What is your favorite English word?

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What is your favorite English word?

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Consider this a thought experiment more than anything, I just find it an interesting thing to ponder.

You could also elaborate on why you chose that word, if you feel so inclined.

My choice has been, mostly for the irony of it, "silence".




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The word "curmudgeon" always makes me smile. It's a person with a bad temper. I enjoy it because it sounds like its definition. And it sounds silly, just like having a bad temper! :lol:
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Mine is actually two words:

sinningia speciosa

Bit I also like:

oligodendroglial

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chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa

chownah
That is actually Latin Chownah. :)

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Virgo wrote:
chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa

chownah
That is actually Latin Chownah. :)

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It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!
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chownah wrote: It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!
chownah
But it's Latin. :)

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chownah wrote:
Virgo wrote:
chownah wrote: sinningia speciosa

chownah
That is actually Latin Chownah. :)

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It's not Latin!!! ..........it's a flower!!!
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nevermind
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Scrumptious. It's used in a ridiculously funny line on Seinfeld.
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conundrum


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Onamonapia
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Mr Man wrote:Onamonapia
I couldn't find that word in my dictionary, Mr Man.

Did you mean "onomatopoeia" ?
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Aloka wrote:
Mr Man wrote:Onamonapia
I couldn't find that word in my dictionary, Mr Man.

Did you mean "onomatopoeia" ?
There is a joke in there somewhere.
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serendipity
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