Fun with Words

Today's post is brought to you by the letter "Q".

Words I like the sound of:
delicious
low
evil
blissfully
precisely
pecan (pronounced pee-CAN)
weather
fancy
necessary
ginormous (a hybrid of "gigantic" and "enormous")
variable
freakishly
cheeky
affectation
superfluous


Words I think are weird in pretty much every way:
fiancé (not to be confused with finance)
lotion
queue
victuals (pronounced "vittles" -- what's up with that?)

A word I just don't like but say anyway 'cause I can't think of an alternative: appropriate

Words I know how to spell but somehow manage to spell incorrectly almost every time I type them:
receive ("i" before "e" words get me every time after "c")
use/using (ends up as "user/usering"; old habits die hard)
from (comes out "form")
thorough (too many variations)
two ("tow")
privilege ("priveledge")

Words and phrases I've used a lot recently:
Seriously?! (mostly while driving)
What the what?
Holy bananas!
Holy granola!
Done and done!
Absomalutely! (thank you, Ned Flanders)
That's hilarious!

I just think words are interesting. I am fascinated to see how people use language to express themselves, and to notice how my choice of words differs based on my method of communication. For example, my journal is a lot more formal than my blog, and none of my writing sounds the way I speak with my friends, which is also different than the words I choose when talking with strangers. Sometimes I go out of my way to use big or unfamiliar words in casual settings, just for fun. However, I try not to do that in situations where it might make people uncomfortable. I just like words.

What are words you like and don't like? How do you use them? Don't make me turn this into a tag -- just respond!