This one is easy. I love “assassination” because it has two asses. I learned this from a kid named Amir in the sixth grade, and I cannot write this word without remembering that wonderful moment when I realized I was writing “ass” on my spelling test.
An interesting fact about this word, it actually comes originally [...]
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Assassination
Eleemosynary
There is a lot to love about this word.
How many words can boast three E’s in the first four letters? (Okay, epee is one, but that word is lame).
It has two Y’s, and we all love Y because it’s the underdog of the vowels; everybody wants to see more Y (it sleeps with both [...]
Sex
For most people, this is not a hard word to love. Everybody loves sex, except for nuns, virgins, Mormons, and guys with very very small penises. But I love the word itself, not just its meaning. I love it because you take this complicated act, this act that dominates so much of our thinking, an [...]
Onion
This is an easy one. I love the word “onion” because the O looks like an onion. Actually, there are two onions in the word onion.
Not only is this the greatest word to describe this vegetable, it’s also the best word for it in the WORLD.
Spanish: cebolla
German: zwiebel
Swahili: kitunguu
Chinese: yang cong (pinyin)
Icelandic: laukur
Russian: some horrible-sounding [...]