Words that look like what they describe

somehow the word 'lunatic' springs to mind ... he he ... 'spring' works doesn't it?

poodle would look more like a poodle if it was spelt poople ...

then doodle would look like a dead poodle...

please ... poople does not look more like a poodle and also the poodle is getting rather upset at the number of death threats and allusions to dead poodles ... currently quivering beneath my desk and refusing to produce any poetry ...

i think the word poodle looks like a poodle

Are you talking about onomatopoeia, Liana? 'Fierce' certainly sounds fierce, as do millions of others: splash, plop, drip, dribble, drool, sparkle ad infinitum....love it!

plop .... oooooooh yes ... there IS a word ...

onomatopoeia is to do with the sound, more than the look isnt it? I love the word sparkle though :o) Another example of the way that a word looks like it is, is "snarl" To me, it looks snarly....nasty. But, smile..the word...it couldnt mean anything bad, it just looks...smiley. I sound like a loony..l'll stop now :o)

O is, indeed, to do with sounds more than the look, yes. To be honest, I never 'looked' at the way a word 'looked' before, but I promise to do so in future, 'cos it's an interesting concept, and obviously something I've missed. 'Sparkle' (come to think of it), really does look like 'sparkle', dunnit?

Yeah!! *grinning* It really does!!

splash looks like splash too

Not to mention 'plop'!

Oh, I really wish I could think of one. Splash is brilliant, perhaps because the Sp and the Sh seem to be the spray coming from a wellington landing in a puddle. Sparkle is spot on as well. Crackle ?

crackle's good ... and what about slippery????

Here's my word: b o o m e r a n g

i am afraid i have just mercifully prevented ivory from adding the word "shagger" to this thread ... i hope you will all applaud me regards ivory's mother

"bum" Especially the 'm', if you look at it upside down...

BooB works for me on several levels

leer

OOOOooooorgasm....

wobble

Fiddle.

Ahem, delicate question Ivory, but the poetry poodle - when it generates its poetry, is it... how to put this ? Is poetry out from Biscuits-In or Biscuits-Out ?

sensuous fizz giggle bouncy

andrew!!!!!!!!

... don't think i don't know what you are up to mr.! ... this poodle persecution is entirely founded upon your inability to deal with the untimely (and well deserved) end of your alleged macaw! jealousy gets you nowhere you know!

i have been priveliged enough to see one of poetrypoodle's collection and while i am not an expert in such matters i would say it is certainly not from biscuits-out having said that, i am not privy to the beast's dietary habits and suspect that it feeds on more exotic fare. cocktails have been mentioned, too

El poop looks ... well .... ...it just .... looks .... feels ivy's eyes in the back of head........ delightfully snappy! I know a man that specialises in stealing pooples. Fur trimmed, a quick respray, new doggy passport and off to Korea before you can say ....well...... poop I suppose. Anyone for lunch?

the word poodle looks nothing like a poodle, does it? even taking scale into account. not sure about a weather poodle tho, cos i don't know what one of those looks like

IFB seems to have some kind of fixation with poodles doesn't she? eeeelasssstic

clench,clutch. buttock syringe thin, fat,wide, splice. nice!

poodle DOES look like a poodle

No one has mentioned other creatures. I think it is unfair that pooples get all the attention. I would hardly stoop to stealing a poople myself. Who needs fur when you can have feathers? Um... the word that most resembles "Ostrich" is "long".

well i've never got the 2 muddled up

and the word elfin looks a bit like an elephant, oddly enough

the trouble with you robert ... is you have no IMAGINATION!!!

no it doesn't

err...elfin = a trunk + 4 legs? nah, you're right damn

I like the word pirate It looks like a pirate ship. The "t" is the main sail, and the "i" reminds me of the littly guy up in the Crow's Nest. The "p" looks just like pirate's patch. Come to think of it, it looks nothing like a pirate ship, does it? How about "Bonus"? It's a nothing kind of word. Like it should be more. A disappointing sort of word. "Thigh", while not looking like the thing it describes (the "G" is too hard), certainly sounds like it. A very smooth-sounding word.

Almost like "sigh" You can elongate (theres another one) sigh for effect "sighhhhhh"

Karl, your 'thigh' choice reminded me - cellulite (it looks bumpy and nasty!)

Groaaannn, moaaannn, whiinngge, whiiinnne

luuuurrve

Smooooooooch.... Pout looks a bit sulky too. Do we need an over 18's only forum? L

We might do, Liana, because I think "vulva" looks a bit like the thing it describes. It's got creases and folds and hidden depths that promise of mysterious soggy places. Perhaps I shouldn't have written that. Change of subject. Here's a word that looks nothing like the thing it describes - "church". There. Now nobody could say that "church" looks like a church, could they?

Re: Vulva - hrmmmm Re church -Yes it does!!! Its got a steeple, almost at the front - the h, followed by a long thin low bit - urc, and then finally, another tower at the back - h church see?

Sir, Without wishing to repeat myself from that 'other' thread, I must warn you that you push things too far. What's wrong with 'penis' for heavens sake. This should stop now before it becomes a cult. (above extract from The Grauniad) Yours, with a smell of cinnamon J.T.

Gawd....its all too much for me. I'm off now, to bed. Theres another one, " bed " Look, a headboard, a footboard, and a nice bouncy bit in the middle.

actually i think the word elfin DOES look like an elephant ... tho obviously not as much as the word poodle looks like a poodle ...

Poodle reminds me of a pooh in a puddle!