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so who wants to test their vocabulary? -- (link)

Posted by mafic Sep 17 '12, 23:33

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http://www.testyourvocab.com/ (www.testyourvocab.com)

Responses:

32,900 -- nm - JenBro Sep 18, 05:56
35,000 -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 18, 04:43 7
- Although I've long noticed that we rarely use a wide range of vocabulary in everyday speech. - CovingtonCat Sep 18, 04:52 6
  - I forget the terms, but remember learning in high school that we have two different vocabularies. - ty97 Sep 18, 05:13 5
    - That's a phallusy. I am completely cognizant in my vocabulary and I use every word i know unsparingly and sporadically. -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 05:16 4
      - Paging Dr Freud -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 05:17 3
        
        Admit it - you didn't read past phallusy. -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 05:19 2
        
        I did, but only to seem if there was a theme. -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 05:20 1
        
        I dong think I could put that many intercourses into a single sentence, even using backdoor methods. I'd try, but I'd probably blow it. -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 05:26
25,400. I've always disliked how poor my vocab is. -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 04:38 1
- I knew mine would be bad. - Strongbad Sep 18, 04:39
22,900 -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 04:35
28,300 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 04:32
10 -- nm - CQ Sep 18, 03:37 2
- Villa. Pool. Coors. Get. Your. Shit. Tight. What are the other three? -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 03:56 1
  - Pinch, Birdie, Finn -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 04:28
43,400 -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 17, 23:56
27,200 words ... seems low -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 23:45 15
- I refuse to believe that "spargle" and "chivvy" are real words! nm - ralph wiggum Sep 17, 23:53 14
  - I liked 'deracinate'. hadn't actually heard it before, but could figure it out from the roots, so to speak. -- nm - mafic Sep 18, 01:03
  - chivvy should be in use for the election season. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 18, 00:00
  - they are. not much used these days though -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 17, 23:57
  - Correction: "sparge" nm - ralph wiggum Sep 17, 23:57 7
    - Loosi should know that one, its when you separate the grains from the wort when brewing -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 00:43
    - spargle is also one, but german -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 18, 00:00
    - spargle is also one, but german -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 17, 23:59 4
      - Yes, I know spargle, that's why I miss-typed. :) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 18, 00:01 3
        
        Mother eff! 'mis-typed' nm - ralph wiggum Sep 18, 00:02 2
        
        I 'm suprised you know spargle -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 18, 00:03 1
        
        My sister and I have an ongoing thing about spargle because of this German/Austrian restaurant we used to like with the white spargle. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 18, 00:05
  - I did not checkmark those words. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 23:54 2
    - I suspected a couple of those words as being like the fake drug names they used to put on DARE surveys in H.S. to weed out joke responses. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 18, 00:00 1
      - "I know Weinstein's parents were upset, but it sounded so made up. yom kippur..." -- nm - mafic Sep 18, 01:09

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