out of curiosity

[aesc]

What is your favorite word of all time, the word that fills you with bizarre, ineffable happiness whenever you get the chance to use or say it?

Mine is 'sloth,' although my favorite not-English word is Old English neorxnawong, which is the word for Paradise (as in, the Garden of Eden). Nay-orx-na-wong! Say it!

I ask this question periodically because I love words and I love it when people talk about them and enjoy them. It makes me happy and it relaxes me.

Back tonight with fic! \o/

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[girly-curl-3.livejournal.com]

Plethora. Uffish. Melvin.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Uffish!

And the Jabberwock with eyes of flame
Came whiffling through the tulgy wood
And burbled as it came!

"Whiffling" is also very nice, as is "burbled" :D

[girly-curl-3.livejournal.com]

Yes, that poem gives me much joy just in reciting aloud. I had to learn it (and Ozzymandias) for a recitation in 5th grade and still know them both by heart.

Frabjous! Beamish! Vorpal!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I had to memorize "Jabberwocky" in 6th grade, and I drove my sisters comprehensively insane by reciting it all the time :D I still remember it!

Slithy toves! Mome raths! Outgrabe!