Do you have a favorite word?

Published on November 7, 2006 By Question of the Day In Misc

You know - the kind of word that sticks in your head. But ones that aren't usually used in everyday conversation?

I heard my husband's favorite word on the news last night. It's not very common so It really stuck out. Malfeasance. He loves malfeasance, nonfeasance, and misfeasance. I like nonfeasance best myself.

My favorites are tabula rasa and the much more common macabre.

What's your favorite word?

Comments

Dr Guy

on Nov 07, 2006

If I could spell it, I would write it.

Xythe

on Nov 07, 2006

Mammalian protruberencies. I guess thats 2 words....oops

Dr Guy

on Nov 07, 2006

Mammalian protruberencies

Bad BOY!

cactoblasta

on Nov 07, 2006

spelunking.

Locamama

on Nov 07, 2006

oblivion - one of my favorite song lyrics - I want to put my tender heart in a blender and watch it spin around to a beautiful oblivion rendevous and I'm through with you.

I like rendevous too. That's a good word.

MasonM

on Nov 07, 2006

indubitably

Jythier

on Nov 07, 2006

Defenestrate, or defenestration.

crimson

on Nov 07, 2006

indubitably

strangely, that's mine, too. Though I can never pronounce it correctly.

Spc Nobody Special

on Nov 07, 2006

more of a name really,

stratified squamous epithileum

Zoologist03

on Nov 07, 2006

tabula rasa?...Clean slate...psychology term...

Do I have a favorite word?...I do not believe it is the case for one such as myself...I partake of a plethora of linguistic choices. I am quite well versed in my readings of various tomes and parchments that I have discovered many a term that pleases me in some arbitrary function.

Now...imagine if I typed like that all the time...

~Zoo

Toblerone

on Nov 07, 2006

Obsequious

stratified squamous epithileum

That too!

Question of the Day

on Nov 08, 2006

Wow, all of you sure have expanded my vocabulary!

And I forgot I like ubiquitous and the ubiquitous use of ubiquitous

dynamaso

on Nov 09, 2006

Effloresce or deliquesce... I also like cunnilingus and verbose but I guess my favourite word is probably serendipity.

momijiki

on Nov 11, 2006

monocotyledon

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I've always liked the rhythm of this word.

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