We're excited to announce this month's winners of our Word Love competition. Thanks to everyone who has submitted their favourite word.

Word Love Winner

“Oleaginous:
It’s a wonderful word to say, onomatopoeic even. It reminds me of a dear friend who used it to describe someone years ago and I always smile when I think about that memory.”

— Samantha Dawe, The Think Tank

Samantha will receive a Nine Magic Cake Set from Konditor & Cook, London.

Word Love Runners Up

"Pubsy" — Alexandra Coleman, London Grump
Because it means "having an atmosphere similar to a pub,” which, I think you'll agree, is a most delightful feeling which absolutely warrants a word of its very own.
"Pedant" — Miriam Shell, Three Rooms
I love the fact that it is so unfancy and inflexible and just so sort of blunt — it conjures up for me and the image of a country gent dressed in a tweed jacket in a unheated country house with a gaggle of boisterous dogs obsessively looking into and obsessing over the minor details of something that no one else would even think about reflecting exactly what the word means - this is what i love about it :-)
"Kerfuffle" — Jacqui Pidgen, Frank Hirth
I LOVE the word kerfuffle. It embodies the nonsense that it often describes and is just so fun to say! Long live kerfuffle!