Words I like...

Felch; it conveys, almost onomatopoieacally, the lush beauty of the act.

I'd agree with plurabelle that the thread is ambiguous and without much merit if we're not given people's reasons for their lexical proclivities. I explained my fondness for 'aubergine', but then you'd expect that, as I'm a linguist, albeit a casual/lapsed/sad excuse for one these days.

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Er, beat you to it BMMF. My making a point through crude humour and then having that point missed is becoming a theme :)

well, technically you beat me to it but just noting that, in my own drivelling way, I made the same point.