sesquipedalianism

[nightlysparks]

There is nothing quite like finding a word you have never ever seen before, but is quite delicious. Anne Fadiman has an article about it in her book Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, which I of course recommend to all my reader-y friends (you know who you are).

So -- via tavaril -- I found Free Rice! which is not just a fun delicious vocabulary

Comments

[shoomlah]

I knew caprine and sibilance (of course, the animal words), but that doesn't mean I didn't run into tons of my own words that I didn't know- recalcitrant, abstemious and I are new friends.

-C

[nightlysparks]

recalcitrant is one of my favoooorites!

As I was clicking those two, I thought "Hey, C would know these..." :)

[manda2703]

FreeRice has provided countless hours of entertainment for me as I sit at my ever-so-boring desk job. Love you for posting that link!

I managed to hit 40 before my boss got pissy that I was nearly double her score and made me do real work