Merriam-Webster has released the results of its
“top 10 favorite words” poll. A few old favorites of mine made the list:
defenestrate
callipygian
juxtapose
But I think the voters focused excessively on multisyllabic words of Latin or Greek origin – you know, the kind of vocabulary words people feel proud of themselves for knowing. Some of my favorite English words that didn't make the list are much more pedestrian:
dung
chicken
blow
Go ahead, say each one of those a few times, and savor their simplicity and rich Anglo-Saxon flavor.
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