Favourite Word?

[SckizoBoy]

Momentai:
It means "No Problem" in Cantonese, I stole it from Digimon Tamers Terriermon. I use it as a replacement for relax.

The first thing that came to mind when I read that was: what are the intonations...?! Then I went through them all and yes: Mo(B-A) mun (T) tai (B) (to put it crudely)

OT: Currently 'Flaps' (with a capital F) since it is the (transient) nickname for a colleague who gets amusingly annoyed at just the mention of the word 'flaps'.

 

[Dyme]

Plethora. I'll wiktionary it to find why it sounds so unenglish.

edit: Because it's from Greek. Mystery solved. What did people do without internet?

 

[wooty]

My favourite word would have to be "Retaliation", it rolls off the tongue nicely and sounds so serious.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

Acetylcholinesterase. It's so common.

plebeian is a close second.

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

Onomatopoeia
Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like.
I truly love English.
Also making the top of the list is...
-Ukulele (for the spelling)
-Skullduggery
-Clusterfuck

 

[Gluzzbung]

It's really difficult to choose between "inexplicable" and "Smurf" Both A rate words.

 

[Samwise137]

Bazinga. I know it's not a real word but it's pretty useful. If I had to pick a real word, It'd probably be Jabrone.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Abyss. It just creates a picture of eternal darkness. Very metal, very cool.

 

[ChocoFace]

synergy.
Just saying it gives you +cool points. True story.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I also love the word shenanigans

 

[Pricey46]

Marauder

I give myse;f a mental pat on the back everytime I use it in conversation.

 

[Panorama]

Gumption, it is just a superb word!

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

My favorite word to say is 'Indeed' in a Posh and British accent when I agree with something.

Haha I do this too! I also like to throw in a few "yes, quite, of courses" in there as well.

OT: I can't really pick, but I am a fan of the word snarky

 

[Adecristo]

Awesome.
'cuz this word is just Awesome.

 

[Matthew Wilson]

I'm a Scot so don't judge me but my favourite word is ****.

Not just because it's a swear but because using only four letters you can cause so much controversy and polarize every one around you. Also the way the word sounds, it starts sharp with the 'C' making a K sound, then the middle is drawing out with 'UUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN' and finally the end is sharp again - 'T' - adding to the controversy.

 

[Verp]

In English? Dumpling. Other than the fact that I fucking love dumplings, I'm not sure why I like the word so much.

In my native language, Finnish... Hyy (hoar, frost), rauta (iron), raastaa (grate) or saasta (filth).

And, by extension, I also like the compound word raastinrauta (grater, literally "grating iron").

 

[TehChef]

If by sound:
"Elegance" has always been one of my favourites. The sounds seem to really fit the concept to me.

If by "wait, there's actually a unique word for that?":
"Fenestrate". Every kid who's heard of the Defenestration of Prague knows that that "defenestration" is one of the better weird words lying around in the dustier corners of English, but "fenestration" is just absurd. Being thrown out of a window is one thing and we see it happen often enough in fiction alone to make the word slightly reasonable, but how often do you see people thrown into windows.

Eh, not quite. Fenestration actually refers to windows, as in the placement and structure thereof; not of throwing people into them. Likewise, if something is fenestrated, it has windows or openings, usually many of them.

OnT: I like the word rhotacism. It means the excessive use of the letter "R". And I also like the word bifurcate.

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

If by sound:
"Elegance" has always been one of my favourites. The sounds seem to really fit the concept to me.

If by "wait, there's actually a unique word for that?":
"Fenestrate". Every kid who's heard of the Defenestration of Prague knows that that "defenestration" is one of the better weird words lying around in the dustier corners of English, but "fenestration" is just absurd. Being thrown out of a window is one thing and we see it happen often enough in fiction alone to make the word slightly reasonable, but how often do you see people thrown into windows.

Eh, not quite. Fenestration actually refers to windows, as in the placement and structure thereof; not of throwing people into them. Likewise, if something is fenestrated, it has windows or openings, usually many of them.

OnT: I like the word rhotacism. It means the excessive use of the letter "R". And I also like the word bifurcate.

Eh, not quite. Fenestration actually also refers to throwing people in through windows (pretty obviously a backformation from "defenestration"). It's an absurdly rare usage, somewhat unsurprising given how rare "defenestration" already is, but it definitely exists.

 

[Wondermint13]

I like the word "clusterfuck" it's just fun to say, but I don't really get to use it in conversations much. XD

I too would like to see that word used more often in general conversation.


My favourite word has always been 'Delicious'

 

[spartandude]

The word Flirtatious
Failing that Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia