Favorite and least favorite words

What an interesting topic
I don't think I have a favourite word as such, I'll think about it.
Least favourite word, I have many but the one that immediately springs to mind is groin. It's just so ugly.

I love the sound of the letter 'l', so I love words that are full of them, like lullaby and ululate. 
My least favourite are moist, smegma and wasp. 

I wish the word "crap" was not used so prolifically. I particularly abhor when people refer to any type of items as crap -- for example, a pile of paperwork on the table as in "Please excuse all my crap." Can't we just call it stuff? Or any other more innocuous word.

I also dislike the word "fart." It's crude in my opinion.

I'm guilty of using the word "crap" but that's only because now I have a six year old and I would rather she say that than "sh!t". I have to mentally remind myself every time before I open my mouth around here. Sometimes I say stuff or junk, depending on what it is, LOL.

Usually we say "toot" instead of fart most of the time, so at least there's that to redeem us! 

I love the word "Shoshone" because it just sounds lovely.
Hate the word "cacophony," which is probably ironic.

I *LOVE* cacophony!

A friend of ours named his daughter Shoshone so he gets to say it all the time!

You can keep it! I also hate the word "jazz" for some reason. 

I have a favorite word - carabiner. It feels funny when you say it outloud.

Two of my favourites are nomenclature and remuneration. Weird, I know.

My favorite word to write, in cursive, on a board, is allele. it reminds me of when I was a child and used to pretend I could write by making lots and lots of loops! My least favorite words are f$&k and c&$t. they are crass, they are vulgar and they are way overused. I cringe when I see the words used even in print on this board

I am so happy to learn this word. I think I may be using it every day as well.

My least favorite word is "never". Especially when people use it to say "I would never......". Life has a way of handing you situations you didn't see coming, leading you down paths you didn't expect, and leading to choices you couldn't imagine making previously. So I try to avoid using "never" in that way, and am always distracted by that same thought process when I hear someone else say it.

Plus, in a only half-serious superstitious way, I always jokingly say that throwing a statement like that out into the world is like tempting fate.


My favorite word is "love". Whether I'm saying it or I'm listening to someone else tell me about someone, something, or someplace that they love, it's a nice word most of the time. (Sure, it can be sad if someone cannot get/go/ or be with those that they love, and it can be used sarcastically, but typically, it's a joyful thing.)