Apr

6

Syzygy

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A word as difficult to find as an occurrence of its main meaning: the confluence of three or more celestial bodies. Its uniqueness in the world of English words–the second-longest word failing to contain a, e, i, o, or u, surpassed only by “rhythms” and tied with its singular–makes this one of my favorite words.

That, and it makes it look like Webster gave Lynyrd Skynyrd a chance to put a word in the dictionary.

Claudia

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4 Responses to “Syzygy”

  1. Derek on April 12th, 2009 7:09 pm

    You’re my hero.

  2. paul on April 30th, 2009 2:43 pm

    One of my friends said that syzygy was the longest no vowel word. I guess he’s wrong

    “FAIL”
    “EPIC FAIL”

  3. Vass on April 30th, 2009 6:29 pm

    that must be a lot of points in scrabble !

  4. dR dMo on May 10th, 2009 4:51 pm

    it can also be applied to the confluence of three spherical food items such as a tomato, an olive and a small ball of mozerella cheese that have rolled together on your plate. probably in a small pool of balsamic vinegar.

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