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Pedants' corner

Pedants. What is your favourite word?

57 replies

Sixofone · 02/02/2008 23:27

Mine is trundle. Although, squiffy is a close second.

Yes, I've been at the wine.

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Ponders · 25/09/2012 22:18
Grin

(I was embarrassingly pleased!)

monsterchild · 25/09/2012 22:27

I like palindromes

and scootillator, but it may be exactly wrong for this thread...

ByTheWay1 · 26/09/2012 11:34

I like crepuscular, it sounds creepy and means "of the twilight" - so is a bit creepy...

and "squozen" which is also exactly wrong!

Terry2025 · 22/12/2025 23:46

How delightful to find a Pedants corner

words anyone?

Heckate · 23/12/2025 12:32

Incidentally, is there a word in English for a word that is stressed on the ante-penultimate syllable?

Paroxytone

MylipstickiscalledHugMe · 02/01/2026 15:24

What a delicious thread. Why didn't I think of fortuitously, or manuscript?

My favourites, for decades, have been turquoise, Peebles, clafoutis and pamphlet

To type: minimse and people

Heckate · 02/01/2026 15:32

Pedants' corner.

Borborygmus

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