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Machiavellianism and (A Whole Lot) More

Top 10 Unusually Long and Interesting Words, Vol. 1

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The Words of the Week - August 26

Lookups from politics, the law, and student loans

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Favorite Words From Foreign Languages

Karaoke, chutzpah, kerfuffle & more

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The Words of the Week - August 5

Lookups from politics, civil court, and the world of disease

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10 Polite Words for Impolite People

'Flibbertigibbet', 'cupboard-lover', and more

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Eavesdrop, Fiasco, and 8 More Words with Surprising Origins

Including some trivia on ‘trivia’

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The Words of the Week - July 29

Lookups from politics, the economy, and Loch Ness

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Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 2

When 'thingamajig' and 'thingamabob' just won't do

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The Words of the Week - July 22

Lookups from Congress, video games, and the world of entertainment

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Words for Things You Didn't Know Have Names

What to call that groove above your lip

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Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3

Lovely, pointless, or both?

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The Words of the Week - July 15

Lookups from the stars, politics, and the French Revolution

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Top 10 Words of Summer

Where did 'frisbee' come from?

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Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 2

More great words, many quite pointless.

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The Words of the Week - July 8

Lookups from the weather, entertainment, and outer space

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A Handy Guide to Ruffians, Rapscallions, Cads & More

22 charming words for nasty people

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Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

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Word-O-Meter for June

Some interesting stats from June 2022

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9 Other Words for Beautiful

Here are some additional words for calling something lovely

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The Words of the Week - June 24

Lookups from the Supreme Court, politics, and the economy

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'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

How to pick the right one

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'Ingenious' and 'Ingenuous': More Than a Typo

One's clever, the other's like a child

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Look, This Is a List of Fart Words.

There's really no other way to say it.

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Words of the Week - June 17

Lookups from Congress, the financial market, and the world of entertainment

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The Longest Long Words List

21 words with 21 letters or more

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