What is your favorite word and why?
Asked at West Junior High School on January 19, 2009
“It’s got to be ‘hypocritical’ because it just sounds amazing.”
— Tucker Prescher, eighth-grader
“I like the name ‘Archibald’ because it’s fun to say.”
— Lydia Miller, ninth-grader
“Probably ‘armageddon,’ and the one reason why is because it sounds mysterious, but really it just means the end of the world.”
— Brock Morrison, ninth-grader
“‘Djibouti,’ because there’s a country in Africa called Djibouti and its capital is Djibouti. I’ve always wanted to go to Djibouti, Djibouti.”
— Joseph Topp, ninth-grader
“‘Tiddlywinks.’ I have no idea what it means, but it sounds funny.”
— Forrest Neibarger, ninth-grader
“One of my favorite words is ‘unorthodox’ because it sounds really cool and is just another way to say weird.”
— Abby Olker, eighth-grader