Stupid Word Tricks

April 28, 2004 8:24 AM

A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia.
posted by Johnny Assay (9 comments total)

{this is good}
Particularly, the uncommon double letter section. Nice find, Johnny Assay!
posted by shoepal at 9:02 AM on April 28, 2004

Thanks, wasted half my morning, there.

This, and hitting reload waiting for MeFi to come back online
posted by psychotic_venom at 9:37 AM on April 28, 2004

I am such a sucker for this stuff. I'll spend the next six months here.

Someone, please come by and feed me every once in a while, okay?
posted by chicobangs at 10:07 AM on April 28, 2004

I love this stuff, too. I have a HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA shirt (see p. 10) that I brought back from Hawaii. This little fish rocks!
posted by grateful at 10:19 AM on April 28, 2004

This is the best aol memberpage since that BJ and the Bear fanfic site. Thanks, Mr. Assay.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:54 AM on April 28, 2004

A ten letter word that can be typed using the top row of keys of a typewriter is ... typwriter! Nice, thanks, Johnny Assay!
posted by carter at 12:41 PM on April 28, 2004

Absolute Best Of The Web gold. I actually collect dictionaries so you see...

Oh. I'll be going now.
posted by bdave at 8:57 PM on April 28, 2004

who knew Pakistan was actually an acronym?
and that HAS-BEEN (1606), and HAIRDRESSER (1771) are such old words?

cool!
posted by amberglow at 9:02 PM on April 28, 2004

What a feast; thanks, Johnny Assay! I was filling up on this appetizer quiz of apostrophes and commas (flash) from Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
posted by Feisty at 9:48 PM on April 28, 2004