# My favorite word **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693 "2001-08-17T05:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/1 "2001-08-17T05:18:55Z")
I never knew what it was until recently. But I’ve realized that the word " \*\* vegetables \*\*" is my favorite word. I like the way it looks, the way it sounds, and what it connotes. The singular is good, but the plural is great. I particularly love it when the syllables are all pronounced. So what’s yours? stoid ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/2 "2001-08-17T05:33:37Z")
_“Do you know what a **plethora** is, el Guapo?”_ ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/3 "2001-08-17T05:46:47Z")
I’m sort of partial to **beef steak**. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/4 "2001-08-17T05:52:31Z")
I like **juxtaposition** - the ‘x’ makes the word sound almost onomatopoeic. I also like **ricochet** and **chippery**. ---
**Author:** ![SolomonGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SolomonGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolomonGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/5 "2001-08-17T06:00:10Z")
**anathema** runner-up: **volition** ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/6 "2001-08-17T06:09:57Z")
Ephemeral Kinda says it all… ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/7 "2001-08-17T06:10:41Z")
I’ve really enjoyed **protocol** lately. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/8 "2001-08-17T06:11:43Z")
I also like **ricochet**. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dave\_Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/9 "2001-08-17T06:20:50Z")
**"Tactically".** I like \*\* “transpontine” \*\* but have never been able to use it in a sentence without sounding like a dick or using it wrongly. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/10 "2001-08-17T06:59:27Z")
Czechoslovakia. Dunno why. Just one o’ them thangs. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/11 "2001-08-17T07:04:06Z")
I have also always been partial to “Tabernacle” ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/12 "2001-08-17T07:12:41Z")
**Sesquipedalianism** It means what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/13 "2001-08-17T08:25:18Z")
Said. It’s a fantastic word. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/14 "2001-08-17T09:47:31Z")
Lobtailing. Flippering. Aviatrix. ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/15 "2001-08-17T10:09:40Z")
Wainscotting. Wainscotting, wainscotting, wainscotting. Kind of a meaty word, don’t you think? Not tinny at all. ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/16 "2001-08-17T10:13:14Z")
Nincompoop ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/17 "2001-08-17T11:45:31Z")
Bromdingnagian (sp?). Bonus: if you misspell it or mispronounce it, almost no one is the wiser. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/18 "2001-08-17T12:20:18Z")
I dig Granular and Extrapolate. I’m also partial to Exacerbate and its other forms exacerbated and exacerbates. One of those words that sound somewhat dirty but is not. Must be the bate thing. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/19 "2001-08-17T12:41:10Z")
I have many. Discission is a current favorite (meaning–the process of getting a sharp needle stuck in your eye). Defenestrate is pretty close, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/20 "2001-08-17T12:50:16Z")
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