Favorite Words

[SamScribble]

I'm rather fond of the word floccinaucinihilipilification, not solely because it is absurdly long, but because using it is, in itself, an overt example of floccinaucinihilipilification.

Ben

Sesquipedalianism is another useful word, Ben - if you are into long words.

 

[LAHomedog]

A subset of this might be "words I find that I use too frequently in writing because I favor them in speech," or something.

"Actually" is an annoying personal tic of mine. I literally over-and-misuse it the way some people use "literally."

I live in the San Fernando Valley. The Frank Zappa song is right on. For me, it is "like."

I don't use it, but my 30 year old son, his spouse and their friends, arrrggg!

"It's like, you know, like a really cool game, like, uh, "Grand Theft Auto" only, like better...

LAH