The Most Unusual Word Contest concluded on Sunday the 8th. The winning words and their definitions are as follows:
1st Place goes to - batrachophagous: Feeding on frogs
2nd Place goes to - verbigerate: 1. To talk; chat. 2. To repeat a word or sentence, in speaking or writing, without wishing to do so or in spite of efforts to cease.
And there was a tie for 3rd Place between -
squeehaw: out of alignment, e.g., if you hang a picture and it's off kilter, it's squeehaw (Could not find in dictionary but there are many references to the word on Google. Must be regional slang.) and
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
Thank you for all of the entries, each and every one was a winning word in its own way. Also, as I still do not have contact information for some of the listed winners, stay tuned - your word may still be in the running.
If you see your word on the winning words list and you are one of the aforementioned individuals, please send me your address via the comment section on the blog.
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Showing posts with label Most Unusual Word Contest. Show all posts
Friday, June 13, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Most Unusual Word Contest Deadline Approaches
Tomorrow is the Last Day to Enter the Most Unusual Word Contest
For more details click:
http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
Don't miss out on your chance to win an impressive array of prizes.
For more details click:
http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
Don't miss out on your chance to win an impressive array of prizes.
Friday, May 30, 2008
The Most Unusual Word Contest -- Word List
Following are the words that have been entered in the Most Unusual Word Contest thus far:
gewgaw, catawampus, bloviate, imbroglio, irregardless, filibuster, troncmaster, pwnennia, quinquennium, verbigerate, uranus, anemone, discombobulated, donnybrook, sesquipedalian verbiage, hubizens, borborygmus, deglycyrrhizinated, sanguivorous, squeehaw, googlewhack, extrapolate, octarchy, lachrymatory, paraskevidekatriaphobia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, batrachophagous, naked = A note made in a burial register when the corpse was unshrouded and the coffin unlined.
Zygosaccharomyces
Don't forget to enter the contest. For details and instructions click - http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
gewgaw, catawampus, bloviate, imbroglio, irregardless, filibuster, troncmaster, pwnennia, quinquennium, verbigerate, uranus, anemone, discombobulated, donnybrook, sesquipedalian verbiage, hubizens, borborygmus, deglycyrrhizinated, sanguivorous, squeehaw, googlewhack, extrapolate, octarchy, lachrymatory, paraskevidekatriaphobia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, batrachophagous, naked = A note made in a burial register when the corpse was unshrouded and the coffin unlined.
Zygosaccharomyces
Don't forget to enter the contest. For details and instructions click - http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
Friday, May 23, 2008
The Most Unusual Word Contest
Enter to Win "A Walk in the Words" T-Shirts and other prizes.
To enter: Please submit your favorite unusual word by clicking on the comment button below.
Please include your name, city where you are located, and an email address where I can reach you.
You may only enter once so make sure your unusual word is really different.
The winners will be selected by a panel of judges including me and devoted Walk in the Words readers Lori and Tanya.
What qualifies as an unusual word? A word that is not well known, a word that sounds unusual, a known word with an unusual meaning. Your word cannot be made up and there must be a citable reference of its usage.
Examples: Not well known word -- pebble pup: A young child interested in studying,
collecting and working with rocks.
Unusual sounding word -- tintinnabulation: The ringing of bells.
Known word with unusual meaning -- yard sale: A wipe out in downhill skiing where skis, poles, hat, etc. end up strewn along the mountainside.
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
To enter: Please submit your favorite unusual word by clicking on the comment button below.
Please include your name, city where you are located, and an email address where I can reach you.
You may only enter once so make sure your unusual word is really different.
The winners will be selected by a panel of judges including me and devoted Walk in the Words readers Lori and Tanya.
What qualifies as an unusual word? A word that is not well known, a word that sounds unusual, a known word with an unusual meaning. Your word cannot be made up and there must be a citable reference of its usage.
Examples: Not well known word -- pebble pup: A young child interested in studying,
collecting and working with rocks.
Unusual sounding word -- tintinnabulation: The ringing of bells.
Known word with unusual meaning -- yard sale: A wipe out in downhill skiing where skis, poles, hat, etc. end up strewn along the mountainside.
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
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