# Favourite word and why?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832 "2001-10-22T09:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/48db29/32.png) [@WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WH1TE-T1GERESS)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/1 "2001-10-22T09:02:09Z")
What is you favourite word and why??? Mine is wohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo No idea why but makes me happy… Easily amused as you can see. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/2 "2001-10-22T09:39:13Z")
“Meow”. why? because. a better reason? well, because it can mean a lot of stuff, especially to non-cats. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/3 "2001-10-22T09:56:32Z")
Yeah, meow can mean a lot to us non-cats. Like an unfortunate volunteer, despised by all: “Me!Me! Ow! (Don’t hit me _there_, man!)” ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/4 "2001-10-22T10:09:08Z")
Bastards. I love the word, and have loved since well before South Park took off. It gets past the internal censors in a lot of monitored chat rooms. Ignorant bastards. bwahhhaaaaahaaaa ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/5 "2001-10-22T10:33:02Z")
Underpants. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/6 "2001-10-22T11:18:12Z")
~~anticay ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/7 "2001-10-22T11:36:07Z")
‘shenanigans’. With ‘malarky’ coming a close second. With ‘bollocks’ and ‘shite’ being equal third. ---
**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/8 "2001-10-22T12:00:29Z")
Lethalogica. (You know when you’re trying to remember a word, but you can’t? That’s lethalogica.) I also love glossolalia… they both just sound cool. ---
**Author:** ![crazy\_nut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@crazy\_nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy_nut)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/9 "2001-10-22T12:06:35Z")
DRAGON. itz a cool creature, often used in mythology, and n chinese, the gods of water. bwahaha. i like water, and chinese dragons. and then i think western dragons look interesting… oh no, the craziness disease has taken hold of me ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/10 "2001-10-22T12:11:14Z")
funkadelic. I heard my Biology teacher say that out of nowhere, and I fell in love with the word. a close second is the word craptastic. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/11 "2001-10-22T12:12:22Z")
ack. I meant to say exist. pardon my spelling. Its too early to think. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/12 "2001-10-22T12:13:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThatGuyWithPants \* > \*\*a close second is the word craptastic. \*\* That’s craptacular. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Belegur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Belegur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belegur)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/13 "2001-10-22T14:57:49Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for the word “phlegm”. ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/14 "2001-10-22T15:10:44Z")
I’ve always liked the word “aforementioned” - I found that using it (properly) in reports always seemed to win favor with English teachers. Other than that, I am partial to the sounds “blarg” and “smeep” for no apparent reason. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/15 "2001-10-22T16:10:59Z")
I’m moving this thread to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/16 "2001-10-22T22:57:17Z")
As I’ve mentioned in another thread (don’t remember where and I’m too lazy to look it up), I love the word _ **futon** _. Not only is it a funny word, but I think it doubles as a curse word. Try it out. Futon me? No, Futon you! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/17 "2001-10-22T23:21:01Z")
**SWYFEN** As in “Ah, suche swete swyfen.” ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/18 "2001-10-23T01:16:45Z")
I gotta go with “fuck” on this one. It may be vulgar, but it can be used as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb … almost any form of speech. Fuck you, you fucking fuck! -Syko “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” - Ralph Wiggum ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/19 "2001-10-23T01:33:43Z")
Wherein What can you not like ambot this word? It cracks me up. Wherein… HAHAHAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832/20 "2001-10-23T01:39:42Z")
Ninconpoop; because when I was a kid I somehow got the idea that I had made this word up myself. I’m not sur how that came to be but I do remember arguing with my mom that I had made the word up. Untill she finally broke out the dictionary and showed me the word. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-and-why/88832.md?page=2)