Your favorite word

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-01-21 01:31pm

I love words, and I was thinking about this this afternoon. Of all the words in all the languages, which is your absolute favorite, and why?

Here's mine:

Merriam Webster wrote:Fiasco
Main Entry: 1fi·as·co
Pronunciation: fE-'as-(")kO also -'äs-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -coes
Etymology: French, from Italian, from fare fiasco, literally, to make a bottle
Date: circa 1854
: a complete failure

I just love this word. It's fun to say and it's the absolute perfect word for a complete and total clusterfuck. For example, "That NFC Championship game was a fiasco." Saying it makes me feel better.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-01-21 01:32pm

Genius, i say it all the time, even in ways which make it not match the definition.... people look at me funny

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-01-21 01:37pm

Alright. Its one of those cornerstone pieces of my speech pattern that snuck in there from force of habit. That and variations of the word Fuck...

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-21 01:46pm

Bastion. I just love that word and saying it outloud jibes with its meaning.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-01-21 01:49pm

blunderbuss

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2004-01-21 02:01pm

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2004-01-21 02:05pm

Female.

Mmmm...

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2004-01-21 02:06pm

Perkele.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-21 02:19pm

Fuck. It's perhaps one of the most versatile words in the English language.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-01-21 02:20pm

Bastard! or "pfft."

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-21 02:24pm

Bloody (Bloodeh)... in full yorkshire twang...

all swearwords sound best up North, be it in Glasgow, Newcastle or Barnsley.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-01-21 02:25pm

Fuck, naturally.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-21 02:32pm

Foppish

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-01-21 02:34pm

Pathetic, for an english word.

Prickelnd, as a German word.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-01-21 02:35pm

Dipthong

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-01-21 02:57pm

Booyah!

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2004-01-21 03:07pm

Bastard!

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-01-21 03:10pm

2000AD wrote:Booyah!

Ebonics aren't real words no matter how much pissing and moaning goes one. Untill Lizzie herself appears on TV and tells me that her dictionary is now edited by tupac himself i'll never accept those illiterate shites and the non-words that spout.

My favourite word is love, something i use rarely because i recognise the power love commands.

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2004-01-21 03:13pm

Sapphire. First of all it's my birthstone, second of all it's just cool.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-01-21 03:32pm

Lord Pounder wrote:
2000AD wrote:Booyah!
Ebonics aren't real words no matter how much pissing and moaning goes one. Untill Lizzie herself appears on TV and tells me that her dictionary is now edited by tupac himself i'll never accept those illiterate shites and the non-words that spout.

I don't care if it's a "real" word or not, it's still a word and i like it! And since when did it have anything to do with rap? I just thought it was a common celebration.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-01-21 03:32pm

Lord Pounder wrote:
2000AD wrote:Booyah!
Ebonics aren't real words no matter how much pissing and moaning goes one. Untill Lizzie herself appears on TV and tells me that her dictionary is now edited by tupac himself i'll never accept those illiterate shites and the non-words that spout.

1) "Booyah" isn't ebonics.

2) Neither you nor Lizzie nor Merriam Webster nor anyone else is the arbiter of what is and isn't a real word. Ebonics is as legitimate a form of communication as the King's English, and if a group of sounds within it carry a specific meaning to those who understand the dialect, then it's a real word.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2004-01-21 03:47pm

Of course mine is ejaculate

e·jac·u·late ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-jky-lt)
v. e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing, e·jac·u·lates
v. tr.
To eject or discharge abruptly, especially to discharge (semen) in orgasm.
To utter suddenly and passionately; exclaim.

\E*jac"u*late\, v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] ``Ejaculating to himself.'' --Sir W. Scott.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-21 03:49pm

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Try saying that 5 times rapidly.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-21 03:50pm

here's a few:

bugger
boobies everybody loves boobies!
jumpin jehosefat
shagadelic
fo shnizzle [size=0]i detest ebonics personally, but i dig dr. evil. especially his schtick in goldmember.[/size]
schtick

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-21 04:01pm

I'm fond of 'annihilation'. There are two silly stories behind it. I'd heard the word when I was little, but didn't know its spelling until much later. When I finally learned the spelling, I was surprised since it didn't match up to my expectations from the pronounciation. It amused me so much that I remembered that little incident.

Plus, yet another idiot teacher story. So the teacher is putting up vocabulary words for English. One of them is annihilation. Well, this teacher obviously hadn't had the moment I'd had when I was little, so he looked at the word and said, "You first word is...ann-eh-hill-ation." Unfortunately, just about the entire class repeated "ann-eh-hill-ation" as they wrote it down.

Plus, what's not to like about total destruction?