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The 10 Most Satisfying Words to Say in the English Language

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (124)



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10. Antidisestablishmentarianism

9. Pajiba (Puh-Jī-Buh)

8. Floccinaucinihilipilification (but only if you can successfully pronounce it)

7. Katzenjammer

6. Jugulate

5. Zamboni

4. Lilliputian

3. Convection

2. Supercilious

1. Butthole









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Comments

abstruse

Posted by: Cloukie at December 21, 2010 10:24 AM

Fisticuffs!

Posted by: melisseh at December 21, 2010 10:30 AM

Cacophony. Also...motherfucker. And every other curse word out there. Or maybe I'm just in a mood.

Posted by: TylerDFC at December 21, 2010 10:31 AM

Those are some satisfying motherfucking words.

Posted by: Ian at December 21, 2010 10:33 AM

Discombobulated

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:35 AM

[Floxxy-nahsee-nigh-hilleh-pilleh-fihkayshun]

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 10:36 AM

Genuflect

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:37 AM

Pa-jee-ba.

Posted by: duckandcover at December 21, 2010 10:37 AM

Bessmyrthnykh.

Posted by: hl at December 21, 2010 10:37 AM

Slattern

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:37 AM

Elbow

Posted by: hl at December 21, 2010 10:38 AM

Also -

I pronounce it Pajeeba and don't care who knows it. If I could I would write it in IPA to make that perfectly clear.

#1 is a gross word and I refuse to say. Refuse!

Good day sir.

I said good day!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:39 AM

Ecdysiast.

Posted by: Spender at December 21, 2010 10:39 AM

Terpsichore.

Posted by: Spender at December 21, 2010 10:40 AM

Nefarious

Oppulent

Posted by: Reba at December 21, 2010 10:42 AM

Penultimate

I might submit "moist", because it is quite satisfying to watch people cringe at such an innocent word.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at December 21, 2010 10:44 AM

Wanker.

Posted by: agent bedhead at December 21, 2010 10:44 AM

Scrumtrulescent.

Also, antidisbuttholiantarianism.

Posted by: branded at December 21, 2010 10:45 AM

Banana Oil

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:46 AM

Apparently I refuse to say refuse. Good thing that didn't get out when I was a young and comely lass.

besmirch

umbrage

lovely

sartorial

quinquagesima

quintessential

dovetail

I second discombobulated.

I second my own use of slattern. I LOVE that word. There's nothing quite like watching the A&E Pride and Prejudice and referring to Lydia as a slattern at every opportunity.


Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:47 AM

Hold.Thuh.Phone. Since when is it not Pajeeba? Blurg blah bleekstrom tark gnu! Pars palavo copstle dumgos pik, toski mallow orgestra caldu misan, pik poggish tobbeh gishpal pik dorgi dumgos dilge paspo pik migar doleh, bitches.

Posted by: ThunderSacTriumph at December 21, 2010 10:47 AM

Conquistador.

Posted by: Janey at December 21, 2010 10:47 AM

Corpulent

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:48 AM

Reborquel! Phew... I can't believe that I almost forgot reborquel.

Posted by: branded at December 21, 2010 10:49 AM

Craptacular

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:50 AM

I'll take this one -

Hey ThunderSacTriumph!

Is that Klingon?

Kisses,
Mrs. Julien

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:51 AM

Pulchritudinous.

Posted by: sansho1 at December 21, 2010 10:52 AM

Fuck.

Posted by: Figgy at December 21, 2010 10:52 AM

Imbroglio.

Posted by: sansho1 at December 21, 2010 10:53 AM

Cellar Door

Posted by: superasente at December 21, 2010 10:55 AM

scrumptious
flatulent
discorporeal
regurgitated
chortle
slatternly (just for some variotion)
and I third "discombobulated"

Posted by: cinekat at December 21, 2010 10:55 AM

Moist.

Oh, and can someone please describe how to pronounce Katzenjammer in english, pretty please? It's the only word of my mouther tongue on the list. And one of my favourite bands as well

Posted by: Mo at December 21, 2010 10:55 AM

temerity

It always sounds to me like it should mean the opposite of what it does.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:55 AM

Smegma.

Posted by: No Pithy Name at December 21, 2010 10:56 AM

Banana Oil

AKA, a lubricantly lubricious Sunday eve...

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 10:56 AM

Motherfucking shit. It's pretty much my favorite.

Posted by: Stacey at December 21, 2010 10:56 AM

Posted by: OldSchool60 at December 21, 2010 10:57 AM

Passport.

As in, "Hi, my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify Me."

Posted by: TK at December 21, 2010 10:57 AM

cats -n- jam - er

Stress on cats (1st) and jam (2nd), assume a schwa on n and er.

Seriously, can we get some IPA tags up in this bitch?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:58 AM

louche

languorous

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 11:03 AM

I liked "antidisestablishmentarianism", & having it in the arsenal for any surprise Longest Words discussion, but then Burger King or somebody featured it in a commercial, complete with CGI talking baby. So now that word I know is, by default, that word I saw on a Burger King commercial. Thanks, jerks!

Posted by: the new transported man at December 21, 2010 11:03 AM

Reprobate.

Posted by: Todd at December 21, 2010 11:05 AM

Twatwaffle.

Posted by: Cindy at December 21, 2010 11:06 AM

cum

Posted by: , at December 21, 2010 11:07 AM

As in, "Hi, my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify Me."

And thus ended TK's last computer date.

Posted by: branded at December 21, 2010 11:07 AM

*--the verb

Maybe it goes on both lists, depending on usage.

Posted by: , at December 21, 2010 11:08 AM

Bedlam

Squalor

Posted by: jM at December 21, 2010 11:08 AM

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:51 AM

It's possible, but not probable. Upon reading the "correct" pronunciation of Pajiba, his brain just sort of broke. We all expected it sooner than later, we just didn't expect for it to be quite so violent. Thank you for your concern and well wishes in this time of...well, really just confusion.

Posted by: Estate of ThunderSacTriumph at December 21, 2010 11:08 AM

Vacillate. (Maybe.)

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at December 21, 2010 11:09 AM

Posted by: lennychuck at December 21, 2010 11:09 AM

Dear Mrs. Julien,
1. I am watching the BBC/A&E Pride and Prejudice RIGHT NOW! Because the semester has ended and I have free time!!!!!!!!!!
2. When I'm not reciting every line along with the characters I will be sure to call Lydia "slattern" for you. That pretty much just means during the musical breaks, though. And even then I tend to sing. I'm starting to figure out why nobody will ever watch this movie with me.
3. Abject and Moribund
4. Really the "free time" deserves more exclamation points, but I thought it was getting excessive. Plus, I have to dash as we're about to meet Lady Catherine (she's my favorite)!
xoxo

Posted by: esme at December 21, 2010 11:10 AM

Shenanigans
Gargantuan
Debauchery
Ambiguous
Prestidigitation
Schadenfreude
Conundrum
Eviscerate
Balderdash
Pretentious

Posted by: bleujayone at December 21, 2010 11:12 AM

Dear Estate of ThunderSacTriumph,

Is there anything I should be calling dibs on?

Kisses,
Mrs. Julien

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 11:14 AM

"Domino!" (usually combined with "motherfucker" or "bitches")

"Succulent" (can be associated with moist and tender)

"Champion" (which I will not be saying this year in fantasy fball)

Posted by: logar at December 21, 2010 11:16 AM

Myxlplyx!

Posted by: mswas at December 21, 2010 11:19 AM

cuddlebunny

I defy you to say it and not feel cozy.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 11:20 AM

Thrust

Twat

Humdinger

Posted by: Pants at December 21, 2010 11:20 AM

skedaddle

Also? Sneakers reference from TK. Love.

Posted by: Kristen at December 21, 2010 11:21 AM

snugglebunny > cuddlebunny

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 11:21 AM

Scuttlebutt

Shenanigans

Myriad (seriously, of all of the words - this one gets me labelled pretentious more than any other. The funniest part is that I originally learned it from watching Heathers back in the day)

Pretty much all curse words are enormously satisfying, but if I had to judge by what involuntarily comes out of my mouth most often while driving, apparently the most satisfying word to say in the English language is the always-classy "cocksucker". I never use this word in conversation, but I develop a very Tourette's-like obsession with it while behind the wheel.

Posted by: Nicole at December 21, 2010 11:21 AM

Sordid Cocksucker.

Posted by: Sbrown at December 21, 2010 11:23 AM

Tumescence

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 11:25 AM

Dear Mrs. Julien,

The large stockpile of slingshots and marbles he was "amassing for the Lego Apocalypse" have been left to his younger brother, in hopes "he will survive that tumultuous time and reign as King of New Pangea." The only other thing of interest is a signed, autographed headshot of Nicolas Cage that appears to have been torn to pieces and reassembled many times. We have not yet set a date for the auction of this item. Please forgive my delayed response, as this has been a very difficult time for all involved.

Posted by: Estate of ThunderSacTriumph at December 21, 2010 11:34 AM

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

And, of course, Craptacular.

Posted by: Ballymena Bob at December 21, 2010 11:37 AM

Defenestrate.

Posted by: Noah at December 21, 2010 11:37 AM

WHooooooooooooooooter.

Posted by: THE Sofía at December 21, 2010 11:41 AM

Fundament...but, you have to use some Hugo Weaving style pronunciation JUST as a honey built like a Brazilian porn star sashays past.

Pork...in that tense and used as a verb, just for the annoyance factor.

Posted by: psy at December 21, 2010 11:42 AM

Feral

Meats

Hibiscus

Posted by: Sara H at December 21, 2010 11:45 AM

... use some Hugo Weaving style pronunciation JUST as a honey built like a Brazilian porn star sashays past.

I'll be right over.

Posted by: mswas at December 21, 2010 11:45 AM

I've got two words for you:

Iconoclast

Asshat

Posted by: ZombieScientist at December 21, 2010 11:47 AM

Debatably, they are, in fact, words for me.

Posted by: ZombieScientist at December 21, 2010 11:48 AM

intercourse

Posted by: Jim Doggie at December 21, 2010 11:51 AM

Cocksucker is a fantastic word but I never understood why it is used as an insult. It sounds more like a compliment to me. I quite like cocksuckers. Yes, I'm talking to you, you fabulous cocksucker you.

Cockbiter, on the other hand, is a really awful word and should be reserved for the most wicked of criminals.

Posted by: Ballymena Bob at December 21, 2010 11:51 AM

"Jackwagon" is my new favorite. I giggle every time I see that ridiculous commercial. Jackwagon! Heh.

Posted by: hindulovegod at December 21, 2010 11:53 AM

Another conversation:
MY GIRLFRIEND: Oh, what is that word?
ME: Turgid?
MY GIRLFRIEND: No, it's the word that is a real college word, it means the placing of things side by side?
ME: Cocksucker? Thrust? Twat? Skedaddle?
MY GIRLFRIEND: No, you're going to make me forget it!
ME: Intercourse?
MY GIRLFRIEND: No.
ME: Are you sure it wasn't intercourse?
MY GIRLFRIEND: Yes.

I'm inclined to believe her.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at December 21, 2010 12:02 PM

Bereft
Morsel
And I second Cellar Door.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at December 21, 2010 12:05 PM

Oh, and she likes the words "juxtaposition" and "Helvetica".

Posted by: Jim Doggie at December 21, 2010 12:07 PM

And thus ended TK's last computer date.

Posted by: branded at December 21, 2010 11:07 AM


Wait. A computer matched her... with him? I don't think so.

Posted by: PissBoy at December 21, 2010 12:12 PM

Cockbiter, on the other hand, is a really awful word and should be reserved for the most wicked of criminals.

This should've been posted in that Grossest Words thread. superasente made sure that I was never going back there again (*barely suppressed dry heave*). Although...I did just remind myself that I didn't post 'bilious' over there. It's both a gross and satisfying word. It's satisfying because my overly proper mother can never bring herself to say the word "fart". She says that people are 'bilious' instead. That look on her face when I correct 'bilious' with 'fart' still makes me laugh.

Posted by: psy at December 21, 2010 12:15 PM

I pronounce it Pajeeba and don't care who knows it. If I could I would write it in IPA to make that perfectly clear.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 10:39 AM

pədʒɑɪbə - this the the correct pronunciation

Coccyx, chagrin, and supercilious are among my favorite words.

Posted by: HungryHungryHippolyta at December 21, 2010 12:24 PM

Bastard. Also, bastard is the most satisfying word to say in the English language. Maybe any language.

Posted by: coryo at December 21, 2010 12:47 PM

Waffle.

Also, puppy, because who cannot smile when they say puppy (bonus points to anyone who gets this reference)

Posted by: Jared at December 21, 2010 12:54 PM

Antediluvian

Opulent

Trollop

Winter

Lilac

Crush

Snark

Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck

Potato

Posted by: rezcat at December 21, 2010 12:59 PM

Oh, can't forget, Zombie.

Try it. Zombie, Zombie, Zombie.

Posted by: rezcat at December 21, 2010 1:00 PM

In honour of this site, I have coined, and have been dying to use the word:
PAJIBBER JABBER!

Posted by: Odnon. at December 21, 2010 1:32 PM

"Callipygian" and "relish." That is all.

Posted by: Neil Morse at December 21, 2010 1:39 PM

"Is it your coccyx? Oh God, I hope it isn't your coccyx."

Name that wonderful movie.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at December 21, 2010 1:49 PM

Also, pulchritude.
Because it means the opposite of what it sounds like.

Posted by: Odnon. at December 21, 2010 1:52 PM

*cheering 'Callipygian' whilst folding moist dollar bills the long way*

Posted by: psy at December 21, 2010 2:08 PM

Synchronicity

Vacillate

And I love the English insult "dozy cow".

Posted by: JustBill at December 21, 2010 2:11 PM

Mo - I pronounce it as Cats-en-jam-mer.
But my pronunciation is based solely on the sitcom Black Books, where one of the lead characters is named Fran Katzenjammer.

Posted by: Simon at December 21, 2010 2:56 PM

Spiffing.

Ideal for sarcastic use.

Basil Fawlty: "Well isn't that just absolutely spiffing."

Posted by: Simon at December 21, 2010 3:01 PM

Well, now... I done learnt me somethin' today.
I think.

I always thought it was pronounced, [Cat-zen-hammer]

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 3:01 PM

Apparently I'm the only one who agrees with Figgy.

FUCK, you guys...

Posted by: Rest In Peace at December 21, 2010 3:18 PM

Yeah... Fuck.

Fuck Yeah!

Posted by: Rykker at December 21, 2010 3:42 PM

My vote goes to "wound." It's fun to say and has the added benefit of being creepy if anyone overhears you.

Posted by: katyv at December 21, 2010 3:56 PM

Moxie

Also, cockmonkey.

Posted by: AlwaysConfused at December 21, 2010 3:58 PM

Ensorcelled
Transfixed
Vertigenous
Serpigenous
Mystify/Mystified

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at December 21, 2010 4:06 PM

Splunge.
Lemon.
Helm.
Mull.
Cumbria.
Caravaggio.

And, yes, fuck.
Also, cunt.

Posted by: zomgmouse at December 21, 2010 4:21 PM

And if you can find a contextually feasible/appropriate way of using all of them in the same breath, even better.

"You're standing on my kumquat!"

Posted by: Jerry at December 21, 2010 4:42 PM

Mellifluous... just drips off the tongue like honey (see what I did there?)

And I gotta agree with fuck. Sometimes it's just the perfect word for the occasion.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at December 21, 2010 5:00 PM

Cromulent

Posted by: vaskark at December 21, 2010 5:09 PM

Posted by: HungryHungryHippolyta at December 21, 2010 12:24 PM

And it is things just like that which justify my affection for this site.

I'm still gonna pronounce it pajeeba though.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 5:32 PM

I'm on board with Mellifluous. Easily one of the most melodic words in the language.

Posted by: superasente at December 21, 2010 5:40 PM

ululating

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 21, 2010 5:59 PM

Used to be lagniappe until I moved to the Panhandle and these fuckers ruined it for me...

Posted by: Az at December 21, 2010 6:13 PM

Sesquipedalianistic.

Posted by: Baldo at December 21, 2010 7:27 PM

Pa-hee-ba. Don't give me no pajibber jabber.

Snatch. It's a verb, a noun; it can be dirty, cool, an order or an exclamation.

Posted by: Big Softie at December 21, 2010 7:27 PM

tmesis

Posted by: splinter at December 21, 2010 8:36 PM

Clitoris. Say it with me: cli..to..ris

Posted by: Uriah Creep at December 21, 2010 9:08 PM

onomatapeia

Posted by: ben at December 21, 2010 9:30 PM

Askance

Posted by: Matches at December 21, 2010 10:26 PM

Gesundheit

Posted by: noonoo at December 21, 2010 10:30 PM

I don't know what happened to my post up there, but it was supposed to say:

Clitoris. Say it with me: cli..to..ris. It rolls off the tongue. Hee.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at December 21, 2010 11:04 PM

Honestly, "fuck" is one of my favorite words in the English language. There's nothing in Spanish that hits quite as hard.

Posted by: Figgy at December 22, 2010 12:31 AM

Spelunking
Melanoma
Zyzygy

Posted by: , at December 22, 2010 1:30 AM

quijix.

Not a real word but the name of my some day fast food joint. Its not that I really want a nationwide chain of fast food places, but that I used to play the alphabet game on road trips when I was a kid, and I always thought there should be a place that had hard to find letters in its name.

Posted by: Morgan LaFai at December 22, 2010 1:45 AM

Bollocks, Kumquat, and Discombobulate...

Also, Badonkadonk, which may as well be a word. Everyone loves a good "k" or "q" sound.

Posted by: TomTom at December 22, 2010 2:21 AM

rendezvous
risqué
charade
clandestine
rapscallion

Also, I must agree with agent bedhead on the choice of wanker. It's a marvellous word and one I use quite frequently. Other favourites include tosspot, fuck-knuckle and tool-shiner

Posted by: Lulu at December 22, 2010 10:11 AM

thigh meat

A friend and I were watching Jamie Oliver being all Naked Cheffy many years ago and he was preparing chicken. He announced that he needed some thigh meat and for both my friend and I there was something about his pronunciation that rendered those two syllables amongst the most erotic sounds we had ever heard. This was not a response that Mr. Oliver had heretofore engendered in us, but neither was it unwelcome. I think we actually quivered.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at December 22, 2010 12:03 PM

Gross.

Honestly, Katzenjammer is not pronounced "cat sen jam mer". It's "cut-zen-yah-mer". You English must steal everything from everyone and then piss on it so people won't want it back because it's unrecognizable, don't you?

Schadenfreude.

Also, clitoris only rolls off the tongue when you do it right.

Posted by: Rooks at December 22, 2010 2:00 PM

Solipsistic. Especially when it precedes bitch or asshole.

OH - and cocksuckermotherfucker. (Thank you Larry David.)

Posted by: jayco at December 22, 2010 10:51 PM

Tallywacker.

Posted by: MRod at December 23, 2010 9:55 AM

Orgasmic
sludge
tits
Fuck
saspirilla

Posted by: mrcreosote at December 27, 2010 4:11 PM