Okay, here I go. As a new member of this delightful site, I have been thinking for a few days about which words are my absolute faves. I've come up with a list. I'll have to call it "Today's List" because the list changes fairly often.
1. Tintinnabulation - hands down my alltime best.
2. Terwilliger - I'm not sure that's anything besides a name, but I say it often when I can't think of a word - "You know, the actor who was in Boogie Nights, and also in that movie about the immigrants, you know, oh I'll just call him Terwilliger until I remember his real name."
3. Byzantine or Byzantium - such exotic overtones! When I see it I hear Middle Eastern music, see ancient tiled artwork and religious icons...
4. Propinquity - the first word my mother taught me outside of what primers and children's books offered. My first "grownup" word. I still like it.