A Favorite Word

Everyone has favorite words. Words that are funny, or just apt for what you want to say.

jettison
What a perfect word. Whenever I see it used in a sentence, like this sub-headline from the NYT:

"NBC says it will jettison the practice of saving shows for the traditional September-to-May TV season,"

I can see the action in a vivid comic gesture.

A mid-level NBC executive opens the hatch at the rear of the network mothership, kicking a large parcel of documents on Practices & Standards, bound with twine, but still bursting full, out into the galactic atmosphere.

It must be that 'jettison' also sounds a lot like 'The Jetsons.'

I had no idea, by the way, that 'jetisonable' is also a word. No a very good one, but nonetheless...
On the other hand, 'flotsam and jetsam' is a fun phrase to work into a sentence, but does give the impression that all you do on Saturday nights is pore over the dictionary.