This is a thread for listing every word in English

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So that people of the future may look back and see what words we used.

I'll start:

inky

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

volte-face

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

zoid

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

beagle

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

slather

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

TOM FRIEDMAN TO THREAD

dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

lifting

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

avuncular

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

is

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

encephalitis

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of interjections, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc. These figures take no account of entries with senses for different parts of speech (such as noun and adjective).

This is an annoying thread.

x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

am

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

copraphagous

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

a

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

chimp

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

postprandial

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

confetti

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

hunter

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://static.wired.com/gallery/96/46/stuff/jpegs/i.jpeg

dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck

St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

plinth

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

pimposity

Bumfluff, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

polster

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

fragile

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

gelogenic

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

wombat

ryan (ryan), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

borborygmus

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

cuntalicious

The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

contribute

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

philately

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

MODERATOR!!!!!

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

dabble

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Jaymc, are a "chimp confetti-hunter" or a "chimp-confetti hunter?" If the former, wow, you type really well, for a chimp: why don't you just order some confetti off of the internet? If the latter, that's really evil of you to blow all those chimps to bits.

nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

jeltastic

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

jeremy took care of a few

de, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

polysynody

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

grabass

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

kumquat

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

nabisco

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

mmrraweg

St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

cran-apple

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

procrastibator

St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

croissandwich

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Nabisco: that was bait for a certain Bay Area ILXor. (I figured possessive forms were not allowed.)

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

robotech

St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

cassingle

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

zoom

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

invigilate

Brisk Young Bastard, Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

inveigh

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 July 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

butcher

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

mazurka

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

drilling

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

elan

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

nautch

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

conoid

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

little

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

succedaneum

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

jism

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

nebula

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

seasonal

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

succubus

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

succour

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

leprous

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

cuss

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

litigious

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

gong

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

heiratic

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

behest

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

synagogue

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

leguminous

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

road

Brisk Young Bastard, Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

aghast

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

roadkill

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

penpal

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

breasticles

Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 31 July 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

persqueeter

Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 31 July 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

true

JimD (JimD), Saturday, 31 July 2004 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

think

JimD (JimD), Saturday, 31 July 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

nip

JimD (JimD), Saturday, 31 July 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Jim!

JimD (JimD), Saturday, 31 July 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

post-prandial

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:08 (twenty-one years ago)

chunder

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:09 (twenty-one years ago)

dunderhead

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

abstemious

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

spurious

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

sanctimonious

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ureaformeldahide

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

strumpet

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:17 (twenty-one years ago)

flugelhorn

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:17 (twenty-one years ago)

scatology

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

flan

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

vituperate

C J (C J), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

haughty

C J (C J), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

ordure

C J (C J), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

flivver

C J (C J), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

scrod

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

quauhaug

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

pink

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

slaw

Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)


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