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Top Ten Words

Here’s some fun trivia for the wordy folk:

From the Merriam-Webster site:

Top 10 most looked up words:

1. Pretentious
2. Ubiquitous
3. Love
4. Cynical
5. Apathetic
6. Conundrum
7. Albeit
8. Ambiguous
9. Integrity
10. Affect / Effect

If you need some trivia (or delight in being insufferable at family gatherings) try these:

M-W Top 10 Lists

Top 10 Words With Remarkable Origins
Top 10 Most Frequently Searched Words on M-W.com
Words For Things You Didn’t Know Have Names, Vol. 2
Top 10 Unusually Long and Interesting Words
Top 10 Words from Trademarks
User-Submitted Words, Vol. 4
Top 10 Commonly Confused Words, Vol. 2
Top 10 Unusual Phobias, Vol. 2
Top 10 Words of the 1970s
Words For Things You Didn’t Know Have Names, Vol. 1
Top 10 Commonly Confused Words, Vol. 1
User-Submitted Words, Vol. 3
Phrases from Shakespeare
Top 10 Words of the 1980s
Favorite Definitions
Top 10 Words of Summer
Words That Come from “Mother”
Top 10 New Words for Old Things
Top 10 Words Born in Conflict
User-Submitted Words, Vol. 2
Top 10 Words from the Bible
Top 10 Words of the 1990s
Top 10 Words from People’s Names
Top 10 Unusual Phobias, Vol. 1
Top 10 Words from Place Names
Top 10 Mashup Words
Top 10 Words of the ’00s
User-Submitted Words, Vol. 1
Top 10 Odd Words for Underwear
Strange Words for Body Functions
Top 10 Surprising Food Words
Words Inspired by Filmmakers

Anyway, have some good clean word fun over the holidays!

Stephen

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Posted on: December 23, 2010, 7:19 am Category: Uncategorized

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  1. #2 should be “Ubiquitous” 🙂

  2. fixed. thx

  3. nice english words
    keep up the good work