Lovecraft's favorite words

[Scorpio]

No, not strictly gaming-related, but too entertaining not to pass along:

http://cthulhuchick.com/wordcount-lovecraft-favorite-words/

[Malebolgia]

My favorite is 'cyclopean'. Such a cool word...really works on my imagination

[LidlessEye]

Only 21 instances of gambrel?  I'm shocked and disappointed!

Oh, and worth noting as well: the link above also sends you to a free complete works of Lovecraft for eBook readers.  You can also download software to view the documents on your computer.

[supervike]

I always think of Gibbeous and Eldritch when I think of HP....

Too cool.

[Dolmot]

I'm not using "noisome" enough in daily conversation. Nor "antediluvian". Then again, that could be because I don't converse daily in English...

[D@rth J@ymZ]

there are some great words there that need to be re-introduced back into everyday conversation.

[supervike]

When i first started reading HP Lovecraft, I had to have a dictionary beside me to look up these words....

What a rich language we have....

[ZenWired]

When i first started reading HP Lovecraft, I had to have a dictionary beside me to look up these words....

Sounds familiar.  In fact, I dare say that I owe a significant portion of my vocabulary to H.P. Lovecraft (and Gary Gygax).

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Don't forget Necrotic and Necrous!!

[The_Beast]

Don't forget Necrotic and Necrous!!

Amongst the somewhat less common (let's not dwell on 'faint') I do oft use charnel, foetid, and gibbous. Hmm, is that a bad thing to admit?

While not a devotee of HP, I appreciate where he's led. I've a t-shirt that's a mash up of his work and a hit movie, titled 'On the Brokeback Mountains of Madness.'

Hmm, is that a bad thing to admit?

Doug