A request for all the people out there in LJland.

[katster]

I'm utterly curious.

What is your favourite word in the English language, and why?

(Yeah, I'm up to something. Feel free to direct others here if you wish.)

Comments

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

it varies :) "contradistinction" is a nice one.

[shadur.livejournal.com]

What is your favourite word in the English language, and why?

Interface.

[mrfnord.livejournal.com]

Antidisestablishmentarianism. For obvious reasons. ;)

[fb.livejournal.com]

Defenestration is my favorite word in any language, just because of its definition and existance. ;)

[aris-tgd.livejournal.com]

If it didn't sound so odd, I think "crepuscular" would be my favorite word. It means of the twilight. But I don't like the 'pus' part, so saying it or actually writing it out makes me feel slightly odd.

At the moment I really like 'elide.' It means to smooth over something; it's used in poetry when you combine two syllables together on a vowel sound.

And I've always been fond of parapetetic...

Darnit. I'll have to give this more thought if I'm just going to give you one answer. ;)

[salinn.livejournal.com]

I have always liked the word "people" ever since my first grade teacher taught me how to spell it correctly. "Pee-oh-pell-ee"

I also like the word "skin." Simple, to the point.

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

Mellifluous.

[nakednatalie.livejournal.com]

Puddle

or...

Duck

They're both awesome words. :)

[nakednatalie.livejournal.com]

Oh! Forgot the "why" bit:

Because they're fun to say and evoke very positive feelings.

And plus "duck" rhymes with "fuck" :P

[true-crime.livejournal.com]

obfuscation because it mocks itself. It's something along the lines of making things unnecessarily difficult....like using a really big word for "making things confusing."

[rdmgryphon.livejournal.com]

Indubitably... Simply because it's so much fun to say.

[whytraven.livejournal.com]

wonky.

It just sounds like it is, and it's nice.

[damienps.livejournal.com]

Onomatopoeia - because it's a great concept

[jhghendriks.livejournal.com]

Dweomer.

In Dutch I'd go for Kuukske.

[leto-bucher.livejournal.com]

Cromulent. Because it's funny ;)

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

Oh, you want to know why? Well, "mellifluous" rolls off the tounge like its own self--it's a mellifluous sound. And mellifluous sounds are wonderful thing. "Melodius" nearly won, but more sounds can be mellifluous than really have melody.

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

And I have never been able to spell tongue right on the first try...

[vacheestfachee.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is that I've thought about this in French (choisir, because it's fun to say) ... but I haven't really thought about it in English.

My favorite words tend not to be "real words," now that I think about it.

How about "burninate"? It's the etymological source for a variety of fun made-up words. :)

[sabneraznik.livejournal.com]

Hope

[sabneraznik.livejournal.com]

because that is the most precious thing we have. It's what keeps us alive and motivates us.