scott baroloNov 19, 2022

I’m going to make a tournament bracket of THE BEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Winner to be determined by head-to-head Mastodon polls.

Nominate your favorite words for the competition by replying to this post 💙

#WordBracket #words #linguistics @bookstodon #BookMastodon #bookstodon #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #bookstodon

Show threadscott barolo
We only need 64 good words to have a proper tournament, so get your suggestions in soon by replying to this thread! Polls will start in December.
Before that, you’ll get a chance to submit your predictions to a bracket competition. Donate USD$10 or more to any charity to enter the bracket competition. Anybody can vote in thr polls. Details will be posted later
Nov 19, 2022 at 4:26pmMetatext
Show threadscott baroloNov 19, 2022
My sincere apologies to all followers of @bookstodon : I didn’t realize that all of the replies would automatically tag the #bookstodon group, and that therefore the followers of that cool group would have to see dozens of suggested words for my upcoming word tournament. I am a bad mastodonian and I have learned my lesson 😔
Show threadbooklettingNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo we are all learning!
Show threadDayna R (they/she)Nov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo @bookstodon I have appreciated the cacophony of multisyllabic words in this timeline. I know not your criteria, but I quite enjoy "petrichor," with "aglet" a close second.
Show threadscott baroloNov 19, 2022
@TrueLoveEditorial aglet is so good!
Show threadLAHNov 19, 2022
@TrueLoveEditorial @scottbarolo @bookstodon Aglet! So good!
Show threadscott baroloNov 20, 2022
@lah @TrueLoveEditorial haha jinx!
Show threadJeffrey HarlanNov 20, 2022
@TrueLoveEditorial
@scottbarolo @bookstodon always loved this bit from Justice League Unlimited:
Show threadRonsboy67Nov 21, 2022
@TrueLoveEditorial @scottbarolo @bookstodon yay for another petrichor fan!
Show threadRonsboy67Nov 21, 2022
@scottbarolo @bookstodon in view of the pleasure it has given many, it seems apt to call your error serendipitous 🙏😁
Show threadEve NebulaNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo ok so i was going to reply with my favorite word and i was going to type a word that is part comprehensive and part confidence, but i couldn't remember how to spell it so i tried to look it up and guess what, i dreamed that word, its not a word. which would be a hilarious thing to do to this poll.
Show threadEve NebulaNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo ✨️compridence✨️
Show threadscott baroloNov 19, 2022
@evenebula hahhaa love it
Show threadEve NebulaNov 20, 2022
@scottbarolo ok ive decided clandestine is my favorite word
Show threadscott baroloNov 20, 2022
@evenebula are you comprident about that
Show threadEve NebulaNov 20, 2022
@scottbarolo hahaha
Show threadEve NebulaNov 20, 2022
@scottbarolo i love words so much i make them up in my sleep
Show threadcunty Nov 19, 2022
Logarithm
Show threadB HaasNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo Not as complex or fun to say as most of the other suggestions, but hear me out: pig and dog
They’re both common words that have been in the English language a very long time and *we don’t know where they came from*
Show threadB HaasNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo I’m also partial to “queue” - lots of letters for a single syllable
Show threadJonNov 20, 2022

@belehaa @scottbarolo Kinda like phlegm, but nicer.

On the flip side, there's acai - barely enough letters for three syllables.

Show threadDan TyrrellNov 19, 2022
rhythm
Show threadDan TyrrellNov 20, 2022
Pretty good for hangman too
Show threadPeer GyntNov 19, 2022
@scottbarolo paraphernalia
Show threadBinneyNov 20, 2022
@scottbarolo I call agnotology (not because I think it's particularly beautiful, it's an ugly thing, but because it gives a name to something that's hard to pin down and important to see)