I adore the word Hullabaloo (din or fuss). Not only because I can’t say it without smiling, but it just tumbles out my mouth excitedly everytime its spoken. For me it manages to encapsulate childhood magic and exoticism all in one.

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My favorite word came to me via a horoscope reading. In mid page, under the heading of Sagittarius, I read for the first time the word sentipensante. It has it’s root in the Spanish language, and is a thought composite of “to feel while thinking”. The heart and the head should have equal say, [...]

I learned this word in college when I was a theater major. A gobo is a stencil for light used to create patterns. I first encountered it when a director decided to create the illusion of moonlight through trees using a gobo. I immediately thought “cool word,” followed by “what a great name for [...]

My favourite English word is definitely inkling. I learned it when looking for some other word in my dictionary, and it immediately made me think of the detective stories I used to read during the summer holidays when I was about 14 years old. This is the perfect word to express the suspicions you [...]