Zia’s Word Meme

A word that describes me is …
Grumpy.

My favorite word is …
Cunctation. Because it sounds like it’s dirty, but it’s not. Also because it’s obsolete, so it makes me feel smart. (It means a delay.)

My least favorite word is …
Classy. Let’s face it, if you have to describe something as classy, it’s probably not.

Use the two words in a sentence …
When her date finally appeared toward the end of Act II, he excused his extreme cunctation by explaining that he had to buy a classy suit.

A word I always have to think twice about pronouncing is …
Manure. My mother always said matyoor for mature, so I always want to say manyoor. And that just doesn’t sound right.

Dictionaries … printed or online?
I have a gazillion dictionaries, but still tend to use dictionary.com.

A word whose meaning I cannot seem to retain no matter how many times I look it up …
Bathos. Admittedly, one doesn’t come across bathos very often, but whenever I hear/read “pathos,” I remind myself to look up bathos for the umpteenth time.

Open a dictionary to a random page and find a word you don’t know. Post the word and the definition.
facinorous: atrociously wicked

Use the new word and the word you can never remember in a sentence.
Despite the vampire’s attempts to look facinorous, he only succeeded as a bathetic figure.

One of the most overused in my area of work/study is …
Leverage. God, I hate that word. Impact (as a verb) is a close second.