Wordplay

Obscure & Fun

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3

Lovely, pointless, or both?

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

'Urbane,' 'incisive,' and other good things to be

17 of the Finest Words for Drinking

Try these out at your next happy hour

Words for Dictionary Supernerds

Know the language of the lexicographer

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 4

More words, more beautiful, more useless

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

10 Better Ways to Say Underwear

Get your knickers in a twist

Uncommon Opposites

Yes, it is possible to be kempt, couth, ruly, and gruntled

Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words

Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy

13 Wonderful Words That You're Not Using (Yet)

Words as delightful as they are rare

'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives

In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these

Words for That Certain Person

Specific behaviors and those who embody them

16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek

Don’t watch without reading this, you little frippets!

10 Words for Uncommon Colors

Color names taken from paintings, flowers, fleas & more

8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

When we go loquat, we also go salsify

10 Hella Good U.S. Regionalisms

We’re on a word tour, going each and every place with a mic in our hand

15 Words for Creepy Creatures

Who are you calling a hodag? Time to find out!

A Thoughtful Guide to Words About Nonsense

Meshuggaas, Codswallop & More

Ten More Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Simple But Intelligent Word Choices, Vol. 2

10 Words We'd Like to See Used More Often

Cicisbeo, Lickpenny, and other gems from Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged

Regionalisms: We Don't Call it That Around Here

Just because we all use the same internet doesn’t mean we all use the same words

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 2

More great words, many quite pointless.

13 Unusually Long English Words

Pulchritudinous and many more
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