The "favorite words" thread!

Here are some more of my favs:
studebaker
quintessential
osmosis
trebuchet
quiche

Simple but pleasant words,at least to me.

capitulate

(I've had to do way too much capitulating lately.)

Tailwind?

Margarita?

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Originally Posted by divingbiker

capitulate

(I've had to do way too much capitulating lately.)

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I only like that word when it's the other side doing it.

well, there's furbelow..
and then I like words like escutcheon.. and derailleur

arugula ("it's a VEG-E-TA-BLE" - I only saw My Blue Heaven once, but I love that line)
prosciutto
murmur
crapanola

....or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. (even though the sound of it something quite atrocious).

Beamish boy

(was quoting some of that there poem this a.m.)

Forced into My First Ever Team Estrogen Post by the evile (a favorite "word" of mine) Sadie Kate:

Evile
Ginormous
La De Frickin Da
(although, oddly, I do not care for "frickin" outside of this phrase all that much)

That's it for now.

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Originally Posted by pansypalmetto

Forced into My First Ever Team Estrogen Post by the evile (a favorite "word" of mine) Sadie Kate:

Evile
Ginormous
La De Frickin Da
(although, oddly, I do not care for "frickin" outside of this phrase all that much)

That's it for now.

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'sabout frickin time!

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Originally Posted by pansypalmetto

Forced into My First Ever Team Estrogen Post by the evile (a favorite "word" of mine) Sadie Kate:

Evile
Ginormous
La De Frickin Da
(although, oddly, I do not care for "frickin" outside of this phrase all that much)

That's it for now.

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a warm welcome to you, Pansy!

none of those obstreperous, incorrigible, reprobates like raleighdon here!

That was ginormously evile of SK. :D

I prefer freakin' myself.

Welcome to the joint Pansy.

V.

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Originally Posted by mimitabby

a warm welcome to you, Pansy!

none of those obstreperous, incorrigible, reprobates like raleighdon here!

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And we don't allow any shenanigans that would make things discombobulated--anyone caught doing such will be defenestrated (and I'm sure the mere thought of this treatment would cause tachycardia)!

And one more thing: We don't want some numpty causing a stooshie with her palaver about "vehicular cycling" vs. other techniques! (This happens a lot on another forum)

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Originally Posted by northstar

SK,

I was chortling in my joy as I went galumphing down the road on my way to work today. Though there were a few times I went snicker-snack through the traffic. (OK, not really, but I love those words. I make my 7th graders read that poem every year.)

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I remember my seventh grade teacher reading that aloud to us, I think it's my favorite poem. All that drama and action!


One of my most un-favorite favorite words is
BRASSIERE