Jan
4
Sycophant
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It means “a servile flatterer.” How many times have I had this very thought about someone, and wasn’t able to elegantly sum it up in one word, until i stumbled upon sycophant (and fun to say!).
Jamie
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Jan
4
Syzygy
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My dad prepared me for ridicule by teaching me how to spell my first word, s-y-z-y-g-y. A child in second grade can always use the study of heavenly bodies to her advantage.
Sarah
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Jan
2
Subtle
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This word is such a mystery to me- you have to look twice before you read it aloud. I always trip over the b, so I have to think about it before I say it, and that perfectly describes the allure of the word. The spelling is not what you’d expect; neither is the pronounciation. Subtle’s spelling mirrors its meaning, “difficult to detect or grasp by the mind,” and that’s fascinating to me.
Tracy Seebold
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Jan
2
Suspire
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1. To breathe: And from that one intake of fire/All creatures still warmly suspire (Robert Frost).
2. To sigh.
The least-used of all the -(s)pire words (aspire, inspire, expire), but the most beautiful!
Ella
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Jan
2
Scrumtrillescent
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From the Saturday Night Live skit with Alec Baldwin (as Charles Nelson Reilly) and Will Farrell.
rog
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Jan
2
Salve
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As a child, anytime I was sick or hurt my grandmother had some kind of salve to make me feel better. I think it was probably because a word like salve just sounded funny and made me laugh.
Timra
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Jan
2
Scraunched
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At ten letters long, this pseudo-onomatopoeic synonym for crunched is the longest monosyllabic word in the English language. All six of its closest rivals — scratched, screeched, scrounged, squelched, straights, and strengths — curiously also begin with the letter S, but each of them falls short of the champion of monosyllabry’s deliciously burnished mouthfeel. Just say it a few times and you’ll understand. How can so many letters voiced in a single beat be blended any more smoothly?
Peter Bukowinski
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Jan
2
Spumped
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The feeling you get when you pull into a gas station and cannot remember which side of the car that your gas tank is on.
Kevin S.
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Jan
2
Soubriquet
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It’s the nickname (it also means nickname) of my favourite brain-exercising, amusing, witty, intelligent chat buddy. It makes me happy whenever I read it or get to write it.
Stephanie, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Jan
2
Snarky
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I love this word, although many friends have challenged its status as an actual word.
To say that someone is snarky compactly conveys that that person’s speech or writing is saying: “See how smart, witty, sophisticated and hip I am. Your ideas are simplistic, sophomoric and inferior to mine.”
Megan
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