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nkocharh has added 796 words, 29 lists, 64 comments, and 0 tags.

I do not think it means what you think it means

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vigorish   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
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7 months ago mollusque said:

How about take the next exit?

7 months ago sionnach said:

How about enormity, which has nothing to do with size? And noisome, which has nothing to do with noise? Then there are the old standbys: decimate and enervate.

Not to mention such intrinsically ambiguous locutions as bimonthly and biweekly, where roughly half the population will not interpret them the way you do.

But then, I've had problems with the apparently innocent term 'next Saturday'.

7 months ago reesetee said:

And then there's penultimate. Nice list, nkocharh.

7 months ago kaulnalin said:

The kick ass Princess Bride reference yet "Inconceivable" is nowhere to be found on the list? Inigo would be rather perturbed by that.

about 1 year ago slumry said:

Your list is begging for the word fulsome!

about 1 year ago amydlite said:

you should add the most common misuse of the word for more fun

about 1 year ago Asativum said: Great list

What about "comprise"? Nobody gets that one right.

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