NYT

Ken H. (Australia)
List of most looked-up words used in New York Times
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  1. sui generis
    constituting a class of its own; unique
  2. slipstick
    analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
  3. louche
    of questionable taste or morality
  4. laconic
    brief and to the point
  5. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  6. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  7. epistemological
    of or relating to the study of knowledge
  8. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  9. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  10. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  11. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  12. parlous
    fraught with danger
  13. enervating
    causing weakness or debilitation
  14. adenoidal
    of or pertaining to the adenoids
  15. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  16. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  17. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  18. fealty
    the loyalty that one owes to a country, sovereign, or lord
Created on Fri Jun 12 05:03:08 EDT 2009

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