Look It Up

We have quite a few word geeks working here at the Library, really no surprise when you consider our profession. This morning the hot topic of conversation was not the Red Sox, or politics, but an obscure little word that appears in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Both librarians had made the effort to look up the word, gallimaufry, to find out its meaning. They had some fun tossing it around at the Circulation Desk, to see who knew what it meant. This of course led to a discussion of favorite words. One librarian's current favorite word is "heinous", and she likes to use it whenever possible. Another librarian favors "bogus". My particular favorite is from the Bridget Jones novels and cannot be used in polite society. How about you, have you added a new word to your lexicon that you are particularly fond of?

By the way, if you are planning on reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, gallimaufry means hodgepodge. There, I saved you a look-up.