Favorite word and/or form of punctuation?

sunna7kore said:

I like synchrony. I don't find occasion to use it very often, though.
Dashes would probably be my favorite, too.

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I like syndactyly. Even hearing the definition of the word gave me an idea for a story once.

Julie Worth said:

ellipses -- hypoglycemia

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Indeed.

I get another favorite word that I use every three months.

The word I kept saying 3 months ago was Fickle

Now, I keep saying everything is Asinine. I'mwaiting to see what my next word will be.

Fav punctuation is the Comma. I use commas religiously. Every time I edit, I delete at least 20 uneeded commas.

I use "rather" much too much in my writing. As in, "She was rather convinced that..." or "he rather thought it was..." It's one of those words that often doesn't need to be there, but I like throwing it in anyway. As for punctuation, I'm rather partial to the comma, although I also like semi-colans (everyone lets out a collective groan, I know) and-- as my BETA knows-- dashes.

I forgot my favorite non-English words: Shalom, Shakhor, Catorce, Miercoles, etc. I love the way they're pronounced.

Damnation is a good one.

lady_esther said:

I forgot my favorite non-English words: Shalom, Shakhor, Catorce, Miercoles, etc. I love the way they're pronounced.

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For non-English words I think I'd have to go for the Russian formal hello - zdrastvuitye. It just sounds so commanding.

I like syndactyly. Even hearing the definition of the word gave me an idea for a story once.

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The pictures that popped up when I googled that one sure gave me some ideas. Ai. I wonder if that's what the baby in Rapture of Canaan was supposed to have had?

My favorite word is 'yclept.'

Gotta be the em dash for me--just because.

Devil Ledbetter said:

Indeed.

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^^ this is one of my favorite words (even though it was just your response of agreement to another word).

If we're moving outside of English...

I love Mandarin. The pronunciation is beautiful, as are the characters. I can't single any out.

Namatu said:

If we're moving outside of English...

I love Mandarin. The pronunciation is beautiful, as are the characters. I can't single any out.

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I speak a little mandarin. It's a lot of fun!

Anthony Ravenscroft said:

Oh, there's plenty of words:

antipathy
hexathorpe
contumelious
prawn
ratatouille
borborigmy
subdural hematoma
sclera

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Most of the words on this list I am not too sure of....

Dave.C.Robinson said:

My favorite word is 'yclept.'

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Yes, it gets me all verklempt.

Favorite word: Gossamer

Favorite punctuation: (!)

As in "Archie introduced me to his gorgeous wife, Veronica. As she put down her glass of tobasco sauce (!) to shake my hand, I realized where I'd seen her before: ninth-grade algebra at Riverdale High."

I love words with power behind them. Examples: shattered, obliterated, destroyed, exterminated, eradicated, annihilated.

I also enjoy using the simple worlds that describe the undescribable. Life, soul, essence, spirit, and of course, love.