Onomatopoeia: naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss).
Onomatopoeia: use of words whose sound suggests the sense.
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
Onomatopoeia, a prayer of self-referential pity muttered at the porcelain pew after drinking a fifth of Jamaican dark rum.
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
Susurration -- a murmur or whispering sound.
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Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Aieee! The yell you make when you fall off a cliff.
Posted by MAP (Member # 8631) on :
splash
Posted by Nicole (Member # 3549) on :
I once heard "kerblooey" as an alternative to "kaboom". It's funny, sounds like a candy word. No idea if it exists...
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Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
skitter
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Whoosh!
Posted by JamieFord (Member # 3112) on :
Bamf!
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Waukegan.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Boom! also rumble and brrr.
Posted by drake the thall (Member # 8042) on :
bam. short, sweet and simple.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Blimp.
Posted by drake the thall (Member # 8042) on :
isnt that a type of flying contraption?
Posted by Andrew_McGown (Member # 8732) on :
mewling crack clatter
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It's said to be the sound one's finger makes when whacked against one...
Posted by mitchellworks (Member # 6779) on :
One of my sons speaks in onomatopoeias all the time ("it went td-td-td-choohh!") I thought he'd grow out of it but he hasn't yet. I think he must be a very auditory learner. He also picks up background music in movies like you wouldn't believe. Stuff you and I would just tune out.
One my children discovered and have used against me: borborygmus.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Barroom.
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
It has occurred to me that the word "chutzpah" which means insolence (among other things), could qualify for this topic because if you pronounce it with a strong gutteral ch (as in German or Yiddish), it sounds like clearing the throat and then spitting.
Or would that make it qualify as a pun?
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Egg*
*(see Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, "The 2000-Year Old Man," for the explanation.)