Posts: General / New York Times 50 Most Chellenging Words

http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/06/15/new-york-times-50-most-challenging-words-defined-and-used/



Derived from a list of words that new york times online readers' most frequently look up using a tool on their website.



I am happy to see "Feckless" has made the list. 

"Inchoate" was dictionary.com's word of the day a few days ago! :D

I made flash cards of the words I didn't know
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A few of their definitions bothered me. They gave a very simplistic definition without considering the linguistic roots of some of the words. The most bothersome to me were antediluvian, which literally means before the deluge (the Biblical one), sanguine, which comes from the Latin for blood (hence words like consanguinity) and is related to the ancient Humors, and laconic, which is directly related to Spartan wit and brevity of speech (coming from Lacedaemon). I think these are important linguistic pieces of information that should be included in these definitions since they tell you why things are named the way they are.

ultron: A few of their definitions bothered me. They gave a very simplistic definition without considering the linguistic roots of some of the words. The most bothersome to me were antediluvian, which literally means before the deluge (the Biblical one), sanguine, which comes from the Latin for blood (hence words like consanguinity) and is related to the ancient Humors, and laconic, which is directly related to Spartan wit and brevity of speech (coming from Lacedaemon). I think these are important linguistic pieces of information that should be included in these definitions since they tell you why things are named the way they are.

omg wtf lol

spazdaq:




omg wtf lol

spazdaq:


omg wtf lol

seriously.

Oh, whatever. You would have appreciated that 4 years ago.

ultron: Oh, whatever. You would have appreciated that 4 years ago.

it was actually a joke and a social commentary on the lackluster vocabulary of the internet generation. i appreciated it just fine =]

This thread has it all!  

Am I the only one who's noticed "Chellenging"?