Dec
20
Antidisestablishmentarianism
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Antidisestablishmentarianism is my favorite word. I memorized it when I was a pre-teenager. I liked that it could be broken down into syllables to memorize. Now, some 40 years later, as a 7th grade Language Arts teacher, it really comes in handy when we study root words, prefixes and suffixes. It was one of the answers on Jeopardy the other night, also.
Patricia Koss
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Dec
20
Antepenultimate
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I have always liked the sound of penultimate. It is fun (and a bit pretentious) to use, but antepenultimate is even more so. In addition, although I would choose “third from last” for the item preceding the next-to-last item, I have encountered multiple people who call the item before the next-to-last one the “second-to-last” one. That gives me the excuse of using antepenultimate in order to eliminate any ambiguity.
Charlie Livingston
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Dec
20
Amuck
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Although my favorite word often changes with my mood and the day of the week, I would have to say that my all time favorite is amuck. I love to say, “Uh oh, He’s run amuck.” As a probation/parole officer I use it a lot! It is such an all purpose word: “The world is all amuck,” “Wow, She certainly is running amuck.” I guess it’s usually used with “run” and probably not with proper English, but it’s much more fun to say than, “He’s in trouble.” It just makes me smile to say it and it usually makes others smile too.
Sharon Nave
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Dec
20
Amoeba
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Amoeba is most definitely my favorite word. I learned it when I was in elementary school, before I knew what it meant, and I thought it was a lovely word. I later decided that there was nothing beautiful about amoebas themselves, but I didn’t let that ruin my enjoyment of the word.
Aside from sounding wonderful, I like the word because saying amoeba at random is a good way to throw my friends. I’ll be talking about the latest bestsellers, and I’ll pause to gather my thoughts. And then, out of nowhere. I very carefully pronounce “Amoeba”, just for the joy of saying the words. My friends will stare at me, wondering if they really heard me say amoeba out of nowhere or they were just hallucinating, as I finish thinking and start talking again.
Ah, the strange and absurd pleasures of life.
Alexi Maxwell
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Dec
20
Alewives
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I first heard this fishy sounding word in Damariscotta, Maine, as I was spending an August afternoon swinging from a rope into Damariscotta Lake. “Ayuh, alewives runnin’ agin.” I pictured, in my overactive 13-year old imagination, local hussies all dolled up for some annual event at which they would, en masse, lift the hems of their dirty housedresses and tear off down Route One in a race toward some highly significant finish-line beerfest.
Alewives are actually a type of fish native to the state of Maine — anadromous*, planktivorous* and the preferred bait for the spring lobster fishery.
* Oh, go look it up.
Kit Thompson
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Dec
20
Albeit
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A contraction of sorts, that melds the words all be and it into a single word. Not much ink was saved in this attempt at a contraction, but several spaces were done away with.
Mark Sheppard
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Dec
20
Afternoon
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“Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.” — Henry James, British (US-born) author (1843 - 1916)
I agree with Hank, but I know you’ve only asked for one word, so I pick “afternoon.” Besides meaning the best part of the day, the equivalent of that nice round piece of meat in the middle of the pork chop, it’s pleasant to say. The more hurried syllables of the first part are followed by the long crooning second part, just as a languorous afternoon should follow a bustling morning.
Liz King
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