Topic : Linguists
Can't tell your a posteriori from your a priori? Look 'em up in the "Dictionary of Difficult Words," a website that asks, "Do you aim to become a member of the literati, or do you wish to be a savant? Do you want to avoid being verbigerative and be succinct instead?" If you answered yes, yes, yes, and yes, check out their list of words here.
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Check out a word sleuth in action: See how this lexicographer, who writes the Language Hat blog, answers the question, "why is that there is an 'oldfangled' and a 'newfangled' but no 'fangled'?" Click here for the response.
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