This week, while driving three 15 year olds to school, I overheard my daughter say, after she had defined the word quintessence for her friend, “That’s a fun word, isn’t it?” My son said, “You know what I think is a fun word? Schadenfreude.” I smiled. Like my kids, I too think many words are flat out fun: fun to say, fun to know, fun to use. The car chat got me thinking about my favorite words… here are ten I love.
How about you? Are there words you adore?
Dabney Grinnan
Tags: language
Without spending a lot of time on it (which I don’t have just now), there are a couple of words that I always thought sounded fun and happy when I heard or said them. I’m sure there are more, but here are two:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Mr Snuffleupagus
I take any opportunity to say cahoots. Or in cahoots, really. I also like shenanigans.
The word heinous always makes me smile. Especially when it’s spoken in a singsong voice.
Ooh, fun. I have a few:
Redundant
Aluminum (especially when said with a British accent)
Superfluous
Brouhaha
Shenanigans
Hooligan
Lynn, yes!! Brouhaha is a great word, and I’ve even managed to work that one into conversations
Doesn’t the word superflous feel great coming out of the mouth??!! I like the way redundant echoes in your chest and head when its said.
I also like:
golly–just a a fun word to say
nuts!–for me it’s the perfect word for exaperation
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