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Monday, August 18, 2003

Compendium of Lost Words. From the Compendium of Lost Words. The Compendium lists over 400 of the rarest modern English words - in fact, ones that have been entirely absent from the Internet, including all online dictionaries, until now. Just the place to find words like famelicose, phlyarologist, speustic, and sceptriferous. (Isn't that last one the best?) Link found at Metafilter.... [mirabilis.ca] 5:56:28 PM  Permalink  comment []

What's the difference between Arianna Huffington and a billboard star? [OpinionJournal] Funny, when this first appeared in my news aggregator last night, it was "porn star" instead of "billboard star." 10:37:35 AM  Permalink  comment []

Historical Blackout. James Sparrow has assembled an impressive site on the New York blackouts of 1965 and 1977, and is now adding info on the great darkness of '03. [Via Talking Points Memo.] [Hit & Run] 7:45:59 AM  Permalink  comment []

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