I love words as they are an important part of language. Besides items in the lexicon, I love morphology, the fiddly bits of language, and syntax, how words get placed next to one another to bring about meaning: grammar in its technical meaning. It's origin is my discovery of the OED in the high school library, and being exposed to speakers of non-standard varieties of English, Swiss German, and Ligurian Italian at an early and impressionable age.

Ceci n'est pas un seing.