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My all time favorite word is “Smorgesbord”. It is NOT a yiddish word, I am so sorry to disappoint. It actually is Swedish.
I don’t know how it turned into “Shmorgesbord”, was that a yiddish flip? Definitely has that Heimish lingo popped in.
And then it became “Shmorg”
I love the word “Shmorg”. It means so much more than a Smorgesbord. It means the whole formal yet casual walk around shmoozy woozy feel of eating kishke on the fly.
Me Kiamcha Yisroel.
Whats your favorite word?
Lagniappe
Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13 and yes it has 13 letters in that word
ibbergebliben
unmeiglach
dont know how to spell it
forshpeis
Gallivant.
ergo
Schlusstorangst
Earworm
Vitriolic
Magnanimous
Catamaran
Scrofulous
Stronzo (the name of a Southern Italian dessert, sort of like gelato but pareve). Pronounced STROHN-tzo.
My favorite word is also Swedish: Koenigsegg.
Fahrvegnugen
Farfel
Panoply
Love the word knickerbokker
I could say it all day
Phantasmagoria
Squeegee
Noctilucent
love the word thimble. sounds like symbol with a lisp.
antidisestablishmentarianism and of course………..
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!!!
(BTW – while I like the word smorgasbord, I don’t like eating at smorgasbords. I have always said that a smorg is large quantities of mediocre food)
albeit & fahrfrumpt
grandchild — that is my very favorite word in ANY language.
Lollapalooza
lol, I opened this thread assuming that it was a deep discussion about what item is most tantalizing by a shmorg…but alas I will have to wait for that answer!
Persnickety
Pinkt
Min’estam
My student’s favorite – Yoish
Bazinga!
rosner! my favorite word is parsniket! thts so cool
Plenipotentiary
I’m a philologist. I love so many words. I love the word philology.
Rhyme
Rhythm
Rheumatsm
Rheostat
Aavadeh.
epitome…
love love love love the word. Its intense in phonetics and in meaning and just rolls right off the tongue
How about Schmoigerman?
A Shindig
ferklempt
Panorama
i like a word with the jjj sound [no not the j sound]..more like in jacque. i know there’s an english word like that but i forgot what it is.. any1 know of one?
how bout genre?
Jejeune
Crisis
Mandated Reporter
Beigel
One of my favorites is “kumkum.”
Don’t know what it is? Ask any Israeli 🙂
brotheofurs: jabot
edelweiss
pentheraphobia (that’s for you mil – lol)
yoish (i vent to skool in villiamsburgh)
grandchild or grandchildren sounds good too, oomis. i just have to wait until i get them. hopefully not too long – first i have to marry off my oldest (she’s 20). any shadchanim out there? 😉
if you ask my grandmother, my favorite words are whatever and cute.
My Favorite Word
Lucia and James L. Hymes, Jr.
There is one word-
My favorite-
The very, very best.
And when I want a piece of cake,
I love it when they say my word:
Yes, Yes, YES! (Not No.)
ok i thought of my favorite words [kkhu genre was a good try but i didnt really like it ;D]
1- scrumdidleeyumtious
2- cliche
🙂
Leviathan
Behemotj.
Both words are borrowed from hebrew
Ondataouaouat (native american tribe. try to pronounce it)
here’s two more awesome words, if you like interesting words:
Chachalaca — (kind of bird)
Kotukutuku — (New Zealand tree)
2 hungarian words:
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