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[TheBiggerFish]

College applications AAAAAAAAAAALLTHEESSAYQUESTIONSARESTUPIDAAAAAAAA!!!
but seriously how in the fuck do they expect people to write 250 words about what their favorite word is and why

Say your favourite word is "Irrelevant" because of its many real-life applications regarding people who assign meaning to silly things.

Yessssssssss.  The irony gods are very pleased.

[IcyTea31]

College applications AAAAAAAAAAALLTHEESSAYQUESTIONSARESTUPIDAAAAAAAA!!!
but seriously how in the fuck do they expect people to write 250 words about what their favorite word is and why

If that was given to me as an essay question, I'd probably write something incredibly snarky. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer, after all.

[Eric Blank]

Lesson #1; do not snark at the professor, or feel the wrath of their zeros.

[IcyTea31]

I was taken by a mood. Enjoy.

Spoiler: My favourite word (click to show/hide)

   I really like the word 'discombobulate'. Not for itself (though perplexing those around me can sometimes be fun), but because few know of its true power.
   Let me tell you a story. Five years ago, I was on a vacation in the Caribbean, on a small volcanic island nation. I was having fun and relaxing on the beaches, but the locals seemed oddly anxious. They were walking carefully and muttering something to themselves. One day, I stepped to listen closer, and heard that they were saying the phrase “no lo digas” over and over again. Now, I didn't know Spanish back then, so I shrugged it off as the locals being just a little insane. That night, however, something happened.
   In the evening, the hotel receptionist had invited me to some sort of an event. Considering I was on a vacation, I thought “why not?” and went to it. In the gathering, people were sitting in rows in front of a speaker's podium, where someone was about to begin.
   “Friends, I welcome you to our annual gathering to remind everyone of the danger of that one word,” he started.
   “What's that one word?” I asked my next-to.
   “Oh, it's 'discombobulate'...wait, no, ĦAY CARAMBA!”
   With that, everything started to rumble, and smoke filled the air. I heard an explosion from the direction of the mountain. That was all I needed to run back to the hotel amidst the screaming people. I grabbed my bags and headed for the dock, where evacuation vessels were already loading. I evacuated safely.
   Nowadays, if you look at a map of the Caribbean, you may notice one of the larger islands is completely deserted. Nobody can prove I did it, but I now know what power words can have.

Technically, it's too long for a 250-word-essay, but I doubt the grader would mind.

[Flying Dice]

Unless you've already got a high A and you do it on the final for a professor whose arse you don't need to kiss. In your very last semester. Shit's cathartic.

[Orange Wizard]

Lesson #1; do not snark at the professor, or feel the wrath of their zeros.

I had an English teacher in highschool who loved the snark in my essays. People like that are few and far between, sadly.

[IcyTea31]

My language teachers, English teacher in particular, like snark in essays, as it proves I can use the language expressively. Non-language subjects, not so much.

[Calidovi]

My language teachers, English teacher in particular, like snark in essays, as it proves I can use the language expressively. Non-language subjects, not so much.

All my language teachers have been fairly snarky. Perhaps snark is a powerful part of communication in whole.

[Loud Whispers]

College applications AAAAAAAAAAALLTHEESSAYQUESTIONSARESTUPIDAAAAAAAA!!!
but seriously how in the fuck do they expect people to write 250 words about what their favorite word is and why

Favourite word has to be 'fuck,' most versatile word in the English language

[TD1]

Lesson #1; do not snark at the professor, or feel the wrath of their zeros.

I had an English teacher in highschool who loved the snark in my essays. People like that are few and far between, sadly.

The snarkier I was, the more the teachers liked it. Language teachers mainly, but in R.E. it was a huge bonus. I mean, it's hard not to show your contempt when your essay subject is the Ontological Argument.

[TheBiggerFish]

Lesson #1; do not snark at the professor, or feel the wrath of their zeros.

I had an English teacher in highschool who loved the snark in my essays. People like that are few and far between, sadly.

The snarkier I was, the more the teachers liked it. Language teachers mainly, but in R.E. it was a huge bonus. I mean, it's hard not to show your contempt when your essay subject is the Ontological Argument.

...I WISH I could do that... 

[Graknorke]

The snarkier I was, the more the teachers liked it. Language teachers mainly, but in R.E. it was a huge bonus. I mean, it's hard not to show your contempt when your essay subject is the Ontological Argument.

My RE teacher was a devout Christian and didn't like it when anyone was snarky regardless of subject, so the combination of the two would have probably been pretty bad.
I did used to get taught history by the head of department though, and he loved it when I'd make near conspiracy-level arguments as to why things like the EU and NATO are bad.

[pisskop]

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[Bohandas]

College applications AAAAAAAAAAALLTHEESSAYQUESTIONSARESTUPIDAAAAAAAA!!!
but seriously how in the fuck do they expect people to write 250 words about what their favorite word is and why

How about "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

[IcyTea31]

How about "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

The song is 321 words long. You'd be penalized a bit for excessive length (same as my tall tale), but it'd probably be worth it.