Favourite word and why

[Angrist]

Petrified.

I don't know, somehow it just sounds awesome. I doubt it's my favorite, but it's in my top 10.

[Vampyr]

Quintessence.

Cool sounding word, cool meaning, and in the coolest Shakespeare monologue ever.

"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form, in moving, how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so." - Hamlet

[C.H]

Other than the fact i tend to not have favourites for anything, i'm not sure i could ever have a true favourite word in the English language. As the biggest language in the world (in terms of word count), you could probably never know every word.

Either way, here's a couple:

Idiosyncraitc
It has a very complete sound to it, i personally only ever use it in a positive way, if i ever describe anyone as idiosycratic, it's intended as a compliment.

Sublime
Again a complete sounding descriptive word. Some words lose meaning through there over use, words like Great or Beautiful can become some what disposable due to there apparent misuse, but Sublime remains a strong penetrative word.


Ric: I do like your 'idiosyncratic' use of the word 'lies'

[Teuthida]

Clockwork

I like the look. I like the sound. I like what it implies.


Faboo

Elegant. Sleek. Sultry. And sounds great coming out of Wakko's mouth.

[KillerGremlin]

I'm not cool enough to have a favorite word. I use "craptacular" a lot though, it gets my point across.

I like the Spanish pronunciation of "Cuba." It's like pooh-buh, only with a "C."

[Professor S]

exacerbate

It is one ord that replaces many commonly used ones.

[Ric]

My new favourite words are 'Earl' and 'Three Dog'

Why?

Because of the fun I had making these

What's even funnier is how few people have noticed they have been added to the forums. I cant wait till BaB sees these