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/

Comments

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Crepuscular seems like one of those words that went out around 1892 or so, alas, alas. I know it's in the nature of language to change, but some losses are sort of depressing.

"Crepuscular" is also one of those words for which I know the meaning (used to describe things associated with twilight), but it sounds like it has to do with some kind of seizure.

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

That's why I like it. It sounds so awful and it actually means something quite beautiful ;)