Faux: ‘X’ is easily the coolest letter in the English alphabet. It takes the place of three letters: “cks” and it looks like someone on train tracks trying to flag down a locomotive before it destroys his Pontiac; moreover, an ‘X’ is the legal signature of most Trump supporters. So, why nullify an exceptional letter like that by making it silent? Jealousy…
Etymologist/Entomologist: Is it the study of word origins or the study of insects? Isn’t that the key to knowing which of them to avoid? Fortunately, there is no issue here because both are to be avoided…
Ibis: Don’t get me wrong, I like water birds… maybe more than I should. But, “ibis” just looks like someone cut the first part of the word off.
Inflame: There’s “appropriate” and “inappropriate”. There’s “adequate” and “inadequate”. They are clearly opposites. So, why choose to break the rules when any confusion might cause third degree burns? Because linguists are sadistic bastards.
Sobriquet: A synonym for “nickname”. Too pretty a word for what are often monikers like “Stinky” and “Turk”…
Forecastle: The raised deck at a ship’s bow is pronounced “Foxle”. So, in this case, the ‘X’ sound replaces “recast”. Why is there no respex for the ‘X’…
Détente: The word for a lessening of hostilities but it sounds like a cardboard brace that an oral surgeon sticks in your mouth before he takes x-rays (pronounced “recast-rays”).
Denouement: Is it the conclusion, the finale or the climax? No one knows. It’s just a word you use when you want to sound like a theater major to irritate your homophobic grandfather.
Queue: Describes a line of people or an ordered series. Pronounced ‘Q’. A line of people looks nothing like a ‘Q’, unless a drum-circle spontaneously breaks out. It would make more sense to call it an ‘I’… or “ai”… or “aix”.
Elegy: A funeral poem. If the word goes away, then maybe the practice of stepping forward at a funeral service to recite a poem that no one, including the corpse, wants to hear, will discontinue as well. It’s like writing your own vows for your wedding but a billion times worse. “He’s dead. We all loved him. Now, pay attention to ME”.
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
I think I’d rather like an elegy – it dounds a bit like allergic but more fun
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I’ll try to come up with something…
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Does that mean I get to die???? That could be fun. Hey heres one for you, fun things to write on your gravestone 😊
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Sounds kind of morbid… I like it!
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“Why is there no respex for the ‘X’…” Too funny 🙂
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Thanx, Robyn!
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It seems logical that an ‘X’ is the legal signature of most Trump supporters because they’re ‘annexed’ to everything he stands for. My only question is ‘Y’?
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‘Y’? Because they like him…
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I love all those words including the truncated Ibis. 😁
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Now you’re just TRYING to cause trouble…
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I couldn’t resist…
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Forecastle got me good. X replacing “recast” is hilarious! Continuing along these nautical lines, please add gunwale to the list.
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My favorite book is Moby Dick and my dad was career Navy, so you may be seeing other nautical terms…
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That’s awesome! I never really could get into Moby Dick myself, perhaps if there were more Gun Whales it would’ve held my attention.
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Some excellent observations. 😀
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Where “excellent observations” is a kind euphemism for “drunken ramblings”…
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Potatoes, potatoes.
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And what’s with Leicestershire?
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It’s a nightmare of a word…
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X-cellent post.
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Thank you for baa-thering to read it…
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Good collexion
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It’s a great letter, isn’t it?
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It is, english may not offer a great vocabulary for poetry but it sure does provide material for humor, I conclude after reading you.
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English is a very inexact language so it is PERFECT for humor…
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