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Wordplay

Obscure & Fun (page 2)

16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek

Don’t watch without reading this, you little frippets!

The Longest Long Words List

21 words with 21 letters or more

And So It Begins: 9 Words for Beginnings

Let's take it from the top.

10 Hella Good U.S. Regionalisms

We’re on a word tour, going each and every place with a mic in our hand

'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives

In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these

Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words

Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Get off your plum duff and check these out

Your Favorite Band is in the Dictionary

10 bands you can look up and queue up

From Auto-Tune to Zipper: Eight Products that Became Words

Va-va-vuvuzela

Regionalisms: We Don't Call it That Around Here

Just because we all use the same internet doesn’t mean we all use the same words

8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

When we go loquat, we also go salsify

Ahoy! Ten Words for Talking Like a Pirate

Whether on International Talk Like a Pirate Day or any day!

9 Weird Words in Moby-Dick

All are great; one is offal

9 More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

How to tell your butoxy from your hawsehole

A Wicked Awesome List of New England Words

Things you may overhear when you park your car at Harvard Yard

Another Ten Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Simple But Intelligent Word Choices, Vol. 3

12 Underrated Words That Deserve More Love

These are some good words

Ten More Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Simple But Intelligent Word Choices, Vol. 2

9 Irregular and Unpredictable Words

Get your pencil ready

11 Bookish Words for Book Lovers

You'll enjoy these words more than a bibliotaph in a bookery.

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Get your mind into the gutter

Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 4

Sitzmarks! Jarkmen!! Pronking!!!

Galaxy Brain: 10 Words for Deep Thoughts

What's (another word for) the big idea?

8 Words for Witchcraft and Black Magic

Witchcraft, dark magic, and more

Words for That Certain Person

Specific behaviors and those who embody them

Ten Painless Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Simple but Intelligent Word Choices

Words for Things You Didn't Know Have Names

What to call that groove above your lip

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 2

More great words, many quite pointless.

13 Wonderful Words That You're Not Using (Yet)

Words as delightful as they are rare

8 Words for Introverts

Words for the shy and bashful

30 Ways to Tell the Future

Let us know if any of these work for you

13 Unusually Long English Words

Pulchritudinous and many more

10 Words for Uncommon Colors

Color names taken from paintings, flowers, fleas & more

15 Words for Creepy Creatures

Who are you calling a hodag? Time to find out!

'Cattywampus' and Other Funny-Sounding Words

Feeling 'bumfuzzled' or have the 'collywobbles'?

What Is an Eggcorn?

And how did it get that name?

Hi. This Is a List of Butt-Related Words.

For readers of all ages.

'Hypnagogic' and Obscure Words You Never Use

It's not a criticism. Honest.

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

When it doesn't go as planned

10 Uncommon Emotional Words

Once more with (obscure) feeling

Words That are Their Own Opposites

Do I contradict myself?

Honeymoons, Babymoons, and Other Moons

Why Do Some Come Before the Event, and Some After?

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

11 Words for People Who Love Sleep

Whether you like to sleep in late or nap in the afternoon, this list is for you.

Fanciful Words for Your Favorite Things

This list is the cat's meow

Pluck, Pep, & Gumption: Words for Energy and Enthusiasm

A read that is guaranteed to increase your vim, vigor, and moxie

What kind of lover are you?

10 words for people with specific passions

11 Words for the Wild and Carefree

From 'daredevil' to 'hellbender'

'Easy-peasy,' 'Jiggery-pokery,' and 10 More Reduplicatives

12 Ways to make people take you less seriously

A Thoughtful Guide to Words About Nonsense

Meshuggaas, Codswallop & More

8 Obscure Words for Sleepy Times

If you have the energy

The (Lack of) Meaning of ‘Lorem Ipsum’

Top 10 Words of Summer

Where did 'frisbee' come from?

Look, This Is a List of Fart Words.

There's really no other way to say it.

8 Words for Small Amounts

When just a touch will do

Winter Vocab and Other Words for Snow

'Sposh', 'grue', and 8 more ways to describe winter weather

11 Words For Festive Gatherings

From beanfeasts to wingdings

10 Words for the Post-Meal Walk

Just to get the blood flowing

'Stygian,' 'Umbra,' and Other Words for Darkness

When the light dies, these words shine.

7 Underused Adverbs Beginning with A

Beyond 'actually' and 'already'

Eye-popping Long Words

Knickknackatory, brobdingnagian, & more

Sit, Shake, Pronk: 8 Words for Quirky Animal Behaviors

Does someone need their binky?

Lucky 7: Words About Luck

Hey, you never know.

Tasty Only in Afterthought: 6 Words That Didn’t Always Describe Food

We use these words to describe food, but they began their lexical lives in other territories

6 Obscure Words for Messes

All tidied up and presentable

Words for Being Alone

Keep company with words of solitude

Internal Conflict: Single Word Oxymorons

When a single word contains two conflicting ideas.

Tools for Building Vocabulary

Boost your word power at home

A Collection of Words for Working from Home

To read from the comfort of your home office

Cold Words for Cold Times

Maybe obscure words will warm you up.

10 Words for the Angry and Upset

When you just won't take it anymore

8 Meaty Idioms

This is not the vegetarian menu.

Words for an Impeachment

A guide to the associated terms

7 Words from the Working World

We promise it won't be a chore to read them.

A Collection of Words for 'Itchy'

Scratching your itch for obscure words

Hot Enough for You? Words for the Summer Heat

Remember to stay hydrated.

Hair It Is: A List of Hair Words

From 'lovelock' to 'trichologist'

8 Ways to Get Away From It All

Whether it's a jaunt or a junket, remember sunblock.

9 Words for Fellowship

In celebration of the film 'Tolkien'

Sometimes '-less' Is More

'Ruthless,' 'feckless,' and more words ending in '-less'

A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

A Journey Around the House in 8 Words

Fancy names for common parts

Beans!

These words and phrases are full of 'em

11 Interesting and Ancient Burial Words

Strange and unusual words from the boneyard

9 Useful Words You've Probably Never Used

We assume, at least.

8 Words for Things for Holding and Carrying

For when you want to take it with you

12 Words from the Wrong Side of the Law

Crime doesn't pay, but vocabulary might

Everyone's a Critic

8 obscure words for those who pass judgment

9 Words for Places People Call 'Home'

What do you call your digs?

Come Back Here With That: 10 Fun Words for Stealing

Which by the way is very, very wrong

8 Words for Really Big Things

You'd better just get out of their way.

(Fewer Than) 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Words for the end of a romance

13 Words from All Over the Map

Some words say exactly where they're from

9 Ways to Criticize

Words for calling someone out

8 Words For When You've Got a Baby Bump

Words for having a bun in the oven

8 Obscure Words for Hitting and Fighting

Beyond 'fisticuffs' and 'brouhahas'

7 Fancy Words for Crude Bodily Functions

A gross thing by any other name...

A Drudge of Lexicographers Presents: Collective Nouns

What do you call a group of cats?

6 Words for Unbelievable Stories

This next one's a doozy.

Your Body Is a Metaphor

8 phrases inspired by parts of the body

9 More Top-Shelf Drinking Words

Let's have another round tonight.

7 Words That Are More Than Just Noise

Boom! Crunch! Hiccup!

7 Idiomatic Body Parts

Hot heads, sticky fingers, and more

The People in Your (Extended) Family

Just who are these people?

Hello Mater: 8 Obscure Words for Family

Obscure words for your closest relations

Your Cheatin' Words

Obscure words for infidelity and its aftermath

The Over and Under of It

9 phrases from above and below

8 Words for Setting the Table

Knowledge is just the appetizer.
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