This word is a total fucking clown. Look at all those silent consonants, just begging to confuse foreigners vainly attempting to understand this ridiculous language. It is pronounced “AP-uh-them” and is the preferred British English spelling to the more common apothegm, which isn’t at all common, except in GRE study guides. In fact, it is [...]
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Nomz
Oh I love you, nomz. Love love love. And I’m a fucking DUDE. A big dude. You probably wouldn’t fuck with me unless you were a still bigger dude and then I feel sorry for you because it must be hard to find jackets. But I still love this word and I’m so happy the internet [...]
Assassination
This one is easy. I love “assassination” because it has two asses. I learned this from a kid named Amir in the sixth grade, and I cannot write this word without remembering that wonderful moment when I realized I was writing “ass” on my spelling test. An interesting fact about this word, it actually comes [...]
Eleemosynary
There is a lot to love about this word. How many words can boast three E’s in the first four letters? (Okay, epee is one, but that word is lame). It has two Y’s, and we all love Y because it’s the underdog of the vowels; everybody wants to see more Y (it sleeps with [...]
Sex
For most people, this is not a hard word to love. Everybody loves sex, except for nuns, virgins, Mormons, and guys with very very small penises and the women who pretend to love them. But I love the word itself, not just its meaning. I love it because you take this complicated act, this act [...]
Onion
This is an easy one. I love the word “onion” because the O looks like an onion. Actually, there are two onions in the word onion. Not only is this the greatest word to describe this vegetable, it’s also the best word for it in the WORLD. Spanish: cebolla German: zwiebel Swahili: kitunguu Chinese: yang [...]
