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John has added 2,185 words, 50 lists, 2,606 comments, and 1,012 tags.

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This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
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cacozelia   was added by John and has been listed 15 times with 2 comments

hypallage   was added by John and has been listed 14 times with 3 comments

resyllabification   was added by telofy and has been listed 2 times with 2 comments

infix   was added by telofy and has been listed 10 times with 1 comment

isogloss   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 6 comments

ablaut   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 3 comments

cacography   was added by John and has been listed 11 times with 1 comment

adoxography   was added by John and has been listed 25 times with 2 comments

sweet tooth fairy   was added by gangerh and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

grapheme   was added by John and has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

orthography   was added by John and has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

rhotic   was added by John and has been listed 11 times with 4 comments

digraph   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

apheresis   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 3 comments

rhopalic   was added by John and has been listed 6 times with 4 comments

mondegreen   was added by John and has been listed 75 times with 11 comments

malaprop   was added by John and has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

euphonious   was added by John and has been listed 35 times with 1 comment

cognate   was added by John and has been listed 24 times with 0 comments

karmadharaya   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment

etymon   was added by John and has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

polysemy   was added by John and has been listed 31 times with 0 comments

sprachgefühl   was added by John and has been listed 24 times with 15 comments

antanaclasis   was added by John and has been listed 16 times with 2 comments

lemma   was added by John and has been listed 21 times with 1 comment

polyptoton   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 5 comments

tatpurusha   was added by John and has been listed 6 times with 2 comments

homograph   was added by John and has been listed 7 times with 0 comments

semordnilap   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 3 comments

capitonym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 8 comments

spoonerism   was added by John and has been listed 69 times with 13 comments

calque   was added by John and has been listed 24 times with 2 comments

boustrophedonic   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 1 comment

polysyndeton   was added by John and has been listed 18 times with 5 comments

majuscule   was added by John and has been listed 20 times with 0 comments

loganamnosis   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 3 comments

autological   was added by John and has been listed 15 times with 1 comment

logodaedalus   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments

sprachgefühl   was added by John and has been listed 24 times with 15 comments

pasigraphy   was added by John and has been listed 11 times with 1 comment

macaronic   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 17 times with 1 comment

utter   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 19 times with 0 comments

logomachy   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 16 times with 1 comment

assonance   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 36 times with 2 comments

sesquipedalian   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 263 times with 35 comments

zeugma   was added by fbharjo and has been listed 78 times with 27 comments

cat kisses   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment

shoecabbage   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 9 comments

hypernymy   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

heterographic   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment

allographic   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment

abjad   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments

panvocalic   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 7 comments

retrovocalic   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment

alphavocalic   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

polysemania   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 3 comments

boustrophedon   was added by John and has been listed 47 times with 6 comments

orthoepy   was added by John and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

basonym   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 56 comments

lexeme   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 0 comments

copula   was added by John and has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

metathesis   was added by John and has been listed 17 times with 1 comment

orthography   was added by John and has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

onanym   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 3 times with 8 comments

verbum dicendi   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

oligosemantonym   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 2 times with 5 comments

verb   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 12 comments

word apnea   was added by John and has been listed 6 times with 9 comments

lexicography   was added by John and has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

wordie   was added by John and has been listed 51 times with 22 comments

dord   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 2 comments

introuvable   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 3 comments

onomatomania   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 8 comments

onomatopoeia   was added by John and has been listed 216 times with 8 comments

lexome   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 15 comments

lexisphere   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 14 comments

lexicographic irregulars   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment

euonym   was added by John and has been listed 15 times with 4 comments

toponym   was added by John and has been listed 16 times with 1 comment

tautonym   was added by John and has been listed 7 times with 13 comments

Synonym   was added by John and has been listed 29 times with 8 comments

retronym   was added by John and has been listed 30 times with 0 comments

pseudonym   was added by John and has been listed 43 times with 2 comments

patronym   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

paronym   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment

oronym   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 4 comments

metronym   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 2 comments

metonym   was added by John and has been listed 14 times with 8 comments

meronym   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 1 comment

hyponym   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

hyperonym   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

hypernym   was added by John and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

homonym   was added by John and has been listed 15 times with 9 comments

heteronym   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

exonym   was added by John and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

eponym   was added by John and has been listed 30 times with 0 comments

contronym   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 1 comment

contranym   was added by John and has been listed 7 times with 5 comments

capitonym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 8 comments

bacronym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment

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about 1 year ago bilby said:

If we have anonymous then I suspect at some stage in the past anonym was in general use. And the concept is useful: anonym, a thing without a name, a thing that is unable to be identified or defined.
Post-script: now that I've listed anonym, WordNET has put up an intriguing definition for it.

over 2 years ago John said:

Tomsteele, thanks for 'euonym'. Sarra, Synonym being captialized is an artifact of when I first launched the site, before I'd standardized on lowercase. I guess I find it faintly amusing that it's the only capitalized word (I'm easily amused), so I haven't corrected it. It's amazing how many people have noticed it -- there have been numerous comments and emails.

over 2 years ago tomsteele said:

euonym! It won the 1997 spelling bee.

over 2 years ago sarra said:

Now, tell us, why is "Synonym" the only capitalised Word I've seen on the whole site? It's most jarring!

over 2 years ago wilding592 said:

bring me a shrubbery

over 2 years ago John said:

Thanks to pedalinfaith for pointing me to this page, from which I stole many of these words :-)

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