# Favourite word or word combination. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189 "2007-08-20T00:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/21 "2007-08-20T20:17:44Z")
I like ‘fluvial morphology’. Just the way it rolls around as you’re saying it. I’m also a fan of ‘schwa’ and ‘lububrious’. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/22 "2007-08-20T20:52:46Z")
My favourite because at heart I’m a tittering school boy is “betty swollox”. It comes from British TV’s The Fast Show. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/23 "2007-08-21T00:52:58Z")
I’m a fan of defenestration, and autochthon. Inchoate is good, and I find a quick perusal of any H.P. Lovecraft story is also good for a few new favorites. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/24 "2007-08-21T01:06:12Z")
Portmanteau. Get it? Also, I really like the word. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/25 "2007-08-21T01:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] That’s weird. It doesn’t _look_ mispelled, but it is, spectacularly, mispelled. [/QUOTE] Fix tit. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/26 "2007-08-21T01:44:26Z")
Callipygian ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/27 "2007-08-21T01:53:32Z")
Cinnamony. As in, “Oh my, this is delicious, what with the subtle cinnamony undertones.” It glitters off of the tongue, crystallizing magnificently in the air, and then shimmering away leaving behind a subtle memory of the perfect series of lingual gymnastics. Glorious. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/28 "2007-08-21T02:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Callipygian [/QUOTE] Damn! You stole mine! ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/29 "2007-08-21T02:12:12Z")
Mushuginna and hoobajoob. They are both made up words of my friends as far as we can tell. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/30 "2007-08-21T02:17:09Z")
An old roommate of mine used to say fuckle when something mildly pissed him off. I think he created it, but I got permission to use it. Sometimes it’s the perfect word for the situation. Like when you see that you’ve run out of ice or some other such annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/31 "2007-08-21T03:02:04Z")
Even though I really REALLY dislike math, and I can’t think of a normal conversation where I could work this in… I think the math term “axis of symmetry” has a poetic pretty sound to it. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/32 "2007-08-21T03:18:59Z")
“Little old lady got mutilated late last night” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/33 "2007-08-21T04:25:26Z")
“Fraudulent.” ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/34 "2007-08-21T06:04:03Z")
“Banana hammock.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/35 "2007-08-21T07:13:40Z")
“Cataphract” “Rolling Stock” ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/36 "2007-08-23T03:21:08Z")
“Masturbating furiously” The sheer inanity of the phrase makes me laugh. I’ve seen it used many places (including here) to mean “with gusto” or somesuch, but come on, _furiously?_ I’ve never been furious when I’ve masturbated. I’d probably hurt myself. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/37 "2007-08-23T13:08:18Z")
[QUOTE=SlickRoenick] Mushuginna and hoobajoob. They are both made up words of my friends as far as we can tell. [/QUOTE] Meshuggeneh (or meshuggena) is an old yiddish word. As a noun, it means “lunatic, crazy person”; as an adjective, it means “crazy.” I don’t know from hoobajoob, but it sounds cool, too. “Sudden agricultural driving” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/38 "2007-08-23T13:25:09Z")
Good, the lowbrow sexual barrier has been breached, so I can add: “presenting” I just love that there’s G-rated word for getting on all fours and sticking your hindquarters out for penetration. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/39 "2007-08-23T13:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=jackdavinci] Other words and phrases that appeal to me (I’m amused by how many spell check isn’t recognizing as I type…), some for the sound of the word, some for the meaning: … dithyramb farrago serendipity **colophon** manifold abiogenesis manifold … [/QUOTE] :o I’d like to thank my parents, God and Ayn Rand… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189/40 "2007-08-23T17:10:19Z")
Mellifluous has a nice ring to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-word-or-word-combination/416189.md?page=3)