Literary Meme-O-Gram: Either vs. Or #3

In this latest round of arbitrary either/or groupings, pick the word you like best out of each pair. That is all. Have fun!

1. Antepasta vs. Antediluvian
2. Untenable vs. Unruly
3. Schadenfreude vs. Freudian
4. Butter vs. Buttressed
5. Froward vs. Toward
6. Zany vs. Madcap
7. Carbohydrate vs. Carburetor
8. Scourge vs. Siege
9. Married vs. Dead
10. Nutmeat vs. Nutmeg
11. Hokey Pokey vs. Hocus Pocus
12. Pickle vs. Formaldehyde
13. Imprecise vs. Clockwork
14. Olfactory vs. Erogenous
15. Nymph vs. Lymph
16. Haste vs. Waste
17. Copper vs. Bronze
18. Lemon vs. Pucker
19. Flame vs. Ash
20. Bob Dylan vs. Oreos Pixel vs. Particle

6 Responses

  1. Hmmm Just Going on Sound
    Hmmm Just Going on Sound Alone

    Rolling off my tongue…

    1. Antediluvian
    2. Untenable
    3. Schadenfreude
    4. Butter
    5. Froward
    6. Madcap
    7. Carburetor
    8. Scourge
    9. Married
    10. Nutmeat
    11. Hokey Pokey
    12. Formaldehyde
    13. Clockwork
    14. Erogenous
    15. Lymph
    16. Haste
    17. Copper
    18. Pucker
    19. Ash
    20. Particle

    Now, I wonder what my ratio of vowels vs. consonants and syllable count says about my psyche …

  2. words words
    words words words

    Antediluvian
    Untenable
    Schadenfreude
    Butter
    Froward
    Zany
    Carburetor
    Scourge
    Dead
    Nutmeat
    Hokey Pokey
    Formaldehyde
    Clockwork
    Erogenous
    Nymph
    Haste
    Copper
    Lemon
    Flame
    Oreos Pixel

  3. Off the tip of my
    Off the tip of my fingers….

    Antediluvian
    Unruly
    Freudian
    Buttressed
    Toward
    Zany
    Carbohydrate
    Scourge
    Dead
    Nutmeat
    Hokey Pokey
    Formaldehyde
    Clockwork
    Erogenous
    Nymph
    Haste
    Bronze
    Pucker
    Flame
    Pixel

  4. don’t mind if i do1.
    don’t mind if i do

    1. Antepasta
    2. Untenable, for sure
    3. Farfegnugen
    4. Buttressed
    5. Froto! The ring, Froto!
    6. Zanny Cap
    7. Carburetor. Who knew it was spelled like that?
    8. Siege
    9. Well, it could be one of those Vincent Price movies where his wife is dead, but he keeps her preserved in a vault, loosely based on a Poe tale, and somehow of course she wakes up but looks all haggish and skeletal, and Vincent Price’s eyes grow wide with horror as she stalks after him, “No! No!” he shouts in a paroxism of dread. He either dies or goes stark raving mad and she is finally at peace.
    10. Nutmeat
    11. Hocus Pocus
    12. Those are like, mixed somethings, I forget my English but it’s like, mixed…something…you “pickle” something, but you don’t “formaldehyde” something. Or maybe you do. If you are Vincent Price.
    13. Clockwork
    14. As long as endorphines are involved.
    15. As long as endorphines are involved.
    16. Haste
    17. Whichever one turns green after a while
    18. Lemony Puckett and the Union Gap
    19. Flame, hard and gemlike.
    20. Particle

  5. How funSchadenfreude- love
    How fun

    Schadenfreude- love it!
    Olfactory-yes,yes,yes!
    Pucker-wee!
    nutmeat-brillant!
    zany is madcap, madcap is zany!
    do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around!
    and that’s what it’s all about…

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