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What's your favourite word? And worst?

Crestfallen adjective
disappointed and sad because of having failed unexpectedly in something

Serendipity noun
the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things by chance

Boulevard noun
a wide road in a city, usually with trees on each side or along the centre

I also really like the word Sublime.
 

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onomatopoeia ~ or onomatopœia, from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία (ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make"), is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.
 
^ it's among one of my favorite things, but not a favorite word.

It always makes me think of animal noises in other languages.
How a Spanish speaking rooster says, "qui qui ri qui!"
And depending on dialect a Chinese dog says, "wow wow" or "wang wang."
 
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