By 'new dictionary' I mean the thousands of updates that were banged into ODO a year ago for no apparent reason, which totally changed the anagramming game (10%+ drop in letters maxes for most people on Apterous). We've had a year to love them, loathe them and discover them in general, so tell us what you like and don't like.
MY FAVES: peaness, needledick, tropicana
MY LEAST FAVES: tableness, pianoless, rosmarine
Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
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Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
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Johnny Canuck
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Re: Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
Anything ending in -SISES or -EDED is a black magical incantation from the mind of the Devil himself.
My favourite new word is probably, as I've mentioned on Aptochat a couple times, NOCAKE. That's what you have if you eat it too.
My favourite new word is probably, as I've mentioned on Aptochat a couple times, NOCAKE. That's what you have if you eat it too.
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Mark Deeks
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Re: Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
I like the fact that you can just make stuff up for a laugh and it's actually in now. And thus I enjoyed the other day the surprising validity of the word PREPUBES.
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Ian Volante
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Re: Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
What?! So, the almost pubes of eleven year olds and blonde-haired people need a word?Mark Deeks wrote:I like the fact that you can just make stuff up for a laugh and it's actually in now. And thus I enjoyed the other day the surprising validity of the word PREPUBES.
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Re: Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
Not sure if it's actually a new word but RUNATHON is weird. It implies a long event like a 26-mile running race... but with running instead?
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