Simply because it has more definitions in the OED than any other word.

Jezmo

Meaning to depart, decamp, stealthily. When I first began work after leaving university, my new colleagues used to have a word of the day, picked from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, with a prize for whoever could find a legitimate use for it. “Absquatulate” was my choice, and I was able to use it [...]

Name: Bradley Maxwell

Location (optional): Goldfield Nevada, U.S.A

Email: Dark_room_101@hotmail.com

Favorite Word: Naive

Why?: Naive, means simple minded. It’s one of my most favorite words to use in an argument for my own personal reasons. I also like to use it as a substitute for stupid, since it sounds more intelligent.

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I used to hate sneezing – I still do, but since having my son, I’ve grown to love this word: my son – almost four – finds this word HILARIOUS; both because he loves sneezing and because the word sounds so funny. He’ll even say “Sneeze!” when he’s faking sneezes.

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Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: “His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.”

I love the way that this word sounds. Not the mal part, but the levolent. It’s quick and crisp.

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Name: Danielle

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Email: dflo6483@uni.sydney.edu.au

Favorite Word: thesaurus

Why?: Thesaurus sounds like a dinosaur, a big fleshy one with a long neck, wearing spectacles and very wise. But really it’s a book full of words, which doesn’t sound like thesaurus at all. The word makes the thesaurus seem alive (not that any [...]