Top Ten Tuesday: Words I Love

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and The Bookish.   

Top Ten Words I Love (in no particular order):

1. egregious - "extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant" - I use this word as often as I can use it appropriately.  I have always loved it. 
2. minion - "a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power" - Let's be honest; who hasn't thought about having some minions running around to do their bidding?  Oh wait, maybe it's just me.  :)
3. conspicuous  - "easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable" - I have a thing for amateur sleuths and their stories.  This word seems necessary to any sort of sleuthing. 
4. schnapps - "any strong, dry spirit" - I'm not much of a drinker, but I enjoy saying this word. 
5. ambiguous - "open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations" - If I had to choose one word to describe my future right now, this would probably be it. 
6. vortex - "something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it" - Do you have a word that just makes you laugh every time you hear it?  This is that word for me. 
7. diaphragm - "the partition separating the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity in mammals" - Hiccups?  No way.  It's much more interesting to call them a spasm of the diaphragm. 
8. superfluous - "being more than is sufficient or required; excessive" - What is not to love about saying this word? 
9. aficionado - "an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast" - It feels so much more sophisticated to call oneself an aficionado and it's fun to say. 
10. drawl - "to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels" - I'm a sucker for a sweet Southern drawl. 

All definitions from Dictionary.com.