Monday, February 13, 2006

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Friday's web zen--wordy zen--includes a link to Ask Oxford, the place where Oxford Dictionary aces answer all of the peculiar questions you simply can't go another day without having resolved.  Examples: the opposite of exceed, the word for a word which is another word spelled backwards, and words containing uu. Splitting at the hyperseams with lexical overmuchness, this site is.

My favorite Q&A, however, and the one to which I first returned for practical usage was the name for a group of cats: clowder.  When the Villanova Wildcat contingent rushed the court after knocking of #1 UConn (much to my satisfaction, I'll add) earlier this evening, I had something to call it by.

Posted by Derek Mueller at February 13, 2006 10:20 PM to Ground Swell