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My Favorite Word

OmieWise — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:17:17 -0800

My favorite word. Add your own.

By: cyphill

cyphill — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:21:51 -0800

Smock. Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:24:38 -0800

Spoon. As in, "I love spooning with you."

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:34:16 -0800

Foxy.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:44:31 -0800

We'll post the best of your entries on this site over the next few months, and the best of the best will be included ... in My Favorite Word, a book to be published next year. "Royalties"

By: psmealey

psmealey — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:47:24 -0800

besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied.

By: urbanwhaleshark

urbanwhaleshark — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:53:50 -0800

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - a fear of long words

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:57:19 -0800

cacophony or diaphanous or louche or all three in one night.

By: corvine

corvine — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:58:37 -0800

gobshite. Friendlier words include apocalypse and besmirch.

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:02:40 -0800

Latin, Gravitas

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:15:25 -0800

the quidnunc kid writes "We'll post the best of your entries on this site over the next few months, and the best of the best will be included ... in My Favorite Word, a book to be published next year." I didn't see that. I guess I'll have to start reading the links I post.

By: emf

emf — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:20:08 -0800

Fanny.

By: metaxa

metaxa — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:30:44 -0800

Aluminium (purely for that wacky American pronunciation). Frostbite Quixotic Aneurysm Schism Gouge Grapple Antidisestablishmentarianism

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:35:14 -0800

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

By: dflemingdotorg

dflemingdotorg — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:02:52 -0800

Pungent.

By: herting

herting — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:04:53 -0800

facetiously: all the vowels in alphabetical order and it's just a superb word

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:16:31 -0800

How marvellous, thans OmieWise. I noticed that oniony was missing from their pages, and have remedied that by submitting it.

By: sdrawkcab

sdrawkcab — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:21:25 -0800

I submitted hoi polloi a few weeks ago when I first saw this site. hoi polloi, n. The common people, the masses.

By: Scoo

Scoo — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:21:34 -0800

Molybdenum Balaclava Jalalabad Insouciant Simulacrum Cangrejo Great thread!

By: found missing

found missing — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:29:31 -0800

Spatula. Saddled with a prosaic meaning yet bursting with potential.

By: jbrjake

jbrjake — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:33:32 -0800

ubiquitous poignant orichalcum verisimilitude

By: mikeweeney

mikeweeney — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:33:52 -0800

reason atrophy empathetic

By: found missing

found missing — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:34:33 -0800

e.g., "Hey is that santorum on the sheets, or is it just spatula?"

By: Phantast

Phantast — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:42:33 -0800

chthonic that 'chth' is so damned lovable...

By: signal

signal — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:45:18 -0800

Tsimtsum, obviously.

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:46:08 -0800

asterisk defenestrate mercurial down low fucking

By: derbs

derbs — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:49:48 -0800

cuntybollocks

By: peacay

peacay — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:54:49 -0800

Pulchritudinous ouster.

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:55:43 -0800

On further recollection I also like behoove demure nice Pyrrhic

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:56:54 -0800

Don't steal my words! Including onomatopoeia!

By: chrid

chrid — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:59:55 -0800

Bumberclot.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:14:44 -0800

Pigeon.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:20:34 -0800

cellar door? no, sorry, already taken. biscuit.

By: leotrotsky

leotrotsky — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:20:39 -0800

Napkin Catapult Plum

By: BigCalm

BigCalm — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:26:18 -0800

Labyrinthine

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:27:47 -0800

hoi polloi, n. The common people, the masses. ahoy polloi, n. Condescening greeting made to Bushwood caddy at yacht club.

By: Anders Levant

Anders Levant — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:32:57 -0800

Ointment

By: djseafood

djseafood — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:36:29 -0800

Osculate.

By: shawnj

shawnj — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:37:32 -0800

cataclysm myriad

By: the_bone

the_bone — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:38:21 -0800

A sequel is inevitable, and I'd like to get in on the ground floor by saying that "moist" is my least favorite word.

By: spock

spock — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:50:44 -0800

I dunno, there's so many to choose from.

By: theinsectsarewaiting

theinsectsarewaiting — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:52:06 -0800

Serendipity.

By: Tarrama

Tarrama — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:54:34 -0800

Aquamarine. Sesquipedalian. With thanks to languagehat for that one.

By: daninnj

daninnj — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:07:58 -0800

Funny, my favorite word is the first example on the page: zephyr.

By: Acey

Acey — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:11:05 -0800

Bill Hicks once said 'Release' was his favourite. I like 'plethora' and 'bravado'.

By: Acey

Acey — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:12:10 -0800

Oh, and noir. Just keep saying it to yourself. Noir. Noir. Noir.

By: nicwolff

nicwolff — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:24:29 -0800

Nuts, my favorite is "velleity" and it's already there.

By: gompa

gompa — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:27:07 -0800

I like intransigent because you feel like the quality it describes when you try to wrap your tongue around it. Favourite word, though? Transcendent is pretty sweet. So's debauched. Transcendent debauchery? Debauched transcendence? On a similar note, there's a classic Letterman bit: Top Ten Words That Sound Great Spoken By James Earl Jones. (Scroll down to 01/05/94.)

By: killy willy

killy willy — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:34:54 -0800

frisky

By: PurpleJack

PurpleJack — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:35:29 -0800

When in Paris, I used to see 'cafe liegeois' on menus and think it had a wonderful exotic sound to it. I now live in the Netherlands, about half an hour by train from Liege, and have seen what a dump it is. Consequently 'liegeois' has lost much of the magic it used to have. My current favourite word is 'mellifluous '- especially if spoken by someone with a lilting Irish accent.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:36:53 -0800

nary

By: weretable and the undead chairs

weretable and the undead chairs — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:57:27 -0800

not going to add it, but my favorite word is vespertinal which is (imo) a more interesting vespertine - see also vesper. a vesper... sometimes an evening prayer. in general refers to things of the evening, night. i am certainly a night person and have always been fascinated by the night and that which occurs during.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:02:13 -0800

The first word that came to mind was vestibule although I have many favorite words. Without a doubt, sure is my least favorite word - too sloppy sounding in a sentence although I am fine with it as a one word response.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:11:31 -0800

I suggested 'zymurgy'. After all, it's a word used to refer to beer-making generally, so it describes something eminently important.

By: gaspode

gaspode — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:12:12 -0800

Ostensibly. And I've always liked autumnal. And abstemiously also has all the vowels in alphabetical order.

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:17:06 -0800

ointment zygote persnickety

By: clevershark

clevershark — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:25:57 -0800

There's always riposte, and comeuppance.

By: Idiot Mittens

Idiot Mittens — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:30:48 -0800

By: Al_Truist

Al_Truist — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:36:06 -0800

sostenuto (Italian for "sustain / sustaining." it's the pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers so the notes ring out as long as they can) it just feels good in your mouth! but sagacious and facetious are right up there.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:37:33 -0800

Cytoplasm (and with that) Endoplasmic (and) Reticulum Just saying it out loud makes you smarter.

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:54:48 -0800

Innuendo

By: X4ster

X4ster — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:56:18 -0800

It's the only English language word with seven consonants and only one vowel. Playing Scrabble, if you catch a triple word score, it's worth 36 points. With the bonus for using all seven tiles it's 86 points. It also stands well on its meaning and sound: Strength

By: nep

nep — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:07:59 -0800

floccinaucinihilipilification It's a goofy word, but has a lovely syncopation.

By: X4ster

X4ster — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:09:46 -0800

My newest word, from the book I finished night before last, is wayzgoose. One of Sumerset Maugham's books introduced me to the word phthisis. Say that 3 times quickly... Isn't "you're right" also one of our favorite phrases?

By: X4ster

X4ster — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:13:58 -0800

leftcoastbob, Isn't there an old joke line that goes along with that? Something akin to; "He was so dumb that he thought innuendo was the Italian word for sodomy".

By: Maishe

Maishe — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:15:57 -0800

uxorious traipse jute

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:33:01 -0800

idiocracy - a society of idiots. rebo - retarded bozo. specimess - what you return to the nurse at the sperm bank. From my own Fictionary.

By: arto

arto — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:33:26 -0800

Gazebo

By: flashboy

flashboy — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:39:36 -0800

Wazzock

By: painquale

painquale — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:55:44 -0800

Boustrophedonic. Great etymology.

By: swlabr

swlabr — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:56:31 -0800

Indubitably indubitably.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:02:19 -0800

Sinistral is pretty good, too. And stot (stotting, stotted), for good measure. But I stand by foxy for first choice.

By: gnutron

gnutron — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:06:48 -0800

omphaloskepsis chthonic farrago mellifluous

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:14:03 -0800

I agree with theinsectsarewaiting. "Serendipity" Also, I love the word "onomatopoetic," one of the two acceptable adjective forms of onomatopoeia

By: Capn

Capn — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:27:00 -0800

quincunux

By: transient

transient — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:47:42 -0800

bumpkin

By: Rev. Syung Myung Me

Rev. Syung Myung Me — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:27:03 -0800

I've always enjoyed "mediocrity". Not so much actual mediocrity, though. But the word's got a great rhythm and sound.

By: Lady Penelope

Lady Penelope — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:31:21 -0800

Somebody just called somebody this this morning: hell-spawn. Well I like that. But my favorite insult is still "Typical."

By: kcds

kcds — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:16:08 -0800

Big ups to painquale for boustrophedonic - one of my favorites, too. I think my current favorite though has to be usufruct, because it sounds filthy, but really isn't at all.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:19:12 -0800

I give you the champion of monosyllabry: scraunched.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:03:40 -0800

Zaftig.

By: alms

alms — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:17:20 -0800

Culvert.

By: eggonstilts

eggonstilts — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:40:50 -0800

Waffle

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:51:35 -0800

Quotidian.

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:19:07 -0800

X4ster: Pretty much the same, but I heard that Innuendo was the Italian version of Preparation H.

By: ramix

ramix — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:24:48 -0800

Thug - it sounds so...thuggish?

By: DeepFriedTwinkies

DeepFriedTwinkies — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:53:25 -0800

Love. It's really all you need.

By: Goblindegook

Goblindegook — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:58:04 -0800

floccinaucinihilipilification: You beat me to it, nep. My second vote goes to haecceity.

By: Goblindegook

Goblindegook — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:04:04 -0800

(Cleave is another favourite of mine, mostly because it's its own antonym.)

By: brandz

brandz — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:36:45 -0800

difficult to pick just one. mellifluous loquacious unctuous sycophant irenic swank

By: ZaphodB

ZaphodB — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:56:19 -0800

Ungulate Allure Effloresce Hegemony

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:26:17 -0800

So many words, so little time. xebec fritillary stravaiging (how I describe my time spent on the Internet) and one from the site: hemidemisemiquaver. Usufruct, sesquipedalian, and molybdenum (from this post) are also long-time favorites. One of Somerset Maugham's books introduced me to the word phthisis. I just saw that this morning for the first time, in a young adult novel, and thought the author had made it up.

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:34:36 -0800

I just used the word "succinct" and trailed off, thinking that I really like that word.

By: bunglin jones

bunglin jones — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:47:24 -0800

Phlegm. Because that 'g' is just perfect there - even though it's silent, it remidns you of the part of your throat where phelgm comes from.

By: brandz

brandz — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:13:34 -0800

proclivity is another favorite.

By: makonan

makonan — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:16:49 -0800

silver oubliette ululate i love this link. thanks.

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:35:04 -0800

privy pervy peristaltic

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:00:05 -0800

I've always been partial to burl and, well, calypso.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:37:04 -0800

X4ster: strengths has one extra consonant. Are proper names allowed? I'm totally in love with "Habablab".

By: X4ster

X4ster — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:33:59 -0800

Ah yes, so many wonderful words. Has anyone else in the group read "The Madman and the Professor"? It's a great book about words and the initial work developing the Oxford English Dictionary. Here's a great quote from "The Madman and the Professor": “No language depending on arbitrary use and custom can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable and fluctuating state; and what is deemed polite and elegant in one age, may be accounted uncouth and barbarous in another” Benjamin Martin, contributing editor to the Oxford English Dictionary. And a few words and definitions; Network- any thing reticulated, or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. …treated by alienists …in the sense of chatechizing someone, making his or her arguments stand up to severe scrutiny… … to whinge… …diktats …ashtrakhan-collared coats atrabilious- gloomy, ill natured, peevish,

By: X4ster

X4ster — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:24:37 -0800

brandz - "difficult to pick just one" It's impossible for me. I really like your choices; mellifluous, loquacious, unctuous & sycophant. Among my other favorite submissions; leftcoastbob - succinct NinjaPirate - cacophony herting - facetiously jbrjake – ubiquitous, poignant, verisimilitude The Jesse Helms –behoove gompa - intransigent I haven't seen grandiloquent listed yet.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:15:48 -0800

This has bugging me, because a couple of years ago I heard a word that sounded beautiful and had a beautiful meaning -- the reflection of the moon on water. But I forgot it almost immediately and google searches haven't helped me find it...so yeah that. Does anyone know? Oh, and I used to like "evanescence" until that lame band appeared on the scene. OK, how about: distortion and e-bow.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:31:03 -0800

A lot of these words sound like things Captain Haddock called people who annoyed him.

By: dsquid

dsquid — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:52:59 -0800

Callipygous, for the win.

By: modavis

modavis — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:45:41 -0800

incunabula

By: humbe

humbe — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:37:21 -0800

spoonerism, definitely spoonerism.

By: keks

keks — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:40:10 -0800

ennui

By: Phantast

Phantast — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:17:42 -0800

fucktards!!!

By: 517

517 — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:31:46 -0800

"...you have selected, regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press..."

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:12:11 -0800

Yay!

By: lois1950

lois1950 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:32:42 -0800

fecund, fecundity