Cosmere Characters' Favorite Word
It's so mysterious that all of their favorite words appear to be English words... Well, best not think too hard about it.
Taravangian: My favorite word is "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia," meaning "the fear of long words."
Taravangian: Such a beautiful representation of how fear is contained merely within the thing itself.
Adrotagia: ...I've known you long enough to know that that's always been your favorite word, and that your reason has always been "because it's funny."
Taravangian: Lol, yeah.
Taravangian: Whoever invented that word was such a jerk.
Siri: I've always liked "kerfuffle."
Siri: I know it means "disturbance."
Siri: But it sounds like such a nice word. "Kerfuffle." Like it's fluffy trouble.
Susebron: Imagine if we had a pet cat... And its name was Kerfluffle...
Siri: Brilliant!
Design: My favorite word is "one-hundred-thousand-eight-hundred-and-fifty-three."
Design: Not only is it prime, but it also happens to be the exact number of hair follicles on my head!
Nikaro (cautiously): Isn't that a...number?
Design: In word form, yeah!
Lift: Callipygian. :)
Wyndle: ...
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Tress: I can never decide between "wanderlust" and "nostalgia"!
Tress: They are both such pretty words!
Charlie: And so thematic.
Tress: How so?
Pattern: Mmmm.... I like "petrichor:" the smell of stone after rain!
Pattern: A word that's all hard edges and firm stops, exactly like a smell isn't!
Pattern: Mmmm....a delicious verbal lie!
Nale: I am sure that everyone expects my favorite word to be "law" or some such thing.
Nale: But no.
Nale: My favorite word is "facetious."
Nale: All of the vowels are in order.
Nale: And that is neat.
Szeth: ...
Nale: I have layers.
Steris: I have a least favorite word, actually.
Steris: Palindrome.
Steris: How could they make a word that means "the same forwards and backwards" and have it NOT be a palindrome itself??
Steris: That's why I prefer my own word that means "the same backwards and forwards:" palinilap.
Steris: Palinilap.
Steris: Rolls right off the tongue.
Sarene: I'll have to go with the word "no."
Sarene: Because the ability to set boundaries and be your own person?
Sarene: That's surely the most important thing.
Jasnah: Palimpsest.
Jasnah: I appreciate the literal meaning--a document where the original words have been scraped off and new words written over them, but where the original writings may still be faintly detected.
Jasnah: And the philosophical one--something whose full truth can only be determined by working your way down through the many layers.
Hoid: My favorite word is "plethora."
Hoid: It just...means a lot to me.
Jasnah: Divorce.
Hoid: W-We're not even married!!
Kaladin: I know everyone is showing off here.
Kaladin: But you can't go wrong with "storm."
Kaladin: It's so versatile!
Kaladin: It's the best weather... It's a swear word... It's a verb... A noun...
Hoid: ...Kaladin's favorite word is "fuck"?
Kaladin: THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID