Prohibitive favorite [was Qualifiable favorite]

[Thomas Paikeday]

No one seems to have referred to "prohibitive favorite," which to my
grammatical ears is the constuction closest to "qualifiable favorite."

T.M.P.

sagehen wrote:
>
> 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