deathmonkey87 Posted February 19, 2017 Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) The English language has had an amazing role in the course of English language pop songwriting. To celebrate the words that make up our favorite pop songs, we'll be rating EVERY SINGLE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The dictionary we'll be using to rate the words will be "Webster's Seventh New Collegiate dictionary" & can be be found here: https://archive.org/stream/webstersseventhn00unse/webstersseventhn00unse_djvu.txt Slay a bit words :-D DUE DATE: March 15, 2018 (aka "National Word Day") Rules: Rate every word from 1-10. Decimals are allowed since there are so many words. Also, only one word can get your 11. Edited March 1, 2017 by deathmonkey87
deathmonkey87 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, Mudkip said: buy emotion deluxe on itunes and bandcamp Emotion - 3/10 Deluxe - 1/10 iTunes - i don't know her band - 2/10 camp - 1/10
ATRL Moderator Verge of Obscene Posted February 19, 2017 ATRL Moderator Posted February 19, 2017 omg is this a joke?
deathmonkey87 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, rowlet said: Aurora - 11 Expunge - 0 Aurora is such a beautiful word...I feel scalped by it. Expunge is disgusting no name trash. Deserved 0 . I'll be interested in the rest of your dictionary rate Edited February 21, 2017 by deathmonkey87
rowlet Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, deathmonkey87 said: Aurora is such a beautiful word...I feel scalped by it. Expunge is disgusting no name trash. Deserved 0 . to be honest i dont even know what expunge means Edited February 21, 2017 by rowlet
deathmonkey87 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Posted February 21, 2017 Just now, rowlet said: to be honest i dont even know what expunge means
Quaithe Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 Are we supposed to rate every word in the dictionary?
SuchSweetSorrow Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) These words are good: lodged - this word gets lodged in your mouth pronouncing it asunder - a perfectly balanced word lighthearted - such a light and heartening word <3 silhouette - most words that end with the emphasis on the last syllable don't interest me, but this... si-looowww----ette Mississippi - a heavy word, feels great saying this word, as if invoking a spirit and one of my favorites, appearing in many songs: darling Edited February 24, 2017 by SuchSweetSorrow
deathmonkey87 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Posted February 26, 2017 On 2/24/2017 at 4:52 AM, thecptz said: Satan - 10/10 slay a bit satan 19 hours ago, Caprice said: jesus slays a bit too. 10/10.
deathmonkey87 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Posted February 26, 2017 On 2/20/2017 at 7:06 PM, Quaithe said: Are we supposed to rate every word in the dictionary? if your dedicated enough, I'll take a FULL RATE of the dictionary...but if not you can just do what SuchSweetSorrow did On 2/23/2017 at 10:59 PM, SuchSweetSorrow said: These words are good: lodged - this word gets lodged in your mouth pronouncing it asunder - a perfectly balanced word lighthearted - such a light and heartening word <3 silhouette - most words that end with the emphasis on the last syllable don't interest me, but this... si-looowww----ette Mississippi - a heavy word, feels great saying this word, as if invoking a spirit and one of my favorites, appearing in many songs: darling those words are beautiful
Kavish Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) Just finished rating all the 'A' words. Took me one week. 25 alphabets more to go. Edited February 27, 2017 by Kavish
thecptz Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 Kavish - 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
deathmonkey87 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Posted March 1, 2017 On 2/27/2017 at 10:52 AM, Kavish said: Just finished rating all the 'A' words. Took me one week. 25 alphabets more to go. Slay a bit kavish On 2/27/2017 at 5:27 PM, thecptz said: Kavish - 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10 i don't think kavish is in the Webster's Seventh New Collegiate dictionary but if he was, that would be his score.
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted March 2, 2017 ATRL Moderator Posted March 2, 2017 (The) STD(z) - -347/10
deathmonkey87 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) a big shout out to the word "a" which is the first word in the dictionary. Thank you for getting the part started. Iconic. i a a ' A < la \'a\ n, often cap, often attrib 1 a : the first letter of the English alphabet b ; a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic a 2 : the tone A 3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter a 4 : one designated a esp. as the first in order or class 5 a ; a grade rating a student's work as superior in quality b : one graded or rated with an A 6 ; something shaped like the letter A aa \3, (')a\ indefinite article [ME, fr. OE an one — more at one] 1 — used as a function word before singular nouns when the individual in question is un- specified <a man overboard) and before number collectives and some numbers <a dozen); used before words beginning with a consonant sound 2 a : one <swords all of a length) b : the same <birds of a feather) 3 : any <.a man who is sick can't work) 4 [by folk etymology fr. ^a] : in, to, or for each <twice a week) 3a \a\ prep [ME. fr. OE a-, an, on} chiefly dial : on, in. at 4a \a, (')a\ vb [ME, contr. of have} archaic : have <God '^ mercy) 5a \a\ prep [ME, by contr ] archaic : of <the time ^ day) la- prefix [ME. fr. OE] 1 ; on : in : at <abed) 2 : in (such) a state or condition (afire) 3 : in (such) a manner <aloud) 4 ; in the act or process of (gone o-hunting) 2a- or an- prefix [L & Gk; L. fr. Gk — more at UN-] : not : without (asexual) — a- before consonants other than h and sometimes even before h, an- before vowels and usu. before h (ahistorical) (anastig- matic) (flnhydrate) -a n suffix [N L. fr. -a (as in magnesia) ] ; oxide (thoria) and another special shout out to my girl zymurgy which is the LAST word in the dictionary. Iconic. zy-mur.gy \'zT-(,)mar-je\ n : a branch of applied chemistry that deals with fermentation processes Edited March 7, 2017 by deathmonkey87
deathmonkey87 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Posted March 17, 2017 Ugly Word of the day: honk (2/10) pretty word of the day: Diaphanous (10/10)
Kavish Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Diaphanous sounds like it could mean something repugnant and its actual meaning doesn't reflect the word. I give it a 4 for the beautiful pronunciation though. Edited March 17, 2017 by Kavish
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