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Mine is trundle. Although, squiffy is a close second.

Yes, I've been at the wine.

I used to like "flange". Not any more, obviously.

<<snort @ flange^>>

^chortle is quite a good word too.

I love (and possibly overuse) the word 'ostensibly'. 'Nevertheless' is a fave too. Have never posted in Pedants' Corner before!

Off to do bath 'n' bed.

Tincture

Plinth

Am also quite fond of 'plethora'

Filigree

OMG smugmum... I came here specifically to post that I massively overuse the word 'ostensibly'.

My absolute favourite word is sdrucciolo, but it probably doesn't count, because it's not English. (Incidentally, is there a word in English for a word that is stressed on the ante-penultimate syllable?)

I'm not really a pedant - but my favourite word is pedantic .....it's the only English word I've ever managed to find and use around DH which he's had to look up in a dictionary LOL

Cusp.

And braggadocio

it is definitely However. (with capital "H")
aka "I'm about to p1ss on your bonfire..."

cabochon, curmudgeonly, and hamfast

Most over used "F**K off, Kipper !" (DH's cat with whom I have a difficult relationship). I am seriously worried that these will be my son's first words. Trying to say "Shoo, puss" instead

I am a big fan of "obstreperous"

lesbotic

moist

ha

To jettison. Especially when referring to a man heading for a good dumping.

I love this thread! Was about to start an identical one when I found all you fellow pedants wordsmiths.

Onamatapaeic and all the words that are.

fortuitously

Curmudgeon.

Also love snudger.

For any foul-mouthed pedants out there, you have to look that one up in the Viz Profanisaurus. I can highly recommend it - the only book that DH and I have quoted out loud to each other in bed and laughed so hard the bed shook.

Always wanted to get a dog and call him Snudger.

"Spurious" comes a close second.

Serendipitous.

I managed to use it in my (scientific) thesis. Just because I liked it.

I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid cq!
The Viz Profanisaurus! I haven't read that in ages, thanks!
<goes all quiet for a suspiciously long time>

Pets with Tourettes was another literary gem that had us in stitches. Picked it up in Waterstones. Very non-pc.

But I digress.

Ooh I've googled, it, that does looks good, thanks again :-)

My current favourite word is 'trifle' to denote inconsequentiality, as in 'a mere trifle', closely followed by 'stripling'.