Words and the stories they can tell

As someone who used to make a living as a communicator (or partially made a living communicating, or made a partial living, depending on one's perspective), I am very interested in words and the stories they can tell.

Here is a list of some interesting words that I liberated from Lanny Donoho's blog. Pick any three and use them with your family and friends this week:

alexithymia (ah-lek-sah-THI-mee-ah) — inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner

assuage (ah-SWAJ) — 1. to make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe.

cacology (kah-KOL-ah-je) — bad choice or use of words

gesticulate (je-STIK-yah-late) — to make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis

indubitably (in-DOO-bi-tah-blee) — unquestionably; without doubt
The consonant combination is just fun to say.

malacophonous (mal-ah-KOF-i-nus) — having a soft voice

persiflage (PUR-sah-flazh) — banter; light, good-natured talk

propinquity (prah-PING-kwi-tee) — proximity; nearness

pulchritudinous (pul-kri-TOOD-en-es) — having great physical beauty or appeal

pusillanimous (pyoo-sah-LAN-ah-mes) — timid or cowardly; fainthearted

quatopygia (kwah-tah-PIJ-ee-ah) — the shaking of the buttocks while walking

quiddity (KWID-i-tee) — 1. the real nature of a thing; the essence. 2. a hairsplitting distinction;

sesquipedalian (ses-kwi-pi-DAY-lee-en) — 1. given to using long words.

triskaidekaphobia (tris-ki-dek-ah-FO-bee-ah) — an abnormal fear of the number 13

and just fyi…
the word latchstring has six consecutive consonants

and the word queueing has six consecutive vowels.