Wordplay

Obscure & Fun

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3

Lovely, pointless, or both?

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

'Urbane,' 'incisive,' and other good things to be

17 of the Finest Words for Drinking

Try these out at your next happy hour

10 Better Ways to Say Underwear

Get your knickers in a twist

8 Words for Introverts

Words for the shy and bashful

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

Words That are Their Own Opposites

Do I contradict myself?

What Is an Eggcorn?

And how did it get that name?

16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek

Don’t watch without reading this, you little frippets!

The Longest Long Words List

21 words with 21 letters or more

And So It Begins: 9 Words for Beginnings

Let's take it from the top.

Obscure Words for Everyday Feelings

There has to be a word for it.

10 Hella Good U.S. Regionalisms

We’re on a word tour, going each and every place with a mic in our hand

'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives

In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these

8 Uncommon Words Related to Love

You won't find these on candy conversation hearts, but maybe you should

Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words

Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Get off your plum duff and check these out

Your Favorite Band is in the Dictionary

10 bands you can look up and queue up

From Auto-Tune to Zipper: Eight Products that Became Words

Va-va-vuvuzela

Regionalisms: We Don't Call it That Around Here

Just because we all use the same internet doesn’t mean we all use the same words

8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

When we go loquat, we also go salsify

9 Fun Words for Ghosts and Goblins

Dressing up this Halloween? Be our barghest!

Words for Dictionary Supernerds

Know the language of the lexicographer
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