Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Favorite Words. These can be words that are fun to say, sound funny, mean something great, or make you smile when you read/hear them.
- Exhilarating – I think this word is fun to say. It is a great way to say something is fun with emphasis, and I feel it gets a bigger point across as to how fun or great something is.
- Bamboozled – who doesn’t like to say bamboozled?
- Joy – I like this word because it does not constitute happiness necessarily but a contentment in something. Many things can bring joy, and you can be joyful in any stage of life regardless of what is going on.
- Antidisestablishmentarianism – okay, it is not so much the meaning of this word than it is it is just fun to say. When I have grandkids it is going to be one of the first “big” words I try to teach them.
- Flabbergasted – I mean…come on…just say word; what is not fun about it?
- Schmooze – a much better way to describe manipulation, because that is basically what it is.
- Ruckus – I use this word a lot with my dog, especially when she is barking at people walking by.
- Cacophony – what a fun way to say “a mixture of something”.
- Asiago – yes, the cheese. I love to say this word. I have heard it pronounced wrong so many times. My favorite is when it is said like Ah sog ee o.
- Epiphany – The slightly toned-down “F” sound of a “ph.” Bookended by the “E” sound, “epiphany” refers to a sudden, profound realization or idea.
And just for fun, here are 5 words I really don’t like:
- Moist – *shudder*
- Considering – if you have to say this word you are not considering anything.
- Phlegm – *gag*
- Bequeath – I just don’t like this one, it sounds improper to say.
- Panties – they are underwear!
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Rewriting Kel 
Love bamboozled and flabbergasted!! and making up word lists is always exhilarating, right?
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Panties really is a funny one. Who actually says that? I also cringe when I read books where adults refer to their stomachs as their “tummies.” I’ve never heard a real-life adult say that unless they are talking to children. Weird!
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I get Victoria Secret Pink emails for sales and what not and it’s always “PANTIES” and I am like NO, just NO.
Also, I don’t say tummy but I do say belly a lot – even as an adult.
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Awesome list! I do love bamboozled as a word — so much fun to read and to say. I think I have different associations/contexts with schmooze, though — I’ve always known it as chatting, sharing stories, etc. I guess if you’re schmoozing someone up, it’s with intent to make an impression or possibly to convince them of something, but I don’t associate it with manipulation. I love that you included awful words too — moist and phlegm? Ick.
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Great list! I love some of these words. Exhilarated and bamboozled are both excellent. 🙂 And don’t cheeses sometimes have the best names? I love asiago ha ha (the word and the cheese!!)
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Cheeses have the best names, hands down.
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Phlegm makes me shudder, too. It’s a very effective description of that body fluid, though. LOL.
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A little too effective of a description.
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This is a great list! Bamboozled and flabbergasted are amazingly fun words to say. And I definitely have to agree with you – moist is hands down the worst word in the English language, followed by ointment! I think it’s something about the “oi” sound.
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The absolute worst. I think you are right it is that “oi” sound.
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Flabbergasted is such a fun word to say!
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