prologue, and I always pronounce what is supposed to be the silent 'ue'
so (pro-lew-gew) :D

Balderdash, eldritch and widdershins would be top of my list... if I ever bothered making one :)

piffle, humbug are good. Wherefore, henceforth, hitherto etc. are all good too.

I'm still partial to sublacustrian, consensus, and rutabaga. :-)

Whenever I go to a social event I call it a shindig--my favorite word.

I've always been fond of Loquacious. I just love the way it sounds. And it would be a word that would never be used to describe me so it has some personal meaning as well. "talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous"

Stellar Nursery - a place where stars are born. The Pillars of Creation is a good example.

I take mine back. My favorite word is like. I use it in, like, every sentence.

i enjoy the word Shindig, Plethera (spelling?) and Aye instead of yes

plethora

A word I used just two days ago and have used twice since--paradisiacal-of, like, or befitting paradise

moist

defenestrate

"Whimsy" is a fun word to say. And "strengths" is cool because it has a huge consonant to vowel ratio.

Has anybody pointed out that "sleeping dictionary" is two words, and neither is individually very interesting? I think you mean your favorite phrase or idiom or even noun clause.

Cluster and Moose.Moose has no plural like mouse-mice.Goose-Geese.
Does anyone know anyother words like this?

@Podium - sheep; deer; mongoose;

brain cramp i knew they where others.Not mongoose you add s to get plural.

And according to my 6 year old son, Bakugan has no plural. 1 Bakugan, 2 Bakugan. Same with Pokemon.

"sleeping dictionary" is a terrible phase, far too loose - there is probably very little sleeping going on, and who every learnt a language from a dictionary?

A nephew of mine has a "chicionary". It's his 'phone with the numbers of all his chicks.

I like the words mum and dad, particularly when said by my children and bicycle, strangely.

@podium, yes your are right about mongooses, strange that they aren't called mongeese.

*your - you're

wistful is a really good word too.

@podium, et al. - Fish is also both singular and plural. The shark attacked the school of fish. I caught a fish. Fishes is only used when multiple species are refered to.

skiing

@Podium and Draugnar -0 I suppose we should add "species" to our list, but I'm not sure if is a singular word without a plural or a plural without a singular.

behooves is another good one.

"Gebiet" in German, meaning territory. Just thinking of it always makes me feel the taste of cool sparkling water in my mouth (synaesthesia).

DJ-
"defenestrate"

You sir are my hero. Beat me to the punch.

2nd favorite - wherewithal.

I love widdershins, Octavious. I managed to use it in an essay once, and my teacher was happy I did so and did so correctly. Are you a Discworld fan, too? Or did you pick it up elsewhere?

@ Stukus I am indeed a Discworld fan :). Strangely enough it's not where I first came across widdershins. That was in an adventure game book for an old children's TV show called Knightmare (one of the best shows of all time. Kids today don't know what they're missing)

Out of interest, what's your favourite Discworld book? Mine has to be Nightwatch (which recently took over from Small Gods). Got a soft spot for Good Omens too, but it doesn't really count.

Hm, I like Thud! and Going Postal a lot. Those are probably my favorite two, although I love the Watch books in general the most.

Will the Greeks go off on me if I claim "narthex" as a favorite English word?

I've always been fond of forthwith and anon.

BAMBOOZLED

Rudimentary, fashion (as in to create or craft something) and wield.

He wished he could wield the rudimentary sword fashioned from scrap iron.

According to several well-reputed lists the most beautiful word in the english language is.... gonorrhea.. go figure.

flaccinaucinihilipilification

Technically speaking, you didn't actually say "What is your favorite ENGLISH word"...

I also like "Menschengeschlecht."

Gonorrhea is a nice word. So is syphillis. An STD I don't like is genital warts. That doesn't sound so nice.

the correct term is STI, please be politcally correct you faggot, i mean homo, i mean ahhh fuck it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuCNAwXGaQ

Actually, it is an STI when the virus or bacteria is present, but becomes an STD when the infection becomes a disease and, consequently, an STD when the infected individual begins to show symptoms.

That last may be a little confusing. In short... STI=infection only. STD=disease, i.e. symptoms are present.