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December 15, 2009 by Grant Barrett

Slippery, whispery, shiny words

Today’s list of the day is “slippery whispery shiny words” by emera. It includes words like sidereal, spume, flume, and spindrift.

December 14, 2009 by Grant Barrett

Don’t drink the war

Today’s list of the day is “Don’t Drink The War,” featuring military and martial terms ending in -ade that aren’t fizzy drinks, such as barricade, cockade, and chamade.

December 11, 2009 by Grant Barrett

Famous robots

Today’s list of the day is marky‘s list of “famous robots,” such as Marvin, R2D2, WALL-E, and some you’ve never heard of because they’re famous in another multiverse!

December 10, 2009 by Grant Barrett - 1 Comment

Encyclopedia gustatorica

Today’s list of the day is “encyclopedia gustatorica,” a fantastic collection of yummy food words like gazpacho, pomelo, burrito, and bulgogi.

Also see the “food” list by perodicticus and “foodie” by Reese Tee

December 9, 2009 by Grant Barrett

The history of cool

Today’s list of the day is “The History of Cool,” featuring a number of different ways you can call something good, great, neat, or excellent in English.

December 8, 2009 by Grant Barrett

Words to Try to Use in Colloquial Speech Without Sounding Like a Pretentious Ass

Today’s list of the day is “Words to Try to Use in Colloquial Speech Without Sounding Like a Pretentious Ass.” Good luck with that. 🙂

December 7, 2009 by Grant Barrett - 2 Comments

List of the day: words and compounds containing two aitches

Today’s list of the day is “hh,” which contains words and compounds where “h” follows “h”: hotdish, challah, fishhook, roughhousing, more.

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