Your Favourite Philatelic Word

A recent thread on gutter pairs made me think of some of the unusual philatelic words/phrases we use, and then about which one was my favourite.

Mine would be the French "obliteration" for cancellation/postmark - to an English speaker it sounds so definitive, as if the stamp has been completely destroyed.

Feel free to share your favourite(s) - in any language - and why.

I think there is already a thread on philatelic language. Been a while since I've seen it.

I believe the British call a cancelled item "franked".
Interesting how different terms are used in different countries.

My favorite is definitely unhinged. It describes both stamps and collectors :)

My favorite would be tete-beche. Everything always sounds more exotic in French, and when you think about it, anything you would call it in English would sound clumsy, and would take more words to describe: "a pair of stamps in which one is printed upside down in relation to the other."

I find the term EFO a challenge. I've seen errors and oddities. I've never seen a freak. Well, at least not a stamp deserving the title.

My favorite is an anachronism now. Before it was called "philately", it was called "timbromania", which in french meant "stamp mania". For a long time I used to use the screenname "StampManiac", both here and on eBay... It wasn't until after we switched to ClassicPhilatelist that I discovered the existence of timbromania. But it describes me perfectly.

sallzer, hahaha, unhinged is now my second favorite.

"$1 cover box". I can find some of the most interesting things in them.

Pigeon Blood Pink.

This implies that someone, somewhere, actually compared his stamp to a dead bird's blood, and decided that they matched perfectly.

Now, that's just creepy...

Jim

Several words.
"A unique investment opportunity of 36 First Day Covers to celebrate...."

I can't limit mine to one word . Mine is the following phrase :

" I'm new to the hobby , is this a 596? "

Rare

I'm partial to "se-tenant."

The term "Dismal Brown" used to describe the color of an early TCP? Ran across it years ago and can't remember which item it referred to.

I'm with waddabadda, I like tete-beche. It sounds exotic, and requires some 'splainin'.

I've always liked harrow.