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Friday’s web zen–wordy
\nzen<\/a>–includes a link to
\nAsk Oxford<\/a>,
\nthe place where Oxford Dictionary aces answer all of the peculiar questions you
\nsimply can’t go another day without having resolved.  Examples:
\n
\nthe opposite of exceed<\/a>,
\n
\nthe word for a word which is another word spelled backwards<\/a>, and
\n
\nwords containing uu<\/i><\/a>. Splitting at the hyperseams with lexical
\novermuchness, this site is.<\/p>\n

My favorite Q&A, however, and the one to which I first returned for practical
\nusage was
\nthe
\nname for a group of cats<\/a>: clowder.  When the Villanova Wildcat
\ncontingent rushed the court after knocking of #1 UConn (much to my satisfaction,
\nI’ll add) earlier this evening, I had something to call it by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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