July 18, 2005
"My Favorite Word."
This is a charming, engaging website where people contribute their favorite words. It's nice to read the choices people have made and to think about what it is that makes a word your favorite -- some combination of meaning or sound or some personal connection to the word (like, the way your husband laughed when you called the garden hose a "hosepipe"). And here's the Metafilter discussion, with lots of comments, including one that links to what might be the greatest Dave Letterman list: Top Ten Words That Sound Great When Spoken By James Earl Jones. Oh, I guess I should pick a favorite word. I'll go with "squeeze."
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9 comments:
Uppity.
"Texas"
When my father died, we found a little notebook in his office desk, containing lists of words that tickled him. It's one of my best memories.
All praise OMNIGOD for bringing us such truths as these.
"No." Honest, direct, and you know where you stand.
What about a word that you don't necessarily like to say out loud, but you like to see it in print? I like "pizzazz"
"There is a certain class of clergyman whose medicity is only equalled by their mendacity."
-- Frederick Temple (Archbishop)
Syzygy
C'mon -- how often do you see it?
Arguendo
Would like to hear JEJ say it, too.
(Elizabeth, what a wonderful anecdote!)
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