Powell's Books is having a fun contest, with the prize being the 20-Volume Oxford English Dictionary.
What's your favorite word? And why? What, in your opinion, is the strangest, or most useful, or ridiculously specific word in all of the English language?
Don't be shy — tell us the word you can't stop obsessing over, the one you make sure to use at least once in every party conversation, the word that gets stuck in your head like the song lyric you can't quite place but can't stop humming.
My first thought, I'm almost embarrassed to admit, was “justice”, but I think they want something more offbeat.
Deadline for submissions is Jan. 5, 2009.
What's your favorite word?
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