I thought this was rather interesting, so i figured i'd share. Hope you guys enjoy! =^-^=

What common nine-letter word in the English language is still a word when each of the nine letters is removed, one by one?

I've been doing some clearing of "stuff" at my mother's house and came across an old guide to Coventry Zoo. I'm not sure of the exact date but it mentions that the zoo opened in 1966 and it is priced 1/- so it must date between 1966 and 1973 ( Read more... )

We were learning about different types of bread today in French class. Three main kinds: a very skinny loaf (ficelle), the next biggest size (baguette), and the largest, just a round. From what I understand, the relationship between the amount of crust (croute) and interior (mie) is very important- and the less of mie there is, the better ( Read more... )

sprachgefühl noun. A feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate. (From the German word sprachgefühl, "language feeling.")

http://www.wordspy.com/index/subjects.asp

Slightly off-topic, but...

If you fancy testing the breadth of your vocabulary and doing a little good at the same time, wander over to FreeRice. It's a simple little gizmo: it presents you with a word and four possible meanings. Click on whichever you think the correct meaning is. If you guess correctly, you get a harder word; if not, an easier ( Read more... )

"Bound" is an interesting word. Among it's meanings are "leap", "jump", or "spring". It can also mean "bind" or "tie"; thus making "bound" it's own antonym.

Can anyone think of any other words that are their own antonym?

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bound

"Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t ( Read more... )

I need a word that means crackle, or rustle, or any sound you'd hear in a forest - that starts with a G. I'm stumped. Anybody got anything?

A compound word functioning as an adjective whose last element is in origin a noun. For example, in the phrase high-fiber diet, the compound high-fiber is a bahuvrihi modifying diet that ends in the noun fiber.

[Sanskrit bahuvrīhiḥ, having much rice (an example of the type) : bahu-, much + vrīhiḥ, rice.]

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Here's the deal. I'm looking for a ridiculously complicated, perhaps medical, hopefully terrifying synonym for writer's block. Humor is the ultimate desired goal, but any sufficiently complicated phrase is funny in my book ( Read more... )