Your Favourite Word
Here is a site where you can share your favourite word and explain why.
I didn't add mine to the list, but my favourite word is fathom, not the unit of measurement "fathom", but the comprehension "fathom".
I just enjoy hearing people say that they "fathom" something or that it's "unfathomable".
So, what's your favourite word and why?
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Comments
I've always been very fond of the world "wombat." It's just a funny-sounding word. For example:
"Why did you miss work yesterday?"
"I was mauled by a rabid wombat."
See?
Posted by: AlanDP | February 24, 2006 03:23 PM
My favorite word is antepenultimate because it is so useful and comes up just about every day.
Posted by: Mark B. | February 24, 2006 04:45 PM
I shall avoid, studiously, the more difficult words and place into contention, as my favorite word, "tepid", as in the tepid comments of Mr. John Kerry, failed proponent of the politics of appeasement.
Cheers!
Posted by: Washington | February 25, 2006 06:45 AM
My favorite word is prism for the image it brings to mind.
Posted by: Diane | February 25, 2006 07:48 PM
i'm interested by prefixed words that we never, ever use without their prefixes. Your favourite word is a great example - when have you ever heard someone describe something as "fathomable" ?
Or couth? Or whelmed? There are a lot of words like that. It's absolutely whelming.
Posted by: the Author | February 25, 2006 08:04 PM
shenanigans
lollygag
luminous
imagination,
I like em just because
Posted by: share | February 26, 2006 03:24 PM
synergy
I like the sound of it and the meaning. I like to create synergy. Unfortunately others like it a lot, too, so it has been used to DEATH all over the web. I could never use it as a domain or company name. I have this word posted at my desk. See:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57828781@N00/13750302/
Posted by: connie | February 26, 2006 08:41 PM
I like ecclesiastes. So hard to say, yet if you become the master of saying it, you can be utmostly snooty.
Posted by: micahcf | June 1, 2007 08:34 AM