My Favorite Word DOES Mean Something!! MELLIFLUOUS!

It's scary how easily I pick up other people's phrases...although not so good with my friends who seem to curse all the time! :) Months ago I picked up on the word "Mellifluous" from Javid...and if you heard how he says it you would know why. It became the word for well, anything...anything good that is. I figured it was just some nonsense word...but as happens from time to time...I was wrong...it is a real word indeed and the reason for it's fame is also a fun one. It was a #10 on one of David Letterman's Top Ten List:

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Top Ten WordsThat Sound Great When Spoken By James Earl Jones
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**As read by James Earl Jones himself!**
10. Mellifluous
9. Verisimiltude
8. Guppy
7. Stolichnaya
6. Boutros-Boutros Ghali
5. Neo-Synephrine
4. Pinhead
3. Mujibar and Sirajul
2. Heebie-Jeebies
1. Oprah
---> January 6, 1994 <---

The meaning of the word is:
1. Flowing with sweetness or honey.
2. Smooth and sweet: "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" (H.W. Crocker III).
3. Pleasing to the ear

syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet

mel·liflu·ous·ly adv. mel·liflu·ous·ness n.
mellifluous was Word of the Day on February 24, 2000