Fun Word

In addition to being absolutely wonderful, words are just plain fun. A few can make me smile every time I hear or use them. Example: peloton. Wikipedia has this to say: The peloton (from French, meaning little ball or platoon and related to the English word pellet), is the main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Now which word has the most punch: field, pack, bunch, peloton? Instead of being middle of the road, one could be in the midst of the peloton—so much more drama, and the je ne sais quoi of being French as well. All for the price of a seven-letter word! It doesn't get much better than that, mon cher.
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Published on August 11, 2012 06:11 Tags: fun-word
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