Paul Graham on Twitter: "Fling, round, murky, stop, loud, curt, lugubrious, slip, snide, crouch, feeble, strong, meek, flamboyant. Almost-onomatopoeic words."

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1. Agnes Nutter‏ @utprekshaa 7 Oct 2017
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  You missed 'moist'
  
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1. Glass Onion‏ @randvs 7 Oct 2017
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  Japanese is full of them making a fun language to speak. None of them are the same as the American English ones.
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1. Valentin‏ @VBlehaut 7 Oct 2017
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  Can't tell if word seed or actual onomatopoeic words...
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1. visa is almost done ‏ @visakanv 7 Oct 2017
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  You'd enjoy this! http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html?m=1 …
  
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1. Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 7 Oct 2017
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  Such words are called "phonetic intensives." http://bit.ly/2yvRxhD
  
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1. Nick Hall‏ @NickNYC10k 7 Oct 2017
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  Made up an onomatopoeia song with the kids - prompted same conversation. My favorite "close but not quite" : whisper
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1. Alex Franz‏ @XelaZnarf 7 Oct 2017
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  Ideophones - “words that evoke an idea/sensation/sensory perception in sound”
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