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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — hiybbprqag
Thursday, February 10th, 2011The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — hiybbprqag. This one is double-tricky. Hiybbprqag was one of the nonsensical words Google used in their efforts to catch Bing copying their search results (story here).
Paris Review – Tough Guys Don’t Dance, Alex Gilvarry
Friday, December 3rd, 201020 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Unpublished letters to the Editor: ‘Dear Sir, I Could Go On…’ – Telegraph
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — swish fulfillment
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — swish fulfillment. It’s always good but this one is great.
Collins dictionary asks public to rescue outdated words – Telegraph
Monday, September 27th, 2010Collins dictionary asks public to rescue outdated words – Telegraph. (bc) I like all these words! I think last time I spoke to my Dad he used at least three of them in normal conversation…