Apr
17
Betwixt
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From Old English/Shakespearean: In an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another. Why? Because it makes people smile. Who doesn’t love words with the “x+t” combination? I always receive positive responses when I use this word.
Joshua Hilley
Auburn, AL
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Obsequious
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It means to comply or follow suit. To be obedient, dutiful.. having to do with servitude. It’s one of my favorites because I hate to comply and become another in the masses. A rebel at heart, I fail to be obsequious as much as possible.
Carl
Ithaca,NY
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It just feels good to say it and hear it. It rolls out of the mouth.
Rell
San Francisco
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Moose
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Even when I am feeling really down the word moose will instantly make me happy. Just say it, it’s wonderful, and the more times you say it the more fabulous it gets.
India
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Logizomechanophobia
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This deliciously long word refers to the irrational fear of computers. It begins with incomplete logic, and continues to an out-of-place “zo.” Then there’s the “mecha.” I happen to love mecha of all sorts.
Vince
West Virginia
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Autodidactic
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It basically means to be self-taught, but appear to have been trained by the masters. First, I LOVE the way it rolls off the tongue. Its like crowning your tongue king for a moment. Second, it was one of the first “big” words I learned as a child. It is largely responsible for my love of words & vernacular. (oooh another favorite word makes a cameo!) I was homeschooled basically my whole life, and learned to work alone much of the time. At one point a math teacher I encountered in 5th grade called my math skills “autodidactic”. He wouldn’t tell me what it meant, but wrote it down so I could look it up when I got home. I went through 3 dictionaries to find it, and I still consider it the best compliment I ever received!
Ben
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Nepenthe
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This is a word I found while “reading” the dictionary one day. It means to banish grief from a person’s mind, but more specifically, it is a drug that brings welcome forgetfulness. On the page, nepenthe seemed much more benign. Anyone who has seen the television show “Heroes” or the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” will know that forgetting is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Joanna
New York
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Creamware
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A type of pottery a college professor of anthropology introduced me to. I like the transition between the “cream” and “ware”, it’s unusuaul yet smooth and the word has always conjured up a pleasant looking piece of pottery.
Chuck
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4
Always rely on German for really dramatic words. People are always misusing the word “sadism.” Sadism is the joy of inflicting pain upon another, but Schadenfreude is revelling in another’s pain, not necessarily inflicted by the reveller.
Jack Silverman
Houston, TX
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Ducere
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It means to lead. Its Latin. It is the root of the word educate, meaning to lead from. It is a great word to practise your clarity of diction. It belongs in this list. I didn’t really enjoy Latin at school. But I remember this word.
Toby
London
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