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r/words
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For logophiles, whether you tend toward pleonasm or perspicacious thrift. Any language is acceptable. Suggested topics are new words, expressions, neologisms, neoterisms, sniglets, odd usages, reanimated words, words you never knew existed, words you wish existed, or even words you would like expurgated from the space-time continuum.
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to r/words by reddit_junedragon
1 day ago
Words that have the real meaning and the "local/common" meaning (let's talk of words that have different meanings compared to common usage)
to r/words by reddit_junedragon
1 week ago
Is their a word for the romance equivalent of incelb
to r/words by SunderedValley
1 month ago
Is there a term for overstaying your welcome, but instead it's more "nobody would mind you here but wisdom suggests you should go"?
to r/words by Vivaldi786561
4 weeks ago
Why does English abbreviate itself so much in recent years?
to r/words by Vivaldi786561
4 weeks ago
A word for people who are erotically awkward/clumsy
to r/words by TopYam9663
4 months ago
Is this poetry or just a jumble of words?
to r/words by MamaMoosicorn
8 months ago
Thian - my idea for a gender neutral word for aunt/uncle
to r/words by twerkforlucifer
8 months ago
What's a word that describes the act of being inspired by someone, though not in a positive way?
to r/words by Impressive-Echo1150
1 month ago
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Is chocolate even a word?
to r/words by stiffspacebar
1 year ago
How come "headlight" is one word but "tail light" is two? 🤨
to r/words by SanDieganNewYorker
1 year ago
Want to start going down lexical rabbit trails?
to r/words by otterbox313
11 months ago
This is an odd one.
to r/words by otterbox313
11 months ago
Is there a word for pushing someone down the stairs? Like “defenestration” but for stairs.
to r/words by Gaoo_httml
8 months ago
What's your favorite "spooky" word?
to r/words by throwaway3n1p
7 months ago
terminology for:
to r/words by throwaway3n1p
7 months ago
is there a term for switching the letters in a name?
to r/words by bearlife2020
1 year ago
Word for someone who is desired?
to r/words by throwaway3n1p
7 months ago
fancy phrase for someone who uses limited/poor language
to r/words by Optimal_Fox
8 months ago
What is a word for...
to r/words by cerulean_chemist
2 years ago
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a lexicographer’s cerulean dream.
to r/words by poweroverwhelmingg
7 months ago
Is there a word that encompasses religious places of worship of different groups (ie, churches, mosques, temples.. etc)
to r/words by Fistful_of_Soup
1 year ago
Trying to describe this feeling.
to r/words by MamaMoosicorn
8 months ago
Overmorrow
to r/words by Forgot_the_Jacobian
6 months ago
Two definitions of Cajole
to r/words by Bren12310
7 months ago
What’s a high vocabulary word for to be demotivating?