Start with a meme; go out with a bang. I borrowed the word meme from Stefanie at So Many Books, a long time ago. I asked a couple of the urchins to give me their word choices, too.

Words that always look misspelled to me:
obscene, obsession, skiing, Qatar, judgment, acquiesce, grieve, posttest

Brown Bear Daughter, age 11: precipitate (It looks as if it has too many i’s.)
Karate Kid, age 9: theirs

Words I enjoy saying:
misanthropic, anthropomorphic, surreptitious, melancholy, parmesan, lackadaisical

BBD: tortilla
KK: pervert

Words I enjoy hearing:
thank you, I love you, yes m’am.

BBD: Daddy’s home!
KK: awesome

Abbreviations I dislike:
lbs. (lubs?), ms. (miz?)

BBD: oz., m, mm
KK: lb., mrs.

Proper nouns I enjoy:
Dime Box, Texas
Bilbo Baggins
Lake Wobegon
General Shalishkavili
Ramona Quimby

BBD: Butterfinger
KK: Milky Way

Words I associate with happiness:
children, chocolate, celebration, flowers, autumn

BBD: flute, lyrical, recital, christmas
KK: win, guitar

Words I always misspell:
obcession, judgement, innoculate, preemptory.

BBD: suprise, imeadiately
KK: their, there, they’re

Words I enjoy spelling correctly, every time:
miscellaneous, embarrass, Philippians, Deuteronomy, congratulations

BBD: iridescent, Wednesday, February, staphylococci
KK: prestidigitation

Words that, though I love their meaning, I’m too embarrassed to say out loud:
Any big long words that I’m afraid people will think pretentious.

Words I can never remember the meaning of no matter how many times I look them up:
biennial, mauve, cerulean

Words that sound like what they mean:
lugubrious, grotesque, bilious, loathe, wheeze, brusque

BBD: chocolate
KK: karate

Words that sound like something other than what they mean:
pulchritude, corporeal, minuend, benignant, cryogenics

What are some of your favorite words? Your least favorite?