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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.
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Propinquity is indeed a lovely word. I feel saline nostalgicating in my nostrils, remembering my loss of it.
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Hey talltales, responses might seem a little slow to this post, for a number of reasons (mine being that it's hard to pin down one real fave) but another reason may be that some people have had this topic before. If you want to read about some of their 'old' favourite words, you can see them here: http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2A030FB In the meantime, those who were around back in them thar golden days, got any *new* faves since those ones were when tsuwm was a journeyman  ?
I've been thinking and my fave (right this minute) is "Yuck" and I know that doesn't sound very official or important or whatever, but I like it because it's onomatopoeic. About a minute after I post this, I'll think of something else! Ha ha 
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hev: I understand what you're saying, and it's perfectly all right if I don't get many responses. I realize most everyone's been here much longer than I have, and have seen many posters and their favorite words come and go. I just figured I'd do the customary "My favorite words" post and move on to other things... Thanks for the link!
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Plum pudding
Pumpkin
Savory
Fried oysters
Oyster dressing
Smokehouse
Slosh
Sleigh
Sienna
Triboluminescent
Polyphonic
Scaffold
Rill
Petiole
Doldrums
Tibouchina
Cryptomeria japonica (or vice versa--can't remember)
Enough for now,
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I am SO with you on tintinnabulation. I learned it in grade 8 English class, when we watched a programme called Wordsmith - how I loved it. The other word from those days that I've always liked is sesquipedalian. Oh, and preposterous (before + after).
My favourite word is the Dutch word for orange juice - not sure how to spell it, but it's something like sinnasappelsap. It rolls sooooooooo beautifully!!!
And... I was thrilled to learn that impeccable comes from the Latin for not sinning. And dismal comes from bad day. So cool!
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Hiya tt - and welcome!
This thread is timely as I'd been preparing a post about one of my fave terms for several days. Much more than a word, it's a statement that (for me at least) conjures up vivid and emotive memories about traditional life in rural Australia. Check it out under "Circle Work" in Miscellany.
Thanks - stales.
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There are some really great proper nouns that I love:
(apologies for spelling errors...)
Saskatchawan
Monterey
Carlsbad
Nova Scotia
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I've always loved visually descriptive words like resplendent, fulgent and verdant. One word that I like, and I'm not sure why, is obsequious. It's the first big word that I taught my little sister to say. She's four now and, if given some assistance, can almost write it.
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It's the first big word that I taught my little sister to say. She's four now Great work, Jazzo! Corrupt those young'uns into being wordies before they know what hit'em!
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