Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Link Mania: Is Your Witenagemot Pyknic?

The 20 least known words in English
Including "pyknic" (TWITO, page 118) and "witenagemot" (TWITO, page 162). Other than those, I don't know any of these... yet. Do you?

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10 Fabulous German Words With No English Equivalent
Including "weltschmerz" (TWITO, page 161).

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30 Funny Words With Almost Serious Meanings
Including "bumbershoot" (TWITO, page 24), "taradiddle" (TWITO, page 145), "tatterdemalion" (TWITO, page 146), "gobemouche" (TWITO, page 61), and "mumpsimus" (TWITO, page 92).

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A book by any other name
Two of the other names listed here are "diegesis" (TWITO, page 41) and "incunabulum" (TWITO, page 72).

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