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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2011

Ammon Shea spent a year reading the dictionary and wrote "Reading the OED." It is full of funny old words.

"Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" by Ammon Shea: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PJ4LEU?ie=UTF8&tag=quirknonfi-20&...

Airling -- a person who is young and thoughtless
Backfriend -- a fake friend. A secret enemy.
Bed swerver- an unfaithful spouse
Balter -- to dance clumsily
Fard- to put on makeup to hide blemishes
happify -- to make happy
jive-ass -- a person who loves fun and excitement
wondercloth -- a thing that is showy but worthless

Random Shakespearean insult generators:
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
http://www.acepilots.com/bard/random-insult.html
http://www.mainstrike.com/mstservices/handy/insult.html
http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm

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  • cute and well read!

  • @mad4you1000 Thank you. 

  • that was interesting, tnx.

    the insult generators weren't bad either ;)

  • @UrRedeemer Thank you. Random compliment generators are fun too!

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