Wordplay

Obscure & Fun

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3

Lovely, pointless, or both?

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

'Urbane,' 'incisive,' and other good things to be

17 of the Finest Words for Drinking

Try these out at your next happy hour

Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 2

When 'thingamajig' and 'thingamabob' just won't do

13 Bizarre Things That Somehow Have Words

For frog-tossing, sword dancing, and more

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

10 Better Ways to Say Underwear

Get your knickers in a twist

9 Whiskery Words for Facial Hair

A tonsorial tutorial

8 Uncommon Words Related to Love

You won't find these on candy conversation hearts, but maybe you should

8 Ways to Tell Someone to Be Quiet

When shushing just isn't cutting it

Strange Words for Body Functions

Did you know that you 'micturate' and 'sternutate'?

'Apricity' and Other Rare Wintry Words

Hiemal, brumation, & rare wintry words

Words About Words

As your friendly dictionary, we know some things about words. We also know lots of words about those words. This is a list of some of them.

Dice, Dice, Baby: 8 Dungeons & Dragons Words

Chaotic and good, like English itself

Obscure Words for Everyday Feelings

There has to be a word for it.

8 Words to Kill Your Appetite

Don't read this list while eating

Palter, Dissemble, and Other Words for Lying

Trust us

'Flummadiddle,' 'Slumgullion,' and More Silly Words from the 19th Century

It was a different time. But you can still use these highfalutin words.

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

So beautiful. So useless.

9 Fun Words for Ghosts and Goblins

Dressing up this Halloween? Be our barghest!

Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 3

When thingummy and whatsit won't do

Words for Dictionary Supernerds

Know the language of the lexicographer

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 4

More words, more beautiful, more useless
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