Favorite words?

crazy diamond, Revolutionize, banal,

fecundity
omphaloskepsis
duality

Sesquipedalian.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis.
Porphyria.
Platykurtic.
Euarchontan.
Pie-hole (or cake-hole).
Updog.

Thanks to some stupid Wendy’s commercial: fpoon.

I know it’s not a real word, but I love saying it.

Maybe it’s spelled “phpoon.”

smock

gyrate. Hahaha. Hillarious!

I like fecundity, FUJI and Dr. Pepper

I enjoy “sardoodledom” though not as frequently as “polymorphic”.

maybe we all like some p words. Lol

scintillating

titillating
query
squirrelly
transfusion
expedite
swizzle stick
yeomen

Generally anything that has a q w x y or z in it :D

Butterfly. But it’s equally good in it’s german, french, and italian forms: schmetterling, papillion, and farfalla. Isn’t it pretty in each language?

@ brownlemur: What’s updog?
Couldn’t resist. he he

i love neophyte great word

octopodes is cool and the proper plural form of octopus

and lastly f**k its just such a versatile word. I cant think of one sentence where i could not make that word fit in. The key though is to not be one of those obnoxious people who over use the word.

Oh also forgot to add

Cthulhu

Sursurrus (LOVE that word!)
Usurer
Cachectic
Flurbiprofen (not really a word, it’s an opthalmic medication, but try saying it – it’s fun!)
Onimonipea

bum
spastic

Ghoti
George Bernard Shaw is said to have expressed his frustration with spelling:

GH as in enough = F, O as in women = I, TI as in station = SH

metempsychosis
ditto for omphaloskepsis and susurrus
phthisic
*onomatopoeia
limacine (my kids’ fave for years)
galligaskins (from a memorable night of Pictionary.)

@Poser: re *fpoon.” The Brits used to use “f” instead of “s”. There is a funny *parody called “Greenfleeves” from AT THE DROP OF A HAT, by Flanders & Swann.

* “Well this is a pretty unlikely title. ...for a fong.”

@breedmitch;

(The flower); Forget-me-not; Veirgissmeinnicht; myosotis; nontiscondardime

neologism
fustian
bombast

Henry James said to Edith Wharton that the most beautiful words in the English language were “summer afternoon.” IMO, the ugliest are “icy driveway.”

let’s work it out “together”.

success

awesome
sunset
grace

Wendy’s commercial…“where’s the beef” makes our 3 year old laugh

good ones from math:

symplectomorphism
cohomology

I’d like to add: paginate, compliments of sferik.

epiphany, ambidextrous, continuum – those words are compact and helpful.

Hippopotamonstrosesquipedalliophobia. The spelling is probably wrong, sorry :S.