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 ===== Letter S =====
-S is the letter that is the beginning of more English words than any other.[([[https://mocomi.com/what-letter-starts-the-most-words-in-the-english-language/|thefreedictionary]])]
+S is the letter that is the beginning of more English words than any other.[([[https://mocomi.com/what-letter-starts-the-most-words-in-the-english-language/|mocomi]])]
+===== Funny Words =====
+The top 10 most funny terms in the English language, according to academics at the University of Warwick, are booty, tit, booby, hooter, nitwit, twit, waddle, tinkling, bebop, and egghead.[([[https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/booty_booby_and/|warwick]])]
+===== Good =====
+With 370 synonyms, the word "good" has the most in the English language.[([[https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/good|thesaurus]])]
+===== Callipygian =====
+It's true that there is an English word for "shapely buttocks." It's "callipygian", by the way. It derives from the Greek word "kallipygos", which means "kallos (beautiful) + pyge" (buttocks).[([[https://1word1day.livejournal.com/tag/wordsmith:%20spikesgirl58|1word1day]])]
+===== Longest Word Without Vowels =====
+"Rhythms" is the longest word in general usage without a vowel.[([[https://www.word-grabber.com/word-trivia/longest-word-without-vowels|word-grabber]])]
+===== Misused Word =====
+Ironic is the English word that is most frequently misused. Many people mistake irony for sarcasm, coincidence, or paradox.[([[https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-irony-is-not/|thereader]])]
+===== Rhinorrhea =====
+The medical name for "runny nose" is "rhinorrhea".[([[https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/runny-nose/basics/definition/sym-20050640|mayoclinic]])]

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