# What's your favorite word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2000, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256 "2000-09-23T07:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/21 "2000-09-23T20:30:56Z")
I have no idea why, but I like the word grunion. I also like saying blue-footed boobies. My all time favorite, I believe it is from Mork & Mindy: Chazbot!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/22 "2000-09-23T20:32:04Z")
…and the ultimate funny, scatological word: turd. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/23 "2000-09-23T21:00:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/24 "2000-09-23T21:26:53Z")
Right now it is, **fate** **red** **sweet** and **meat** ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/25 "2000-09-23T21:55:10Z")
My word of the week is **abscond** I also like… **diesel scatological chronic nark Canada Nebraska miscellaneous chronological lager** I also enjoy using the French pronunciation of words like lager and Target. “I’m going to Tarzhay to buy some lazhay!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/26 "2000-09-23T22:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Thanks to law school, I’m just itchin’ for my first opportunity to use the word “usufruct”. \*\* So, are we usufructuaries of the Straight Dope Message Boards? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/27 "2000-09-23T22:23:52Z")
usually preceded by “that’s” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/28 "2000-09-23T23:10:48Z")
Antipasto … but only when said in a Bela Lugosi / Dracula accent. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/29 "2000-09-23T23:17:56Z")
persiflage thaumaturge panache Kinda tuff to work them into everyday conversation, tho… ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/30 "2000-09-23T23:41:35Z")
juffle popple eccentric sunshine freak dude phenomenon sweater (though with my PA accent it’s “swedder”) muffin melancholy mole Hindu crayon (I actually made a poem about the last three one time) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/31 "2000-09-23T23:54:20Z")
blather bleb cheeky discombobulated ju-ju smock Upupa epops (Hoopoe, a bird) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry, a plant) zephyr. I just think this sounds pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/32 "2000-09-23T23:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Anniz \* > Right now it is,_\* > **fate** > **red** > **sweet** > **and** > **meat** \*\* Holy crap! Could any four words together be **more** quietly suggestive? Nice picks! ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/33 "2000-09-24T00:21:18Z")
My favorite word, which I have yet to EVER use is “pennyroyal.” Hey Max Torque, did you know that Samuel Tilden (the Guilded Age railroad lawyer, political reformer, NY State Governor, failed presidential candidate and founding benefactor to the NY Public Library) was known as “Old Usufruct”? He was a considered a pretty shrewd operator ijn his day. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/34 "2000-09-24T00:43:13Z")
incubus!! blasphemous & digital ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/35 "2000-09-24T00:45:45Z")
A few weeks ago, my brother called me and I answered the phone, “Cheerio!” (It just came out. 🙂 ) I haven’t been able to stop using the word since. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/36 "2000-09-24T00:51:00Z")
onomatopoeia is my favourite. it has a nice rhythm and you can dance to it. i hope to use it to name a girl child some day. ---
**Author:** ![Shane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shane/32/10599_2.png) [@Shane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/37 "2000-09-24T01:21:08Z")
I have a few favorite words. The first one is, “Pie(s) in the face.” This is the reason for that: [http://www.geocities.com/pieintheface/index.html](http://www.geocities.com/pieintheface/index.html) The second one is, “Paris” because I love Paris so much. There are a lot of other ones, but those two are the top on my list, my two biggest obsessions. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/38 "2000-09-24T01:32:25Z")
Well it’s not really my _favorite_ word, but for some reason I can’t say the word **drapes** without giggling. Hee hee, happens when I type it too! ---
**Author:** ![Shane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shane/32/10599_2.png) [@Shane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/39 "2000-09-24T01:40:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > \*\*Well it’s not really my _favorite_ word, but for some reason I can’t say the word **drapes** without giggling. Hee hee, happens when I type it too! > > \*\* LOL!! Yeah, you’re right. Drapes is a funny sounding word. Now I’m always going to laugh every time I hear someone say the word now. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256/40 "2000-09-24T01:45:58Z")
you know what else is a cool word? **hemoglobin** psst… hey… you know what’s in your body right now? that’s right, IN YOUR BLOOD!.. it’s ELVES! ELVES, dammit! … and they’re GAY!!!.. they’re HOMOGOBLINS!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-word/34256.md?page=3)