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burntsox has added 71 words, 3 lists, 65 comments, and 3 tags.

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sylph   has been listed 44 times with 5 comments
sep   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
reastiness   has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
azotic   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
mephitic   has been listed 28 times with 2 comments
ptisan   has been listed 3 times with 4 comments
loquacious   has been listed 230 times with 2 comments
reify   has been listed 38 times with 3 comments
skulk   has been listed 43 times with 5 comments
estrous   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
march madness   has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
poltergeist   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments
crossword puzzle   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
86   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
abattoir   has been listed 44 times with 11 comments
abattoir   has been listed 44 times with 11 comments
gamine   has been listed 24 times with 3 comments
magic   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
gilding the lily   has been listed 3 times with 3 comments
phonagnosia   has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
merry christmas   has been listed 2 times with 33 comments
auxesis   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
shinty   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
preternatural   has been listed 55 times with 1 comment
ipod   has been listed 16 times with 1 comment
ubiquitous   has been listed 151 times with 3 comments
calumny   has been listed 66 times with 3 comments
owling   has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
homologous   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
ahoy   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
fraternity   has been listed 8 times with 3 comments
sanitize   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
simonize   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
fjord   has been listed 37 times with 0 comments
maelstrom   has been listed 80 times with 1 comment
ruidoso   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
callipygian   has been listed 161 times with 10 comments
fulsome   has been listed 43 times with 2 comments
accommodation   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
biometrics   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
demarche   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
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9 months ago kewpid said:

Ahhh, I see. It's also listed here under callipygian

9 months ago chained_bear said:

That is one fiiiiine criterion.

9 months ago burntsox said:

It's not a real dictionary ... and certainly not worth taking out of the bookstore ... if it doesn't have a listing for "callipygian."

The word isn't so obscure, yet dictionaries that don't have something at this level aren't very interesting.

9 months ago kewpid said:

What do you mean?

9 months ago burntsox said: callipygian

My threshhold for choosing a dictionary.

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