The "favorite words" thread!

[SouthernBelle]

milkshake

[Thorn]

milkshake

Chocolate (is there really any other word?

[northstar]

I tend to like gross words. This makes me a good fit for teaching middle schoolers.

I love the word rotundity.

German has some of the best words, though.

Schleim = phlegm
Scheinwerfer = headlight (literally means light thrower)
Verstopfung = a really uncomfortable digestive condition...note the word "stop" in the middle there.
Durchfall = the opposite of Verstopfung...note the word fall in the middle there...by the way, durch translates to through. You do the math.

I love words that sound like what they mean. German's great for that.

[Popoki_Nui]

I tend to like gross words. This makes me a good fit for teaching middle schoolers.
German has some of the best words, though......

Fahrvergnügen! Remember that word from the VW commercials? Not sure what it means, exactly, but it's a great word to use when a wrench slips, or a mis-aimed hammer hits your thumb.

[Bron]

Fahrvergnügen! Remember that word from the VW commercials? Not sure what it means, exactly, but it's a great word to use when a wrench slips, or a mis-aimed hammer hits your thumb.

It means "enjoyment of driving". Supposedly enhanced by having a German car!

Best German word I have met so far was in our house contract: Altlastenverdachtsflächenkataster - the English translation takes up a whole paragraph.

Favourite Welsh word: stwnch - such a great way of describing mashed potato.

DH´s favourite has to be PIE

Bron

[Jolt]

I tend to like gross words. This makes me a good fit for teaching middle schoolers.

I love the word rotundity.

German has some of the best words, though.

Schleim = phlegm
Scheinwerfer = headlight (literally means light thrower)
Verstopfung = a really uncomfortable digestive condition...note the word "stop" in the middle there.
Durchfall = the opposite of Verstopfung...note the word fall in the middle there...by the way, durch translates to through. You do the math.

I love words that sound like what they mean. German's great for that.

Those are good ones! Speaking of gross words that sound like what they mean, how about ipecac? Doesn't it just remind you of someone retching?

[ShubieGA]

stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato)

[singletrackmind]

Horse feathers!

Dog sandwich.

enigma

stoic

bromidic

y'all

rutabaga

Finest kind

wicked good

That's just a couple few of 'em.

Oh yeah,

couple few

[SadieKate]

I just go frabjous at the syzygy when my neurogolist says "no change."

Then I go enjoy the colors of California hillsides at gloaming.

Callooh! Callay!

[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.)

[HappyAnika]

lugubrious

[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.

[missymaya]

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

Simple but pleasant words,at least to me.

[divingbiker]

capitulate

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

[Zen]

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.)

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