<p>I loved the Favorites section. At the time, it really stressed me out, but when I went to USC for a scholarship interview an admissions counselor kind of pulled me aside and told me that my Quick Takes (USC's version of favorites) were beautiful and memorable and awe-inspiring. And that made me sooooo happy that I decided that I love that section of every application.</p>
<p>I love that Princeton even has that section.</p>
<p>My word was "absolutely".</p>
<p>Optimism is the key, people! :)</p>
<p>Omg my AP English teacher was crazy for Oxford commas! now I'm hooked</p>
<p>I put "cetacean".</p>
<p>It both sounds nice and is something really cool.</p>
<p>I'm definitely obsessive about grammar; I always end up spending most of newspaper layout weekends copyediting other people's articles. It's pretty painful. :eek:</p>
<p>Oh, and my word was "repartee".</p>
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Though, do you find that people who use perfect grammar sound a bit off? Little odd things like using possessive pronouns before gerunds.
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Heh, I was thinking about that today as well! It sounds so weird to be saying that stuff because then people might think that you can't speak English properly, but I usually just reword the sentence to avoid any problems.</p>
<p>I chose ephemeral.</p>
<p>Awkward (10 chars)...</p>
<p>Infinite (I'm a potential mathematics major)</p>
<p>"quixotic". go figure.</p>
<p>sesquipedalian - which means a very long word, or alternatively, it means one and a half feet (as in poetry), but I like to think of it as 18 inches.</p>
<p>I put "iridescent" as my favorite word. (I'm an artist who loves color =)</p>
<p>These are so good! I'm currently adding most of them to my LIST OF WORDS I LIKE LIST, which is nerdy but really fun and a good way to pass time in Calculus and History and things.</p>
<p>Camelia, the first word on my list was repartee!!</p>
<p>I believe I put omphaloskepsis, which is the contemplation of one's navel. I love the fact that the word exists more than the word itself.</p>
<p>Mine was 'paraphernalia', although I toyed with 'defenestration' and 'triskadeikaphobia' for a while.</p>
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<p>Are you a newspaper layout editor? I am one too!!! </p>
<p>By the way, for my favorite word I picked supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.</p>
<p>I wish I could just sit in an office and read people's favorites for a day. I mean, on the third day, it would get old, but it would be so entertaining. I know we had a thread like this a long time ago and it was really interesting to me. </p>
<p>Do you think people's favorite words speak to their personality at all?</p>
<p>I picked "yes"</p>
<p>That's a pretty appropriate word :) I bet they got a kick out of that</p>
<p>Hahaha acraig that's so funny.
Yes is such an empowering word.</p>
<p>I think I really want to work in the admissions office at whatever college I end up. I don't care if I'm reading essays, or if I'm just filing, but that would be my ideal on campus job.</p>