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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: Guy Reads OED in a Year, Learns Cool New Words |
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This guy read all 137 pounds of the Oxford English Dictionary in a sinle year. He learned some awesome words. Check out this list...
"Cachinnator - one who laughs too much or too loudly
Dyspathy - the opposite of sympathy
Gove - to stare stupidly
Hansardize - to change one's opinion
Happify - to make happy
Natiform - buttock-shaped
Pejorist - one who thinks the world is getting worse
Philodox - one who is in love with his own opinion
Secretary - one who is privy to a secret
Tripudiate - to dance, skip or leap for joy"
...and presumably many more. Cool article...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7654511.stm |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. 59 million words? Good god.
I like "philodox" ....applies to many people no doubt, sounds like "Dr. Phil." |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| And now they must all be translated and memorized in Korean. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| And now they must all be translated and memorized in Korean... |
...and still never used properly in a sentence. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| blurgalurgalurga wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| And now they must all be translated and memorized in Korean... |
...and still never used properly in a sentence. |
On a different note, there's an interesting book about the writing of the OED called "The Professor and the Madman." That is its title in the U.S. at least, I think it's different elsewhere. It's a pretty good read for fans of the offbeat, quirky, and strange. |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| great, the dude knows a whole bunch of words that he can never use because no one else knows what they mean. |
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