1, by littleclaw
descriptive, by myriasofo
Words I have learned that I can't ever use in ordinary speech because none of my friends know them., by CatKisses
Appellations., by gliph
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I saw the same M*A*S*H episode, and I suggest that you can slake desire. :-)
Lime.
Can you think of any other thing you slake, other than thirst?
My husband uses slake a different way. It would probably make Radar blush and Nicolas Cage snicker...
I'm with you, c_b. That may be the best explanation for Nicolas Cage ever.
It always reminds me of Radar O'Reilly in a M*A*S*H episode where he first discovers the word in a poem.
I don't actually like this word, but it is neat in a kind of unlikable way. Like Nicolas Cage.
This word, aptly, contains a lake,
but adds an initial s,
and thus suggests
the slipping and sliding and slithering
of water down the throat:
a liquid snake.