# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Falafel\_Waffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@Falafel\_Waffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falafel_Waffle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/41 "2001-08-17T19:02:16Z")
**Ebullient** … I also like **loquacious** I like to be both at the same time. Syzygy is a really cool word, too. I don’t think you can spell it in Scrabble[sub]TM[/sub] though… Not enough 'y’s? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/42 "2001-08-17T19:11:47Z")
Gotta go with **defenestrate**. That, and **flinge** ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/43 "2001-08-17T19:21:34Z")
Knowledge. Seriously, it’s my favorite word. Rolls off the tounge well, and just seems like a meaty, hearty word. Plus it’s dignified. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/44 "2001-08-17T19:21:44Z")
Mine is cataclysm. I even like cataclysmic and cataclysmal. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/45 "2001-08-17T19:24:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Demise \* > **Rolls off the tounge well…** Er, that would be “tongue” instead. Which is also a good word. Yes, a good, good word. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/46 "2001-08-17T19:39:26Z")
either **Callipygian** or **Melcryptovestimentaphilia** ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/47 "2001-08-17T20:04:51Z")
**Superfluous** , **Oft** (although not in the _O Brother Where Art Thou_ use), and **Mellifluous** , which I never use. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/48 "2001-08-17T20:21:02Z")
Hands down, **defenestration**. I love the specificity of it, as well as the implied violence or contempt. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/49 "2001-08-17T20:58:26Z")
If you like defenestration, you should also like vapulation and suggilation. Personally, I prefer for **m** ication. ---
**Author:** ![whatisnaughty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@whatisnaughty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatisnaughty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/50 "2001-08-17T22:37:19Z")
so many to choose from… they go in stages, but I would have to say: perturbed; and another all time favorite: Sassy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/51 "2001-08-18T01:10:16Z")
as always, it’s \*\* monkey \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/52 "2001-08-18T03:22:34Z")
Hmm. **Elegant** … and **optimal**. They’re so **succinct** , and they sound like what they mean, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693/53 "2001-08-18T03:28:33Z")
**Flabbergasted!** Best word ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-word/76693.md?page=2)