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  2. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...

  3. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    Excluded are the numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / [1] [2] of Schenectady is not immediately obvious, but neither is it counterintuitive.

  4. Inherently funny word - Wikipedia

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    [16] [14] According to Westbury, "there's actually a consistent relationship between how funny [non‑words] are and how weird they are". [12] The entropy explanation also supports the notion that words with a 'k' in them tend to be more funny, as the letter 'k' is one of the least frequently used letters in the English language. [13]

  5. Lists of English words - Wikipedia

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    1.1 With unusual spelling. 1.2 By formation. 1.3 By pronunciation. 1.4 By provenance. 1.5 By part of speech. ... List of words ending in ology-graphy-ism; By ...

  6. -gry puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Another similar one is words ending in -cion, of which the common words are coercion, scion, and suspicion. [ 29 ] [ 35 ] The most similar to the gry puzzle in form is to find three words that contain the letter sequence shion , to which the answer is cu shion , fa shion , and pari shion er ; this is typically stated by giving cushion and ...

  7. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  8. List of acronyms: K - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter K. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  9. List of English words without rhymes - Wikipedia

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    angst / ˈ-æ ŋ k s t / rhymes with manxed [5] and wangst, self-indulgent self-pity (a portmanteau of wank and angst); phalanxed is not a perfect rhyme because the stress is on the wrong syllable. The alternative American pronunciation / ˈ ɑː ŋ k s t / has no rhymes. [6] angsty / ˈ-æ ŋ k s t i / rhymes with planxty, an Irish or Welsh ...