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Octopus

8 Words Commonly Confused

Posted on Tuesday the 8th of October 2019Monday the 13th of April 2020 by M-A

A helpful guide for distinguishing “octopus” and other related words.

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"Pocket Square" by David Ring (2015)

Dryer Sheet Style Guide for the Natty Young Gentleman

Posted on Saturday the 29th of December 2018Saturday the 1st of February 2020 by M-A

Every style-conscious young gentleman should learn the proper employment of a dryer sheet.

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"Samuel Johnson" by Joshua Reynolds (1775)

Irregardless Dictionary of Nonwords (entry #3)

Posted on Monday the 26th of January 2015Friday the 10th of April 2020 by M-A

Nonwords include: anakronphobia, babelnym, like, porange, scatagories, scuttlebutt and sthlee.

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"Samuel Johnson" by Joshua Reynolds (1775)

Irregardless Dictionary of Nonwords (entry #2)

Posted on Saturday the 26th of January 2013Friday the 10th of April 2020 by M-A

Nonwords include: afterwaft, biget, buttaful, claustrophobia, doppeldangler, evesdrop and jovenistic.

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"Samuel Johnson" by Joshua Reynolds (1775)

Irregardless Dictionary of Nonwords (entry #1)

Posted on Friday the 7th of December 2012Friday the 10th of April 2020 by M-A

Nonwords include: cuticles, elemeno, mollycoddle, octopieces, scrooth, titular and zanzibar.

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"Guy Fawkes or The Anniversary of the Popish Plot" by John Doyle (1830)

Words I Often Confuse

Posted on Tuesday the 3rd of July 2012Friday the 31st of January 2020 by M-A

Words include: eulogy, effigy, epithet, epigram, epigraph and epitaph.

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