Until that floor-to-ceiling library of mine (a la Beauty and the Beast) makes its appearance, I'll have to content myself with other sources of word entertainment besides the OED. For example, this delightful list of some of English's funniest words:
100 Funniest Words in the English Language
I think I need to work "collywobbles" and "snollygoster" into my presentation tomorrow night.
What are your favorite words?
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"ubiquitous"
I use it whenever possible.
And my mom, who works in a library, snagged me the next-latest edition of the shorter OED. It's only 2 volumes, but it's still my own little slice of heaven.
Plethora, scintillating, jubilee, convivial, Schenectady...
One of my least favorite words: spouse. What an ugly word!
I just got my very own copy of the Official Scrabble dictionary and there is a whole new world of words that has just opened up. Quite exciting I must say!
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