Words that I like, a work-in-progress

snarky
Intelligently witty, in a way that elicits respect for one's gutsiness.

wonky
Off balance, skewed, but somehow all the better because of that.

nefarious
Especially when referring to something that you're secretly happy about but hate to admit to.

dockle
(As in: "Don't be a dockle, Johnny. There's a time and a place for everything and this isn't the time." (From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith)

soothing rhythm
(As in: "Francie found that no two bricks were alike when she looked real close. It was a soothing rhythm the way they were put together with crumbly thin lines of white mortar. They glowed when the sun shone on them." Ibid.)

hip
(As in: "Swing me way down south/Sing me something brave from your mouth/And I'll bring you pearls of water on my hips/And the love in my lips" Lyrics by Patty Griffin. Or: "Come revenant, come, come ye gentle host/To my patient hip and across our sleeping coasts...." Lyrics by Devon Sproule.)

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