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Mellifluous

Word of the day on 22 September 2009.

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revhappiness
Latin derivations are inherently mellifluous to the ear of the linguist, but to the tone deaf, it's all Greek.
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  • tundiscovered
    327
    Points
    Kanye interrupts on stage. His antics muster up quite the rage. Many cuss and fuss. Simply put, his words aren't mellifluous
    @tundiscovered
  • DaveCurry
    313
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    Her drive? Assiduous. Her demeanor? Tempestuous. Her banter? Mellifluous. Her body parts? Contiguous.
    @DaveCurry
  • SmyWord
    172
    Points
    Mellifluous? Superfluous. Just tweet sweet.
    @SmyWord
  • SpankyHamsMum
    141
    Points
    She looked sexually desperate, frantic, yet alluring. She turned to me, in a husky mellifluous voice she said "Did you fart?"
    @SpankyHamsMum
  • carlrc
    136
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    Deft on the twitter I make the girls shiver, mellifluous rhyming, like a shot of Patron, ambiguous timing, like that game with your mom.
    @carlrc
  • Astolpho
    128
    Points
    So I hear tell that mellifluous villanelles are a favorite dish of the wild verbivore. Bait your traps eloquently.
    @Astolpho
  • jdbannister
    113
    Points
    My bowel movements: not as popular as Stephen Fry but just as mellifluous.
    @jdbannister
  • keeto
    99
    Points
    Great code, like great poetry or prose, is mellifluous. The only difference between programming and writing is the time it takes to compile.
    @keeto
  • Theonlygolux
    98
    Points
    Mellifluous brings onomatopoeia to the tongue as it flows, honeyed, dripping over larynx, lips and out into the world.
    @Theonlygolux
  • paulmmay
    94
    Points
    The word mellifluous makes me think of James Earl Jones and Terry Wogan's love child. Dipped in honey, wrapped in velvet.
    @paulmmay
  • PuddleMonkey
    93
    Points
    Wanted: phone actresses. Work from home! Mellifluous voice required. Great pay, flexibility. Open-minded women 18 yrs or older apply now!
    @PuddleMonkey
  • lithiumzombie
    88
    Points
    Tarantino's next movie is called 'Mellifluous Basterds'. It's about this gang of extremely violent opera singers, randomly killing nazis.
    @lithiumzombie
  • wdharrisjr
    83
    Points
    I was going to attempt to use the word in a sentence that sounded mellifluous, but - ironically - it does not easily roll off the tongue.
    @wdharrisjr
  • PuddleMonkey
    74
    Points
    I have a mellifluous voice and a heart of gold. At least that's what some schmuck once told me.
    @PuddleMonkey
  • FRUiTZOOM
    66
    Points
    mellifluous: If a tweet were mellifluous what would it say?? "meealllllllow me mwease?"
    @FRUiTZOOM
  • ohyesidid
    64
    Points
    I can still recall his mellifluous tongue -- sweet and elusive, dulcet and deceitful; the smooth voice that belied his sticky intentions.
    @ohyesidid
  • khren
    57
    Points
    I asked her why she wasn't impressed with my mellifluous hair. Because it is on your back, she responded.
    @khren
  • Andrew565
    54
    Points
    My writing style has been described as being as mellifluous as flypaper: just sweet enough to get you stuck. ;) (see @artwiculate)
    @Andrew565
  • DoogieHowser_MD
    54
    Points
    @artwiculate If you ain't hangin' with T-Pain, then you ain't feelin' the mellifluous flow of Hennessy. #Crunk #Crunker #Crunklifluous
    @DoogieHowser_MD
  • rmarotti
    54
    Points
    When he called her voice mellifluous, she slapped him. To this day, he's unsure whether it was because she understood or she didn't.
    @rmarotti
  • TamahomeJenkins
    53
    Points
    Jim Jones sweetened the Kool-Aid with his mellifluous prose.
    @TamahomeJenkins
  • am_harte
    52
    Points
    My friend's writing is mellifluous, almost sickly sweet. When I read her work I'm reminded of my own flat dryness. #artwiculate
    @am_harte
  • Cact
    49
    Points
    Oh but how the flowers grow, her voice drifted on; the Mellifluous thing it was, it warmed my heart; coffee on a smooth winter's day.
    @Cact
  • micooler
    47
    Points
    Is your sneeze mellifluous? @junseth claims his smell like honey. Oddly, there's some search volume around this. http://bit.ly/NodGc
    @micooler
  • yopopodawn
    46
    Points
    Toby thought he could be a cowboy. He snarled in the mirror, then paused, then cried. It was no use. His features were just too mellifluous.
    @yopopodawn
  • lisa_hay_j
    44
    Points
    The mellifluous tones of the idea - American Dream - won't ring in the ears of our children if we continue to let the sound of hatred rise.
    @lisa_hay_j
  • SilencioBarnes
    44
    Points
    She asked me if I found her singing voice mellifluous. I replied yes, if you consider the sound of rocks grinding against concrete to be so.
    @SilencioBarnes
  • elferrada
    44
    Points
    A mellifluous voice whispered in my ear in the morning... it was my girlfriend telling me "good day my love".
    @elferrada
  • sevter
    44
    Points
    The sirens' mellifluous voices were oft used to lure sailors to their death.
    @sevter
  • hereticaneue
    44
    Points
    no matter how mellifluous, drunken texts sent at 3 in the morning are probably going to get my ass in trouble. :[
    @hereticaneue
  • Virgotex
    43
    Points
    She was sly, w/ a voice so mellifluous that butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Fortunately we had other ways of melting butter. #artwiculate
    @Virgotex
  • natybee88
    43
    Points
    Woe is the contrary nature of beauty waxing. It goes on with a mellifluous ease, and off with a harsh YOUCH!
    @natybee88
  • how_she_rolls
    43
    Points
    I wish change flowed as easily as Sade: steady and mellifluous.
    @how_she_rolls
  • lauriecutter
    39
    Points
    Oh,you cat, of mellifluous voice -- teach my dog to yowl sweetly too?
    @lauriecutter
  • ThinkingGood
    39
    Points
    I hate the mellifluous tone of my teachers voice. If you want me to know I'm doing something wrong you have to grate my ears.
    @ThinkingGood
  • tamaslorincz
    39
    Points
    "What was the speech about?" "I don't know. His mellifluous voice filled my ears & could hardly concentrate on what he said. " @artwikulate
    @tamaslorincz
  • levdir
    39
    Points
    I find the clank of steel on drop-forged steel soothing, like a mellifluous whisper from the lips of a lover.
    @levdir
  • jesse_s_wright
    39
    Points
    the mellifluous milk of monotony http://flic.kr/p/tM9JG (via @jessewright)
    @jesse_s_wright
  • stevejwales
    39
    Points
    May my multiplicity of messages be masterfully mellifluous not the mere mindless melancholy of mundane monotony. (Repeat mantra monthly.)
    @stevejwales
  • Trish222
    39
    Points
    Jemaine Clement's mellifluous voice melts me like Alex Mack into a puddle of chemically charged goodness. @jemainec Please return my calls.
    @Trish222
  • simonthehunter
    38
    Points
    "One pint or two luv?" said the milkman to the housewife with a mellifluous ardour that left her quivering on the doorstep in her nightgown.
    @simonthehunter
  • patindublin
    38
    Points
    Your Mom's mellifluous.
    @patindublin
  • liamh
    38
    Points
    @artwiculate mellifluous relates mainly to voice, writing and tone? The person who wrote hasn't seen Marilyn Monroe's walk.
    @liamh
  • thatuglything
    34
    Points
    was woken up by the mellifluous mewing of her fat cat and got out of bed to find that he had peed on her futon seat.. it was a LOT of pee..
    @thatuglything
  • bryceroney
    34
    Points
    Apparently @artwiculate is trying to get people to use new words in order to make their writing more mellifluous. Good job!
    @bryceroney
  • the_chaostheory
    34
    Points
    One mans mellifluous is another mans nails on a chalk board. There is nothing sweet about death metal. /housemates.
    @the_chaostheory
  • holtchesley
    34
    Points
    Marguerite maintains that many mellifluous monologues are made mincemeat by my mumbling mouth. #artwiculate
    @holtchesley
  • toniwilliamsz
    34
    Points
    He spoke in a broken down patois, with a mellifluous tone of velvet, interrupted by a few words of barroom vernacular. #artwiculate
    @toniwilliamsz
  • jessewright
    34
    Points
    the mellifluous milk of monotony http://flic.kr/p/tM9JG
    @jessewright

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