Sep
2
Juxtapose
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Juxtapose means “to place things side by side for comparison”. The things compared are usually very different things. I found this word in a cheesy fan-fiction of a book that I found by my pool. At a recent Christmas party we were choosing preferred gifts for our ‘Secret Santa’ operation and when I was asked what I wanted, I requested a short story of any topic using the word ‘Juxtapose’. The person who had me actually wrote the story and used the word on the last line. It was a pretty good story about a civil war romance. On a side note, I forgot to get my person a gift.
Bryanne
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Jun
17
Jejune
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Well the word is an adjective meaning ‘lacking value or maturity’, but I have gotten some laughs when I tell people that it really means “the m-month a-after m-May”.
Jim Nuznoff
Tallmadge, OH USA
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Jan
17
Jentacular
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Because breakfast rocks! This is the most important word of the day!
Victor
New Hampshire
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Jan
4
Juxtaposition
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My favorite word is juxtaposition. Reason: j and x both go together perfectly.
Ashley
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Jan
2
A word unique to Philly, and one I had never heard before coming here. It’s a beautiful all-purpose noun, applicable for absolutely anything. Like a verbal skeleton key.
Scott Gross
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Jan
2
Jute
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I used it in Scrabble once, thinking it was a made-up word and that I could get away with it. My opponent challenged me on it and I, thinking quickly, retorted, “Jute … it’s a type of oriental flower.”
We promptly consulted the dictionary and found out, that indeed, it was a word but meant “the glossy fiber of either of two East Indian plants (Corchorus olitorius and C. capsularis) of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and twine; also : a plant producing jute”
I was vindicated, and never let on that I thought I made the word up!
Mary Stuart
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Dec
29
Lagniappe
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I was in a spelling bee in the South in grade school — a 3rd grader going up against high school students. I was runner-up in the contest. The winner was a 12th grader. The word I tripped on was “lagniappe.” I had never heard of it, did not know what it meant, and certainly did not know how to spell it. I spelled it “lan-yap” which is how it is correctly pronounced (a Cajun word). That day I learned how to spell it correctly, pronounce it, and also looked up the meaning of it. 50 years later, I have not forgotten.
Shark Lady, Washington, D.C.
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