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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[aesc.livejournal.com]

It's the combinations and the context that count, though!

Oh, of course! But there are words I just like to say, by themselves, not necessarily with reference to a wider context. I just love "sloth," how it sounds, how it perfectly describes the sort of inertia that overtakes me when I decide maybe the thing to do is refresh icanhascheezburger for the tenth time. So I ooze down in my chair and murmur "slothhhhh" to myself and click refresh again.