I love words. Words, to me, are magic. There is nothing in the world like finding the right words to string together to create a sentence, lyric, paragraph or dialog so yummy that it feels like the sweetest of chocolate infused honey is dripping from your fingertips as you write them and your lips as you speak them. My favorite are quirky words. Single words that feel like an amusement park in your mouth and just make you laugh out loud when you say them.
I had a blast looking for the right word(s) for my film production co. Hullabaloo: a loud, silly raucous - what could be more me? It's a little bit retro - it was the name of a weird TV show in the 60's and a film in the 40's. Doesn't take itself too seriously. Perfect.
In researching and brainstorming, I was reminded of just how many goofy words I adore. Top Favorites:
Hullabaloo
Hootenanny
Snarky
Whizbang
Thingamajig
Lollygag
Tomfoolery
Brouhaha
Skiwompus
Smorgasbord
Shpedoinkle - that one makes me SO happy!
Then there are combinations of words:
Willy Nilly
Namby Pamby
Chicken Lips: you can actually put lips or pants, head or butt after any word and make it even better than it already was. Ointment head. Snarky pants. Banana butt.
Or Lipstick on a Pig: Same goes for pretty much anything on a pig. Or that one word that I am trying to give up for lent. The one that starts with an M. And rhymes with fidget.
But for some reason, my absolute favorite word that has never failed to make me laugh every single time I say it is... Sheboygan.
Sheboygan. Who the hell named that town? I want to throw them a parade and shower them with a Smorgasbord of Ginormous Lollygagging Shpedoinkles!
5 comments:
I'm partial to Hoodwinked.
I have always liked "pithy".
Thanks for the sunny posts. I forgot about "lollygagging" I'mma have to schedule some time for some of that this weekend. Maybe a little Tomfoolery as well, if I can squeeze it in.
And I'll be horn-swargled if "Hullabaloo" isn't the perfect name for your company. Good on you.
Fernlapper and Fradjistat..
and I remember when Hullaballoo was trying to compete with American Bandstand! (what WERE they thinking?)
OMG, I grew up in Sheboygan. That place is as strange as it's name sounds.
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