These Are A Few of My Favorite Words

I fancy myself somewhat of a wordsmith. I love words with my whole heart. Dictionary.com is saved to my "favorites" and I still have the dictionary I got as the "English Award" as a senior in high school. Of course, there are some words that I hate: fluid (because it is never used in a positive way), penetrate (for obvious reasons) and the majority of words that have an "i" and "e" in succession because they are hard to spell. But, there are also a lot of words that I LOVE. I want to use them every day and I actually get excited when I hear other people use them. This is a list of some of my favorite words and of course, in the true sense of Vocab class with Ms. Estep, I will proceed to use them in a sentence. Lieu - In LIEU of listening to Stevie Nicks, why don't we listen to a goat dying? It is pretty much the same. (This word is much different than the word "loo" but I really like that one too! Also, I realize that this goes against the "i" and "e" theory, but that is a testament to the awesomeness of this word. It's a really good one.) Plethora - Just because I have a PLETHORA of shoes, doesn't mean that I don't need a new pair! Imminent - My weight gain is IMMINENT when I choose to eat hot wings and blue cheese instead of raw veggies and hummus. (This is so true!) Ensue - Hilarity ENSUEs whenever I am in a reasonable distance of a karaoke machine. Melancholy - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness makes me MELANCHOLY because I despise that Billy Corgan! Sufficient - No thank you, three shots of tequila is SUFFICIENT for me! Inexplicable - Kristen's hair is INEXPLICABLE today! (This is a real sentence, not made up for this blog, and yes, her hair was inexplicable that day!) Assail - "Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse, ASSAIL him, impale him with monster truck force." (This is a lyric from "The Distance" by Cake, but it was also one of our vocab words. See Ms. E, I actually was listening!) Any given day - Jodi cannot, in fact, beat Lynsey in a foot race on ANY GIVEN DAY. (I realize that this is a phrase but it makes me smile whenever I hear it.) These are just a few of my favorite words.... (can any one else hear the Sound of Music?) I love words and grammar and spelling and punctuation. On a side note, my favorite punctuation mark is the semicolon. There is a sentence at the end The Cider House Rules by John Irving that has TWO semicolons in it! That sentence makes my whole day! I realize that this entire blog makes me seem like a nerd, but I am OK with it. That doesn't make me MELANCHOLY at all!