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Favorite Word: Juxtapose
Why?: To juxtapose two objects is to place them side by side, especially for contrast or comparison. When my sophomore English teacher first used it in class, I thought he meant that to juxtapose is only to place things next to one another in order to contrast them. However, when it [...]
Favorite Word: Irrelevant
Why?: Not only is it a great word by itself, but its an excellent response for when you are asked your favorite word.
“What’s your favorite word?” “Irrelevant.” “….what?”
Name: James
Location (optional): US
Email: notarockstar66@gmail.com
Favorite Word: Death
Why?: I think it has to do with the inevitable nature of death. Everyone and everything eventually dies. It’s a powerful word. It just happens to be that the band Death is my favorite band, and the quote from Platoon by Barnes: “Death, what do you know about death?” is one [...]
Favorite Word: FLOTILLA
Why?: Means
Small number of Large ships!
OR
Large number of Small ships!
Name: Zach
Location (optional): USA
Email: reson-detra@deviantart.com
Favorite Word: jamacca
Why?: because it makes anything sounds larger than you could ever explain with any other word…that is not made up
Name: ju
Location (optional): bradford
Email: hideunderthesheets@hotmail.com
Favorite Word: blubber
Why?: it just spumds so cool the way it rolls off your toungue. in sixth grade my friend and i combined our favorite words to form “blubberbubble”. how awesome is that word!!??
Name: anonymous
Location (optional):
Email: magilicutty1@comcast.net
Favorite Word: nevertheless
Why?: ‘cuz it’s 3 words made into one word, and it’s a fun way to end a discussion withour really coming to a conclusion.
Name: Jaye
Location (optional):
Email: jayemarcotte@allstate.com
Favorite Word: nevertheless
Why?: ‘cuz it’s 3 words made into one word, and it’s a fun way to end a discussion withour really coming to a conclusion.
Name: Jaye
Location (optional):
Email: jayemarcotte@allstate.com
Favorite Word: nevertheless
Why?: ‘cuz it’s 3 words made into one word, and it’s a fun way to end a discussion withour really coming to a conclusion.
Name: Jaye
Location (optional):
Email: jayemarcotte@allstate.com
Favorite Word: barefoot
Why?: freedom, innocence, seductive, springlike, tender, uninhibited, earthy
Name: Tommy
Location (optional): Atlanta
Email: tommy@tommyhousworth.com
Favorite Word: Leelane
Why?: Leelane is a scottish term meaning completley alone. I am a fan of words that sounds like their meaning and, when spoken, leelane has a soft, sad, lingering resonance that encapsulates its definition.
Name: Sarah-Catherine Maher
Location (optional): Cleveland, OH
Email: scwelty77@gmail.com
Favorite Word: timbuktu
Why?: because i like the sound of it and its just a good word “timbuktu”
Name: carly
Location (optional):
Email: carly_simpson@msn.com
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