Favourite Words

Ever since we watched The Interpreter I have been intrigued with the idea of keeping lists, especially the idea of a list of favourite words. Actually, Jonathan and I are big fans of words. While it may sound silly:), we really value language and creativity within it. Of note: favourite...while favorite is a decent word, the British spelling of favourite is much more rich!
So here's to some of our favourite words. For our own records, this will probably be an ongoing list...We'd love to hear your favourites, too. Note: it is a bit hard to think of words on the spot!!

favourite
peculiar
homespun
still...British for noncarbonated
robot...Zambian for stoplight
carriageway...British for highway (isn't that way better than highway!!)
akin
smokepipe...a name to call someone-usually meaning well, or jokingly not well
antithesis
Tanzania...pronounced African Tan-zan-ia
emissaries