Top Ten Favorite Words

Drumroll, please . . .

. . . and the Top 10 favorite words for 2004, according to Merriam-Webster Online, are:

1. defenestration
2. serendipity
3. onomatopoeia
4. discombobulate
5. plethora
6. callipygian
7. juxtapose
8. persnickety
9. kerfuffle
10. flibbertigibbet

I think that's a nice selection; in fact, I made one of those, kerfuffle, my word of the day back on May 3rd.

The only one I wasn't familiar with is callipygian, which is an adjective meaning, ahem, "having shapely buttocks."

The year is only half over, though--shouldn't this be among the plethora of end-of-the-year lists, Merriam?

(via The Presurfer)