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Words / word suggestion: tractored
« on: February 17, 2024, 03:04:50 AM »

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Words / word suggestion: versicule
« on: January 30, 2024, 08:07:00 AM »

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Words / lambent common?
« on: January 30, 2024, 08:04:03 AM »
Per the OED:
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lambent typically occurs about 0.08 times per million words in modern written English.

I had to look up its meaning. I've probably encountered it before, but not with sufficient frequency to make it part of my vocabulary!

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Words / techno common?
« on: November 29, 2023, 06:01:10 AM »
Is techno — 'A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set' — really a common word? Despite years of work in the technology field I never encountered the word before, but I suspect I'm too old for that type of music.

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Words / pleb common?
« on: November 14, 2023, 03:42:10 AM »
A few years ago (well, 13½ years ago — time flies), Alan explained why alit should not be common. According to the Ngram Viewer, pleb is even less common, outside of a spike at the end of the XIXth century which seems sufficiently long ago that it shouldn't be a factor. ISTM consistency should make pleb a rare word.

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Words / word suggestion: fanfic
« on: November 06, 2023, 02:14:41 PM »
Here is the entry from Wiktionary

Even the OED has an entry for fanfic

It is, of course, made from fan + fiction.

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Words / gelignite common?
« on: October 09, 2023, 03:36:05 PM »
I just finished a 'Your Puzzles' game which had gelignite — not only as a common word but as the seed word! (It was the only common word I didn't get in this puzzle.) I don't recall ever encountering this word before and had to look it up ... and it still doesn't seem common to me. What do others think?

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Words / word suggestion: urethaning
« on: October 04, 2023, 02:57:20 AM »
It was the first word I thought of on the unearthing / unhearting game!  ;D

Its meaning should be obvious.

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Words / fungoid is common???
« on: September 25, 2023, 10:02:18 AM »
I don't think so. What do others think?

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Words / word suggestion: sprouter
« on: September 03, 2023, 06:21:03 AM »
A sprouter is a device specifically designed to sprout seeds (e.g. alfalfa, beets, fenugreek, peas, lentils, mung beans, mustard, radish, wheatgrass, etc.).

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Words / word suggestion: stepdad
« on: August 14, 2023, 07:31:46 AM »
I know Alan doesn't care for comments about surprise to find a word missing, so I'll skip that comment  >:D  but I did expect stepdad to be accepted and even be classified as common. If the word list is also missing stepmom and stepmum, I think they should also be added. (I'm assuming stepfather and stepmother are already accepted.)

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Words / terrine common?
« on: July 25, 2023, 04:54:02 AM »
Ngram Viewer for tureen and terrine broken down

From what I could find tureen is the Anglicised version of terrine

For GB English and US English, tureen is fairly equal during the entire period.

For GB English and US English, terrine is negligible until mid-1970s when it began climbing rapidly for both (I'm sure there is a reason for that! — some cookbooks on French cooking which wasn't satisfied with the existing, Anglicised version of the word?). But starting in the late 1990s, terrine appears continue its rise in frequency for GB English but NOT for US English where its frequency flattened. Then, about 2010, terrine's appearance in GB English skyrocketed whilst dropping in US English.

By 2019, terrine is used more than four times as frequently in GB English (0.0000332931%) as US English (0.0000082637%).

The OED doesn't distinguish types of English for its typical frequency calculations, but shows tureen 'typically occurs about 0.2 times per million words in modern written English, whereas terrine 'typically occurs about 0.1 times per million words in modern written English'. IMNSHO, a word used only half as frequently as tureen probably isn´t 'common'.

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Whatever / Butterflies
« on: May 17, 2023, 01:42:40 PM »
Thought a few forumites would find this of interest:
The Origin of Butterflies: A 100 Million-Year-Old Mystery Unraveled

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Words / chignon is common?
« on: January 10, 2023, 05:10:40 AM »
The five least-played 'common' words in the anchoring game were
155 conga
145 nacho
114 rhino
 82 chagrin
 47 chignon

ISTM that should be sufficient evidence for reclassification. (I had to look up the word.)

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