Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Link Mania: lexiphanicism forever!

How Many Words for Snow?
Try to avoid "snirt" and don't get stuck in a "barchan".

snow iron

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9 Words About Beginnings
Includes "incunabula", the plural form of "incunabulum" (TWITO, page 72). You won't find many incunabula on Amazon.

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Big Words Can Come in Small Packages
Sixty more ways to indulge your lexiphanicism! Includes "benthic" (variant of "benthos", (TWITO, page 20) and "preterist" (TWITO, page 115).

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15 Maniacs and What They're Obsessed With
Do you grind your teeth while trying to make a decision? Included here are variants of "bruxing" (TWITO, page 24) and "aboulomania" (TWITO, page 9).

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Learning New Words Activates The Same Brain Regions As Sex And Drugs
This explains a lot.

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