There are a lot of lovely, lovely words and phrases in the English language. I've already waxed rhapsodic about the word "dainty" and how much I love it. For that matter, "waxed rhapsodic" makes my heart flutter a little bit too. I get squidgy for pretty much all of the onomotopoeics -- good, visceral, largely made-up words like "squadge" or "smoosh" or "blat" or "thoonk." I adore reading properly-constructed sentences in which the author puts a "with" in the middle, instead of leaving it out in the cold, at the end, alone -- "This is the stunningly attractive man with whom I ate dinner," which is also an example of a sentence I'd like to be able to say more often. I literally get a little giddy when someone is "disoriented" instead of "disorientated" (shudder and a half).
Ephemeral, ratatouille, clutch, espadrille. Emerald, sapphire, diamond (but not ruby), satchel, wafer, luxurious (but not luxury). Abbreviated words: totes, adorbs, horbs, abreves, pedest, stupes. Fleur-de-lis. Defenestrate. Frisson. Vitreous. Defy, defiance, defiant. Cherubim. Vaunted. Deliberate. Shimmer, shiver, vituperous. Rampant.
I could go on. Probably all day, too. Instead, since I have work to do, I think I'll relate one of the sweetest-sounding sentences I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. One that I heard, as a matter of fact, on Tuesday afternoon in a lovely hotel in Dallas.
"I've taken the liberty of upgrading you."
Music to my ears.