# What's your favourite word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632 "2000-12-01T20:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/1 "2000-12-01T20:24:57Z")
This has probably been done a million times before but hey, it’s always fun. My current two favourite words are ‘dirigible’ and ‘saponification’. So now you know. ---
**Author:** ![egkelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/2 "2000-12-01T20:39:43Z")
My favorite word is an antique one-it seems to have gone out of common useage by around 1920-“plugugly”! Please help me to revive this excellent word-you can use it to describe a whole lot of people! ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/3 "2000-12-01T22:19:00Z")
Juxtapose. It has an x. That means it’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/4 "2000-12-01T22:37:52Z")
I’ve always been fond of **detritus**. Hmm, that sounds funny… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/5 "2000-12-01T22:37:52Z")
Chicken Lover, not only has it been done before, it’s being done [right now](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48511). It’s in IMHO, which is the appropriate forum for survey-style questions like this. You may want to give that thread a look. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/6 "2000-12-01T23:03:08Z")
debacle Shiznit Baznatch look 'em up, and only 1 will be in the dictionary 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/7 "2000-12-02T01:25:06Z")
You can find most of my favorite words in “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carrol. Highlights include: Jabberwock Frumious Vorpal Frabjous ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/8 "2000-12-02T01:30:20Z")
ham a truly excellent word. also: rundogrun. the poster ‘rundogrun,’ i’m guessing, intends for it to be pronounced like you are telling a pooch to go for a jog (run, dog, run) but i always prounced it like ‘rundo, grun.’ it sounds like a dance performed by muppets - the rundogrun. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/9 "2000-12-02T01:33:55Z")
i like to call my female friends **callipygian** or **zaftig** … I also like **hoi polloi** , **glockenspiel** , and **magnanimous**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/10 "2000-12-02T02:44:28Z")
I’m rather fond of **plummet**. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/11 "2000-12-02T02:51:35Z")
spork pants trousers poke ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/12 "2000-12-02T02:52:24Z")
I like “Haberdasher”, “gibberish”, “sushi”, “supercalafragilisticespealidocious”, “jabberwocky”, “McMuffin”, “tomfoolery”, “cerulean”, and “Yoda”. (there are others, I just can’t think of any more.) ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/13 "2000-12-02T04:49:12Z")
juxtapose is good. ubiquitous. obsequious. instigator. in the subcategory of country names…Djibouti and Zimbabwe Eric Zorn (a columnist in the Chicago Tribune) had a few articles on said topic a while back… [http://chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/zorn/feature/0,1438,14424-14424,00.html](http://chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/zorn/feature/0,1438,14424-14424,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/14 "2000-12-02T06:36:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \* > \*\*You can find most of my favorite words in “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carrol. Highlights include: > > Jabberwock > Frumious > Vorpal > Frabjous > > \*\* Your forgot: Bandersnatch! For you Dr. Demento fans: Bulbous Bouffant. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/15 "2000-12-02T06:39:44Z")
oo!-oo!-oo!----- we can’t for get… “KNNNNNNNIGGETS!” ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/16 "2000-12-02T06:49:36Z")
iunximus. you asked. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/17 "2000-12-02T06:50:12Z")
Strategerie ---
**Author:** ![blastfurnace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@blastfurnace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blastfurnace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/18 "2000-12-02T07:19:17Z")
This word evokes memories of the summer we spent in the North of France, drinking wine and dancing at the local festspeilhaus; of the gentle summer breezes and the wonderful fresh baked bread; of the carefree strolls we took in the afternoons through that enchanted land: cluster ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/19 "2000-12-02T07:20:52Z")
Gusty. Tsunami. Krupps. (the coffeemaker brand) Mmmmm. (something good is always happening when you hear this) Cocktails. Ego-centric. Aerosmith. Xanax. Free. Vodka. Bastille. Spackle. Honeysuckle. Fortification. Presently. Sparkles. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632/20 "2000-12-02T07:29:11Z")
“Skank” 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-word/43632.md?page=2)