Anyone notice the irony behind "hyphenated" and "non-hyphenated"?
If a word describes itself, it is homological. If a word does not describe itself, it is heterological. So is heterological homological or heterological?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
Monosyllabic isn't.
One word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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