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!!!
…and the ultimate funny, scatological word:
turd.
…
Right now it is,
fate
red
sweet
and
meat
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!”
So, are we usufructuaries of the Straight Dope Message Boards?
usually preceded by “that’s”
Antipasto … but only when said in a Bela Lugosi / Dracula accent.
persiflage
thaumaturge
panache
Kinda tuff to work them into everyday conversation, tho…
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)
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.
Holy crap! Could any four words together be more quietly suggestive? Nice picks!
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.
incubus!!
blasphemous
&
digital
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!!!