Qualifiable favorite?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Check your Mac; you've got a "Favorites" list, not a "Favorite" list.

dInIs

PS: If you don't have a Mac, get one.

>Is /favorite/ qualifiable?  My dialect excludes  the expression "least
>favorite."  A thing either is or isn't a favorite, but I see & hear "least
>favorite" frequently.  Is this regional, or is it a general shift?
>[Perhaps this has already been discussed;  I've only been reading the list
>for a couple of years.]
>A. Murie