Today’s list of the day is “see the wood for the trees,” which contains a list of types of wood that have the word “wood” in them: beechwood, shittimwood, stavewood, leatherwood, etc.
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ROT-13 Pairs
Today’s list of the day is “ROT-13 pairs,” words which when encoded with the primitive 13-character offset cipher become another recognizable word, like nowhere/abjurer and ant/nag.
You can say that again
Today’s list is “you can say that again,” featuring reduplicated words like yo-yo, dik-dik, and hush-hush.
My Little Ponies
Today’s list of the day is all of the names of the original set of “My Little Pony” ponies, a fruity-smelling, pastel-colored stable of equine toys with names like Springy, Starswirl, and Lovebeam. Caution! This link to the Hasbro site will need a whiskey chaser.
Playthings and toys
Today’s list of the day is “playthings and toys,” which includes things like skipjack, squawker, and whizgig.
Substancestry
Today’s list of the day is substancestry, which contains mysterious and theoretical substances and “stuff” of legend, such as qubit, negawatt, spider silk, and talaria.
Words second-graders don’t know
Today’s list of the day is “words second-graders don’t know,” by user jennarenn, who gives these instructions:
“1. Tell your second-graders to get ready for their weekly spelling test.
“2. Tell them that the first word is serendipitous.
“3. Watch twenty-five pairs of eyes pop.”
We bet many college sophomores don’t know them, either.