I’ve been reminded to update my word inventory. Here’s the going attraction-revulsion index. (Last year.)
Likes:
Arriviste, Apocryphal, Alterity, Apposite, Aporia
Bayesian, Bellweather, Beseige, Brass Tacks, Blowtorch
Cantankerous, Cavalcade, Caterwaul, Crack (adj.), Coracle, Crux
Dreck, Desultory, Dawdler, Dulcimer, Discretion, Divination
Eschaton, Epigraph
Forecaster, Field, Fosforo, Fathom
Good God
Hidebound, Halcyon, Heresiology
Inane, Ignite, Innumeracy, In the offing
Jasmine
Kairotic moment
Lay-about, Legerdemain, Laminate, Leverage, Lance
Nepenthe, Nonce (for the), Nary
Mercury, Meta, Moving wall
Onslaught, Operator, Oxide
Plutoid, Psychodrama, Pageantry, Poisson
Quay, Quell, Querent
Razor, Risible
Satyr, Sequence, Shit-heel, Sprezzatura, Sluice, System
Tarmac, Tether
Uluka
Volent, Via voce, Veronal, Vesuvian
Wraith, Wrest, Weasel word, Watershed
Zero hour, Zang
Dislikes:
Bastard, Racy, Vending machine
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