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As a geometry teacher, I often find myself saying this word over and over in short period of time. Try it – it just sounds really interesting and cool in a peculiar kind of way. Better yet, get yourself a classroom full of 10th graders and have them all say it with you while [...]
Medical: an abnormal inability to focus one’s attention.
I just like the look on a persons face when I tell them I’m having an attack of aprosexia.
glenda
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Life is much more fun when the possibilities are open. No matter what country i am in, i try to learn the word or phrase for perhaps in order to be globally non-committal. Is this really my favorite word? Perhaps, quizas, etc.
Caleb
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In 9th grade we had a teacher that, as a part of a vocab assignment, had us go around the room and read a sentence we created using one of the week’s words. My word, one week, was assuage. I looked down at my paper and began to read my sentence, not thinking too [...]
A Slavic kingdom lost to time; an opera by Puccini; philosophers, musicians, artists, and writers alike. The connotations alone are wonderful. And phonetically, this is one of those few English words that has H pronounced right in the middle.
Sam Vancouver
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Every time i wanna be alone to think, I imagine the perfect green of the grass in spring. So “grass” is a perfect word. It is calm, it is lovely, but most of all it is green!
Daniela Romania
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“Farctate” is a biological term meaning crammed or stuffed, as opposed to hollow or fluffy. I like it because of its versatility. While it literally means “full of it,” it could also mean “easily passing gas,” or perhaps “blowing smoke.” In any event, “farctate” seems like a refreshing addition to the vocabulary of political [...]
Why not? The sum of intelligence in a certain community stays constant, not depending on the numbers of the members that make up that certain community.
MIhai Bacau, Romania
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While many people know the homophone imperial, empyreal has a unique spelling. And unlike its sound-a-like which refers to earthly dominion, the things this word describes are unconquerable, which to me makes the word pure and brilliant.
Brian Smith
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I get a kick out of the way the ‘s-k-s’ sounds in this word as well as in flasks, etc.
Jim Nuznoff Tallmadge, OH
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It is a word that isn’t pronounced like it looks, consequently some people mispronounce it. I had a boss, who was well educated and more than once he commented on someone’s “hyper-bowl.”
Def: extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
Jim Nuznoff Tallmadge, OH
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Although it seems an accessible word, it has a difficult pronunciation. It can sound playful or as a menace, depending on the tone.
Alex Smart Romania
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