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What's your favorite word, and why?

by NumbrOneAunt in Six Words Questions on Jun 14, 2012 | | T-shirt

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For some strange reason I always crack up when someone says "apparently". Don't know why but it is the way they say it with a very straight face. Also when someone says "Dear Mother of God." I say it a lot, and people seem to crack up when I say it.

Dean6805 says,

MJ, you should say it with a French accent. It's even better.

TheAngstyPoet says,

"Listen." Dude I'm talking, you should listen. I go through fads with words. Apparently I say listen a lot because my friend and I skyped. We hadn't talked in a long time. She said she missed the way I said: listen & ya know.

jl333 says,

Reiterate. I say it to the kids all the time. Once I said it to a two year old, and a stranger told me that I shouldn't be using such 'big' words around him. I told her that he knows exactly what it means, because I taught him! And to this day, I still love using the word reiterate!
Apparently TheAngstyPoet likes the word 'apparently' too! :)

marymc says,

My son's first big-boy word was "inappropriate". He was maybe 2 when he mastered it. Will always be one of my favorite words, because I hear it in his lil voice.

NumbrOneAunt says,

ok, so i'm not the only one who gets frustrated at adults who think it's somehow "inappropriate" (smile to mary) to teach young children big words. i've never understood the thinking behind this! one of the things i loved about the harry potter novels was the fact that j k rowling DIDN'T dumb anything down. i think she figured that if kids ran into a word they didn't know, well, that's what dictionaries are for....hello...

canadafreeze says,

Exponentially. I just like the way it sounds and all the muscles it uses when it's said aloud. That's all:-)

ba_miracle says,

Crimonelly...it keeps my vocabulary cleaner.

marymc says,

I'm fond of obfusticate, too.

ba_miracle says,

Oh I obfusticated when I had my gallbladder out.

Sagacious says,

If I find something "interesting", then it has my attention in a deep, thought-provoking way.

Steve__Anthony says,

"Compassion" - because it was a painful, blind struggle to find it in my heart. But now I try to hold on to it as if it was a baby.

NumbrOneAunt says,

steve - wow! that's a powerful comment!

Steve__Anthony says,

No. 1 aunt I used to be the typical self-centered male - was a very shallow existance.

Heem08 says,

My favorite word is propaganda, I love the way it sounds.

MsKillie says,

Luminious- my life is full of light and moments that shine! I use the word as much as possible. Plus I just like saying it with my Mike Doughty accent.

mzejay says,

Tangible--it sounds delicious, feels that way too.

hotflyingbacon says,

It used to be "segue" but then they named that little scooter thing segue so I'm in the market for a new one.

DappleGreyMoon says,

Awesome. Becuase it's awesome!