The "favorite words" thread!

[bikerz]

gloaming (I'm on a campaign to bring this word back into common usage)

also:
rather and shall

in Spanish:
la madrugada

[Bruno28]

palaver
stooshie
numpty



Meaning fuss, minor altercation, idiot - for all you non-Scots speakers out there.

Numpty is Scotland's favourite word apparently. Makes me proud to be Scottish!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6520353.stm

[sgtiger]

Pamplemouse = grapefruit (French)

I love saying this word. Unfortunately I do not have many uses for it.

[lph]

I like phrases too, as well as long strange words. I read of a writer who liked to spike her writing with "big latinate bombs" - that's me.

Defenestration is an amazing word. Imagine having a special word for throwing someone out of a window.

And THANK YOU for teaching me "syzygy"! I shall have to make a special effort to include it in my vocabulary.

Humongous
Vainglorious (not exactly sure what that means, to tell you the truth)
Bizarre
Clunky

[Jolt]

Just thought of a Spanish word that I think sounds cool: marcapasos (pacemaker)

[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.

[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