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Defined by the OED as the state or act of being overly nitpicky. I was told by my high school English teacher that the longest (excluding technical terms like chemical names and such) word in the English language is “antidisestablishmentarianism,” which is 28 characters long. The large word meaning “overly nitpicky” beats it out by 1 character.
Randy
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Dec
30
Filthy
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The sound of the word carries the sense of grime that just won’t come off.
Plinth
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Dec
30
Delicious
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Because it is a word that rolls off your tongue. It can describe anything from a good food to a beautiful woman. Therefore it is my favorite word.
Alex
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Dec
30
Farcical
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I use this word a lot when playing Mad Libs! I love the sound of it. I love anything that’s a farce - not in the fraudulent sense, but in the entertaining sense. (A lot of things I say are either farcical or facetious; sometimes it’s hard to know where the boundary is.) It also sounds kinda like “bicycle,” which gives an impression of moving along, traveling, getting someplace at a sedate pace (not too fast, not too slow). I suppose another reason is that it has a “K” sound in it, and funny words supposedly need a K or a P sound. And finally, it’s an unusual enough word to get attention when it’s used - so I use it when I want attention!
Rosemarie Eskes
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Dec
30
Fisticuffs
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I don’t condone the act of boxing or fighting, so why should it be that this word should be my favorite? I can’t tell you. I have no idea. But I do know that every time I hear it (which is not often) or roll it around in my head, I get a silly smirk on my face that soon turns to glee.
Jason Allan Luiz
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Dec
29
Lime
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My favorite word is lime, preferably the plural, limes. I like it because it is just fun to say. Also a great flavor
Bebey
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Dec
29
Flibbertigibbet
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The word is fun to say and sounds so much more polite than calling someone flighty or an airhead. Think about it. Doesn’t flibbertigibbet just sound like what it means? I believe if you called someone who had never heard the word a flibbertigibbet without explanation, she or he would know precisely what it meant.
I felt like such a flibbertigibbet when I put my income tax return into the trash can and mailed my banana peel.
Diana
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Dec
21
Facetious
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It has an interesting, unexpected spelling. I love the sound of the soft “c” followed by the “sh” sound in “tious.” Also to be clever and funny suits me and my family so well.
Emily Breder
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