Panic at the Dictionary
Would YOU give a child a dictionary that did not include "budgerigar"?
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15 words that belong in every grandparent's vocabulary
"What does Grandma mean, Mommy?"
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17 Words that Describe Themselves
Are you sesquipedalian? If so, try not to be magniloquent.
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A list of 25 ridiculous real names for 25 everyday items
Including "crepuscular" (TWITO, page 35), "mondegreen" (TWITO, page 90), and the word that frequently shows up on these lists: "petrichor" (TWITO, page 111). The most disturbing term on this list is "rectal tenesmus". (And what do they mean "ridiculous"?)
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