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Obscure & Fun
Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3
Lovely, pointless, or both?
17 of the Finest Words for Drinking
Try these out at your next happy hour
Galaxy Brain: 10 Words for Deep Thoughts
What's (another word for) the big idea?
Your Favorite Band is in the Dictionary
10 bands you can look up and queue up
30 Ways to Tell the Future
Let us know if any of these work for you
12 Words from the Wrong Side of the Law
Crime doesn't pay, but vocabulary might
Another Ten Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
Simple But Intelligent Word Choices, Vol. 3
A Wicked Awesome List of New England Words
Things you may overhear when you park your car at Harvard Yard
9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
Get your mind into the gutter
10 Uncommon Emotional Words
Once more with (obscure) feeling
'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives
In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these
8 Uncommon Words Related to Love
You won't find these on candy conversation hearts, but maybe you should
Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words
Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy
Fan Favorites: Your Most Liked Words of the Day 2023
This is a list of the top ten Words of the Day that made you learn, laugh, and look up words a little more in 2023
Winning Scrabble Words for Everyday People
You don't have to be a pro to play these words.
Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
Get off your plum duff and check these out
From Auto-Tune to Zipper: Eight Products that Became Words
Va-va-vuvuzela
8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables
When we go loquat, we also go salsify
9 Fun Words for Ghosts and Goblins
Dressing up this Halloween? Be our barghest!
Words for Dictionary Supernerds
As with all specialized fields, those involved in dictionary making employ terms in their work that most other people never encounter. If you’re a dictionary supernerd, you might be interested to know them.
9 Whiskery Words for Facial Hair
A tonsorial tutorial
Dice, Dice, Baby: 8 Dungeons & Dragons Words
Chaotic and good, like English itself
Ahoy! Ten Words for Talking Like a Pirate
Whether on International Talk Like a Pirate Day or any day!
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