A list of 30 words by uselessness.
- interrobang appears on 111 other lists and has 29 comments
- viviparous appears on 28 other lists and has 2 comments
- irredentist appears on 17 other lists
- hypotension appears on 1 other list
- betelgeuse appears on 11 other lists and has 5 comments
- hough appears on 6 other lists and has 3 comments
- infrared appears on 10 other lists and has 2 comments
- ghoti appears on 29 other lists and has 9 comments
- gloucester appears on 7 other lists
- colonel appears on 14 other lists and has 2 comments
- oases appears on 1 other list
- aposiopesis appears on 74 other lists and has 9 comments
- frillless appears on 1 other list
- indefatigable appears on 106 other lists and has 6 comments
- raring appears on 3 other lists and has 1 comment
- rural appears on 22 other lists and has 2 comments
- murderer appears on 12 other lists
- terrorist appears on 6 other lists and has 4 comments
- squirrel appears on 41 other lists and has 7 comments
- merengue appears on 11 other lists
- inchoate appears on 272 other lists and has 28 comments
- cinematographic
- acetylsalicylic
- hypocorism appears on 26 other lists and has 4 comments
- isthmus appears on 51 other lists and has 4 comments
- cthulu appears on 4 other lists and has 1 comment
- twelfth appears on 13 other lists and has 4 comments
- cacoepy appears on 13 other lists and has 2 comments
- phthalate appears on 8 other lists and has 5 comments
- caoineadh appears on 2 other lists and has 2 comments
uselessness Yes, that'll do it. I find the dance name pronunciation of the word much more stumbly than the frothy white stuff, though. :-P Mar 26, 2007
reesetee And while I'm at it...meringue. I can't pronounce this word without swallowing my tongue. Must be the "gue" thingue. ;-) Mar 26, 2007
uselessness Those are terrific! I mean, terrifically bad. Thanks! ;-) Mar 26, 2007
abraxaszugzwang I'm with you on rural. What a terrible word. Mar 26, 2007
alguien I simply cannot pronounce rural. Murderer, terrorist, and squirrel are almost as bad. Mar 26, 2007
uselessness I agree that aposiopesis is fun to say, once you know how. It's getting there that's troublesome. I can't stand indefatigable because it's supposed to emphasize fatigue but instead emphasizes fat. Finally, Glaucester is a nice name too but demands to stay on this list for virtue of the fact that is looks NOTHING like it sounds. I used to know a girl from Glaucester, and I made a point to mention it phonetically every time I saw her. Drove her plum crazy, it did. Mar 26, 2007
abraxaszugzwang aposiopesis and indefatigable are two of my favoritest words to say, hoo hoo hoo hoo. And Gloucester isn't bad if you say it right. Same with Worcester. Mar 26, 2007
uselessness Ooh, that one's almost bad enough for the list, but it inspired me to add raring. :-) Mar 26, 2007
anthroposophist roar has been one for me
this list is superb Mar 24, 2007