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 [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 “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 [...] |
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