Words From Our Sponsors

SPONSOR	WORD	COMMENT
KAREN HURST	CHERISH	To Darren & Sydney: Thanks for your love and support as I continue to torture you both with my PhD courses. I love you both. The word CHERISH sums it all up! ~ Karen
MICHAEL GALLO	NEURO-	Happy birthday, Dr. D!
CAMERON BRICK	SAVIARI	Bonnie baby, thanks for being in my life.
CYNTHIA ARENDS	DISCOMBOBULATE	.
MARIANNE BLAUE	HATE FUCK	Eric, Happy Birthday! I love you! Marianne
NATHAN CONLEY	UNDERSTAND	"Do not weep; do not wax indignant"
CHRISTINA ZIMMERMAN	PORNOGRAPHY	For etymonline.com, my favorite word porn. Where else could I turn to verify what 'merkin' really means?
	SMORGASBORD	Hyvää syntymäpäivää, Alex! All the Finnish-derived English words suck. < 3 Piya and Lisa
GOLDEN RULE TRAVEL	FLIGHT (1)	Sponsored by Golden Rule Travel, the missionary travel experts. We have special discounted contract prices exclusively for missionaries, non-profits, and NGOs. This coupled with our unprecedented 24/7 emergency customer service causes our customers to speak highly of us in the many testimonials posted on our site.
AUDREY ALLEN	IRENIC	Always, no matter what.
ALEX ROBBINS	VERVE	Happy birthday, Greg! In honor of you, your way with words, and your way with me. The world could learn a lot from your verve, as I have ... and we'd all be better writers and scrabble-players for it. You're my love! ~Alex~
CHARLOTTE McGILL	PUTTER
FRANCIS KASZAR	TRUCULENT	For Mike: You've always owned this word in my book. Now you own it in everyone's.
SCOTT RUSSELL	DORD	.
SAMUEL PARKS	LUGUBRIOUS	Colleen: I'll always protect you... in bed -Nathaniel Hawthorne
NINA PLANCK	LARD	Lard and butter are good for you. Corn oil isn't. Eat real food. Learn more at www.NinaPlanck.com
anonymous	PORTMANTEAU	For Lexy, in thanks for "Hilaristurbing" Be sure to check out her master work at www.talesofmu.com
GOLDEN RULE TRAVEL	TRAVEL	Sponsored by Golden Rule Travel, the missionary travel experts. We have special discounted contract prices exclusively for missionaries, non-profits, and NGOs. This coupled with our unprecedented 24/7 emergency customer service causes our customers to speak highly of us in the many testimonials posted on our site.
AMY SANCHEZ	TOUCAN	For Misael His shiny shoes mean rain, and I love him. -Amy
PATRICK GRANEY	PUNK	Punk (n.): 1. A teenager or adult who is a performer or enthusiast of punk rock and/or a member of the punk youth subculture Patrick Graney (n.): see 'punk'
STEPHEN HUGHES-JELEN	LOVE	For Wendy with... on our 10th anniversary. "Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar." Robert Frost
JESSE CLEARY-BUDGE	MARIMBA	For my dear Laura: May you allow me to stroke out seductive melodies on your polished bars for many years to come. We make such sweet music together. Yours, Jesse D.
NICHOLAS STANICOF	LOVELONGING	Lovelonging - a verb, a noun, so often felt, so rarely expressed, and almost never fulfilled. To the one who fills me with lovelonging 'till I can am overflowing with love.
ANIRUDH TIWATHIA	RECALCITRANT	.
CHRISTOPHER KITZ	DICTIONARY	www.woxikon.com
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CAROL in CANBERRA	ALPACA	The friendliest fiber animal which hums as you work, its fleece is soft as a cloud and will keep you very warm.
GOLDEN RULE TRAVEL	MISSION	Sponsored by Golden Rule Travel, the missionary travel experts. We have special discounted contract prices exclusively for missionaries, non-profits, and NGOs. This coupled with our unprecedented 24/7 emergency customer service causes our customers to speak highly of us in the many testimonials posted on our site.
DIANA BRITT	SPANIEL	In honor of the best dog ever sprung from the pound, the noble Beauregard.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH	BICYCLE	Z: For accessing the breeze and other metaphysical delights ... Bon anniversaire!"
GOLDEN RULE TRAVEL	MISSIONARY	Sponsored by Golden Rule Travel, the missionary travel experts. We have special discounted contract prices exclusively for missionaries, non-profits, and NGOs. This coupled with our unprecedented 24/7 emergency customer service causes our customers to speak highly of us in the many testimonials posted on our site.
JENNIFER HELM	I	For ME!
TORGNY LINDVALL	OAK	Look at an old oak, and you understand how much we need the trees. But do they need us?
-	CALUMNY	-
InDepthInfo.com	INFORMATION	Thanks so much for this wonderful resource. I often come to the Online Eymology Dictionary to put a word in context.
STEVE BROERING	ACHIEVE	For Luke B. Thank you.
YVONNE ABURROW	MYSTIC	For my beloved, who is a mystic and loves etymology. The mystery of the universe is: "Thou art That" (Tat tvam asi) - the recognition of the Beloved Other manifested in all that is. My blog
houseoflinks.com	DIRECTORY	Houseoflinks.com is visitor recommended web directory for the following categories: home, health, car, consumer, finance, environmental, "green," education and more. From etymonline.com's listing: Directory: "alphabetical listing of inhabitants of a region" is from 1732. (direct: c.1374) Visit today to browse some of the best sites of the web, or vote for your own favorite site at houseoflinks.com
SYBIL	DESIRE	Go placidly amid the noise and haste, ... Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. ... be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; ... ~Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann
ALAN MAGID	JULY	This word is dedicated to my beautiful grandson Julian who was born in this month. Julian is strong like his papa Ben and beautful like his mama Nat.
RYAN BURNEY	QUOTIDIAN	Your site has been an invaluable resource for mine (www.quotidian.us). Thank you.
ELIZABETH FAMA	SYNCOPATION	For my Boswell Sisters singing partners, Sally and Lydia.
SANDRA COBURN	HUSBAND	With gentle attendance And unbridled ardor, You aid and nourish. You strengthen and encourage. You provide and protect, Cultivate and preserve. You are my husband. All my love, Sandy
	PEACE	Visit our site at fundraisingip.com if you need help with planning, running and improving your product, online, e-mail or in-person fundraising events. We chose to sponsor the word "peace" because we believe that helping others in any way plays a big part in creating peace on this earth. Thanks to etymonline.com for a great service!!
M.ster	MENSCH	For Ani del Zorro, a "person of strength and honor." Thanks for being one. Smoosh
Online Spiele	COLOGNE	.
ERIKA	PASSION	"passion. intense feeling. I love this word and the emotion to which it refers. even the word itself is intense and requires commitment to say it. This word and its sister word, compassion, sum up what I aspire to in my life."
JULIE GRITTON	PICARESQUE	This was the word that sent my daughter to the National Spelling Bee! Etymonline is a great study reference.
ALEJANDRO P. MURGIA	CELLAR DOOR	The most beautiful english word compound according to Tolkien. Great site!
ALLISON	BEAR (n.)	For my Jammers - It's still one of the best eties ever and I'm still so glad you shared it with me. Life has been etymologically enriching and gloriously dorky ever since. So thank you. You know it. You know it!!!!!!!! With love, Truffle
anonymous	GODDESS	Because you are one, my darling Niagra. Your metalogical Merlin
TORGNY LINDVALL	DEW	An old Germanic word with a rich history ("Tau" in modern German, "dagg" in modern Swedish), and many refreshing connections.
KittyCo		A loving playful dedicated feline, as is her human Anita. Here's just a little more of the love they deserve. xoxo G&B
BETH and GREG	CASTLE	Because as we well know, you are very fond of castles! Happy Mothers Day! xoxox Beth and Greg
CATHERINE BOYE	MOTHER	Mom, this is for you. You have always been there for me, even today; when I am thousands of miles away, I know that you are still there supporting me. You and Dad raised three kids, granting each of us an exceptional education not only in the traditional areas, but also in the areas of ethics and morality. Then you allowed us to spread our own wings and explore this world for ourselves, supporting us all the way. And spread we have but each of us with the knowledge that it could not have been done without your encouragement and guidance. So thank you Mom for all you have done and continue to do. Happy Mothers Day. Catherine
BRIAN R. STUCKEY ineedcaffeine.com	CAFFEINE	Supporting a great online resource
PETER KUSTERS	E-PIC	As images tell stories evoke pictures create words...
PHIL GIROUARD	ASTRONOMY	short-stories-help-children.com helps parents guide their children writing short stories to improve literacy and social skills. Tips on keyboarding, elements of a story, motivation and help for work-at-home moms and dads. And I'm a big fan of etymology and astronomy!
APPROPEDIA	SYNERGY	This $10 is a pay off. Please return the time I have spent following roots through thatch mats of historical tule. If you can not, at least come lose some of your time at this open, synergistic site for appropriate technology, sustainability and poverty reduction projects, how tos, organizations and collaborations: Appropedia
A.J.	ZETETIC	To Mal. May that which you seek bring you happiness. Happy Valentine's Day. -AJ
RICK BOWMAN	SLUT	The most underappreciated and maligned word ever. All through time, "slut" has been maligned, discredited, even used as propaganda against the fairer sex. Biblical referenced have linked sluttiness with diseases and even advocated punishment of death. But Man has to realize that just as a single hand clapping doesn't sound like much, a singular act of slutiness is more aptly called masturbation. So, in sum, it is well past the time to understand, and rather than stand in front and force our sexocentric attitudes on "slut" - we need to stand behind our collective sluts and give it our support. ~Thank you. RB
HAMILTON HARPER	HEART	For Sasha, with love.
TORGNY LINDVALL	BEGUINE	Listen to Ella Fitzgerald's recording (1956) of Cole Porter's "Begin the beguine" (1935); if you don't like to dance, there is no help for you!
DIANE APPLEBAUM	NOWADAYS
MORTEN H B RASMUSSEN	CALLIPYGIAN	My love! I think it requires no explanation why this word should belong to you. Thank you for the 2 years and 2 months we've been together. Let's do two more :) kiss Morten
STEPHANIE HUESLER	INTRIGUING	I find language intriguing, in the most modern sense of the word. As a writer specializing in the 18th century, I refer to your website time and again, and am very grateful for your services! Keep up the good work!
MICHAEL	THEATER	For Christi, a dramaturge in training. Also a lover of words, and the one who taught me what "dramaturge" means in the first place. A pretty rockin' person, and a good kisser too.
SKYLAR BRETT	SNAP	rebecca mitchell is the shining star of the universe. texas knows it, and so does everyone else.
MATTHEW CURRY	AMBIVALENCE	This word helps me to comprehend and develop. Sometimes I like to do well and sometimes I don't. Well, but not too well.
JASON GRAHAM	CATASTROFUCK	for kandace, your very own word! merry holy-shit-the-crops-may-never-return-mas! (this WAS referring to the iraq war, but i think jon was really talking in code about the holidays...)
NANCY WERNER	PRELAPSARIAN	Happy holidays and thank you for your fun and enlightening service.
MICHAEL T.	FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION	Etymonline: One of the most useful, and informative sites on the internet. Keep up the good work. Thanks.
NANCY BURNS	ABUNDANCE	Wishing an abundance of hope, an abundance of love, an abundance of spirit, and an abundance of fulfilled dreams to Karen, Kim, Jack, Mary, and Mary Jane [that's abundance in alphabetical order, y'all....] With love and a few more dreams in my heart, Nancy
TORGNY LINDVALL	DAWN	A wonderful word with Scandinavian roots: at dawn = i dagningen (in Swedish), it is dawning = det dagas (in Sw).
DMITRIY VOLODIN	SUNUP
DMITRIY VOLODIN	SUNDOWN
MARLA FAIR	GALLIMAUFRY	For all the would-be writers out there.
SUSAN GELLMAN in honor of DR. MARK LEVY	MOOT	The word "moot" is sponsored in honor of Dr. Mark Levy, on his birthday, by his MooT game partner.
DAVE RATTIGAN	IRONY	Because it's the main theme of my life.
DANIEL PICKENS-JONES	HOBBLEDEHOY	Support your local etymologist!
DAVID BOLTON	PORTENT	http://portent.org is a blog dedicated to bringing you new, fun, interesting and hopefully amazing stuff on the web. You can even join as a blogger, for love and money.
ANTONIA HAYES	OPTIMISM	You can't spell it without Tim (my "best of all possible worlds"). Now when you can't find it, it will always be here.
Rowanlefay	CUNT	For my lovely Julia, in shameless worship of her body and her spirit. Let's never get out of bed. Whenas in silks my Julia goes Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes!
NICOLE BORHEIER	WOLF	One of the most wonderful and most misunderstood animals in the world - this one and the mythic one.
ERIN SZYDLOSKI	DEFENESTRATION	In honor of David Szydloski, best big brother ever, in celebration of his college graduation.
In honor of Professor Rob Atkinson	PROLIX	Sponsored by his favorite "ethical" students including but not limited to the Wildcatter, the Romanian, the Preacher and the Research Assistant.
MARC DONIS	SLUG	Save the slugs!
ROD WILLIAMS	IMAGINE	"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one." Love the site -- thanks! Rod Williams
ALAN FRIEDMAN	ATTENTION	To buy time, pay attention.
JAMIN	COCK (n1.)	For Peat - Happy Birthday! Cluck!
JAMIN	SQUEAL	For Nifer, just because.
Latvian translation services www.En-Lv.com	TRANSLATE	We are a team of native Latvian translators and proofreaders who work in Latvian, English, French, Italian and German. While the business of translation is said to have emerged millennia ago, a modern and high-quality translating process can only be realised by a linguist who has systemic comprehension and facility in a given speciality: technical, marketing, legal, medical, literary, electronics, computer software and localization. -- www.En-Lv.com -- Nous sommes une équipe des traducteurs et rédacteurs langue maternelle lettonne qui vous offre ses services de traduction - à partir et vers le letton, le français, l'anglais, l'allemand et l'italien. L'histoire connaît le métier de traduction il y a très longtemps, mais pour traduire à une manière contemporaine et à haute qualité, les linguistes doivent posséder de la compréhension systématique et des facilités appropriées dans les domaines choisis : technologie, commercialisation, loi, médecine, littérature, électronique, logiciels et localisation de ceux-ci.
HEATHER UNDERWOOD	GRYPHON	As a professional linguist I have found this site invaluable, and definitely worth the sponsoring! This word? Well it was that or Sesquipedalian. (which reminds me, that would be a good one to do next time!)
DAVID MOORE	ICONOCLAST	No one has to trash the symbols of another person's belief system. If, after enlightenement, someone chooses to remove their OWN "icons" then that may be acceptable.
PAUL LAWLER	IGNOMINIOUS	As Shakespeare put it, "Who steals my purse, steals trash, but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed."
JAYA JOHNSON	PIRATE	This one is for Ola, who has lately taught me all about the special and breathtaking talents modern young pirates possess.... arrgh! xXx
LUCIA BOBER	GUINEA PIG	My favourite word is "guinea pig", because guinea pigs are sweet and beautiful and funny.It is fun to play with Schecky and Flicka, my two guinea pigs. It is interesting to look at them for a long time.
www.ttlg.com	SQUID	Why squid? I just like the sound of the word.
ELIZABETH DOCKENDORF	PHOENIX	.
MARTINA ANISSA STROMMER	RIGHT	Note: Because everything feels right with you, Greg. :-X-:
LINDSEY SMITH	INSPIRATION	for hours and hours of the stuff, with thanks. x
PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.	AFGHAN	We are a German-Afghan Company aimed at breaking through the technical barrier of communication between both countries and both cultures. Torsten Schlabach
VICTOR H. MAIR	PHILOLOGY	As a Sinologist, I always explain to people that I am a philologist who focuses on China.
RABBI BRIAN ZACHARY MAYER	BELIEVE	*www.religion-outside-the-box.com*
KATHERINE ANDERSON	TEMPTATION	oh you've got green eyes oh you've got blue eyes oh you've got grey eyes...
HAZEL KIRBY	TACITURN	I talk too much, so to be this word is my aspiration!
HELEN SMITH	HIPPOPOTAMUS	Always said I would buy you one some day. Happy Valentine's and love from Helen xxx
ACRISA	AFFORD	I find afford a fascinating word to ponder when concerns about money arise in my life. It's easy when I don't feel I have enough money to think I can't afford things. But then I remember AFFORD. It suggests being able, able to produce, to give forth, to provide naturally. It's etymology suggests advancing and moving onward, which is a better plan than sitting in a rut of I can't. The Little Engine That Could knew, "I think I can, I think I can," it said. And it could.
figureskaterscentralflorida.com	SKATE	Sponsored by Cynthia Thomason and the Figure Skaters of Central Florida Future Champions Fund.
LAUGHING SPHINX	PANTS	My favorite word and the mother of all juvenile humor. Good to know where it comes from. Thanks for all you do, Pants and Etymonline!
JOHN BRUIN	A	This is one of my favourite words. Easy to write or type, very useful, rolls off the tongue and can't be abbreviated or hacked down. This word performs its function in the English language admirably well, despite its size. Sitting at the very start of the alphabet, the word 'a' is articulated clearly and entirely by everyone reciting the alphabet in English. Let's all give praise to this wonderfully useful word, a masterpiece of minimalist design. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the word 'A'!
BARRON YOUNGSMITH	LUCK	We dedicate this donation in the name of Sydney Frank and Brown University.
LOGAN CAUTRELL	INFORMATION	I love this site, keep up the good work:-)
anonymous	PEACE	Peace is possible, but you first have to imagine what it looks and sounds like, and most importantly, what it feels like.
JAMES SINCLAIR	ORCHARD	A beautiful word, and a beautiful thing. With thanks to the Online Etymology Dictionary for satisfying my curiosity (idle and otherwise) more times than I could possibly reckon.
*TROYYOGA**	YOGA	I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. Coming together in Troy, NY, since 2004.
ANDREW JONES	TRUTHINESS	it's different from "factiness."
MS. CHUN	SOCRATIC	In honor of all my students, who consistently humor me, my etymology fetish, and my stinky classroom.
KERWIN STEFFEN	SPIRIT	.
DAN METCALF	THANKS	In thanks for the Online Etymology Dictionary.
MARGARET YAMANAKA	PERAMBULATE	just strolling along
LORNA De BONO	BRUIN	In honor of UCLA Bruins everywhere.
ARA MAYE	ENCOMIUM	For Giolla - there are none so deserving.
HOWARD J. SELTMAN	STATISTICS	It's my field--and more fun than you think.
ELIZABETH FAMA	HIPPOPOTAMUS	In honor of Hippo and HipPo.
DANIEL GREENBERG	STRAND	I was reading the history of a shipwreck in Dutch at the Scheepvaart Muzeum in Amsterdam. Seems there was a storm approaching and they beached the ship in a river mouth to protect it, but it sank. The Dutch word for "beach" is "strand." they stranded the ship.
ANNA BUCCI	HELLO	.
MEGAN REAPE	SALIENT	.
CYNTHIA BONORRIS	TOKEN	etymonline: a writer's best friend!
In honor of JONATHAN CHARLES DIMMOCK	AGA	He was my only friend and he died December 10th, 2005. JUSTIN O DIMMOCK
MARC LUECK	YANKEE	You have provided me hours and hours of entertainment - only alcohol comes near your level of efficient provision of fun. Being an American ex-pat in the UK, I often use your site to prove that my "lingo" is just as valid as those of my current compatriots. Bravo, thank you, and loads of other words I could probably investigate using your site meaning similar things.
CYNTHIA BONORRIS	GUMSHOE	etymonline: a writer's best friend!
DAVE SCHREIBER	THE	.
TONDA FULLER	RIFFRAFF	Got challenged about whether this word existed in 1788 (the year the book I'm working on is set in) and this site let me verify that it did instantly. Priceless.
DAVID REAGAN	WRITE	I do it all the time, and without this and all the other wonderful words, it wouldn't be possible. This site enriches my abilities and my enjoyment when I do it.
MICHAEL BLOSSOM	WEIRD	The Web of Wyrd is full of magic and intelligence, beauty and depth!!!!!
SPENCER HOEKSTRA	SWEET	for my AK-47, who should grace the encyclopaedia under the heading, "sweet"...xo Gren
STEFAN JANUSZ	TELEOLOGY	.
JOHN OUTLER	IRONY	Not coincidental, not paradoxical, just ironic!
Cincinnatus C.	BE	.
CHRISTAN THOMAS	REFULGENT	To Christan, the most Refulgent of Anaxians, who finished her chapters before everyone else. Yay Christan, and also "Go team!"
	FANTASTIC	For Gwen, "Fantastic is that weary ache in the sides of your face from smiling all day." -love clint
PlunderCove.com	BACKGAMMON	Visit PlunderCove.com for more on backgammon, including backgammon rules, game variants around the world, online backgammon info, backgammon tips and my own spin on the etymology of backgammon.
Ben Reynolds	CLEMENCY	My 17th year of Clemency begins March 22, 2006. Thank you, Andie.
ANONYMOUS	INSIGHT	For my father.
Andreas Schamanek	TREE	The problem is not truth, the problem is trust. (Heinz von Foerster) Riddles you may read in trust as in trees. (me)
Melissa	TIME	Mikey, Now we have all the time in the world. I love you. Melissa
Nancy Heiges	TEA	I love how this word has travelled.
Nancy Heiges	COFFEE	The best Arabic word in English. Shukran jazeelan.
Perry Novotny	VISA	.
Ian Ragsdale	SAGE	To Diana Blake, the wisest woman on Times Square. -Ian Ragsdale
Al Hoffeld	GOTHAM	The Joker: Gotham City. Always brings a smile to my face.
for Michael	X	Now it's really ours. IXY Melissa
Angela France-Jaskowska	TATTERDEMALION	.
Phrasen.com	PHRASE	.
anonymous	BATTER	Silken, voluptuous, and pourable form of potential cakes, or pancakes, or cupcakes, or brownies....
Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer	NUMINOUS	*www.religion-outside-the-box.com*
Antonia Hayes	TIMOCRACY	For Tim. Owning your very own word is the first step to world domination. Love and niggles, Antonia
Thomas Matrullo	TRIVIAL	Because it's not.
MEREDITH WILSON	PRUDENCE	Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. -Euripides
Emma Gads	R.E.M.	say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play." say "contradiction only makes it harder." how can I be what I want to be? when all I want to do is strip away these stilled constraints and crush this charade, shred this sad masquerade I don't need no persuading I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead
Arizona	FUCK	Loved your research on this word.
Varia Cartledge	BEST	J, you know you are!
	OSCULATE	For Michael, my favorite partner in osculation, whose exceptional osculatory skills are just one of the innumerable qualities I adore in him and whom I love to osculate. With all my love, Melissa xXXOOxxXXX
Aaron K. Holt	HOLT	Interestingly, Holt is one of the most ancient and widespread surnames in Northern Europe.
ANONYMOUS	VALENTINE	J, I love you. I wish you would be my valentine. Truly.... xoxo.
	QUARK	In honor of all former colleagues, most of whom shared the quickness of wit, the love of puns, and the whimsically scatological bent that marks the true physicist. Bernard W. Joseph
for JEN	PLATONIC	"For all that there is, could be, and may never be... For now all I can ask and hope for is your friendship and for you to let me get to know you; I offer you the same. While no-one can own or control it, a sunset's beauty can be admired, its glow basked in, and thoughts of it still resonate sweetly."
Zebra Skimmers	ZEBRA	Zebra Skimmers Corp is a global supplier of oil skimmers and other metalworking fluids (coolant) maintenance equipment. We pride ourselves on bringing the best service and knowledge to all our customers worldwide. A critical component of helping others is precise use of our language, and nothing keeps our precision sharper than understanding where our tools have come from, and understanding exactly what they mean. Kudos to Etymonline for providing such an important public service!
Steve	LOVE	To Beth, 'nuff said
www.SheDreamsInDigital.net	FRACTAL	Fractals, fractal flames, digital and traditional artwork by Stacy Reed
Carl Keifer	MASTICATION	Thank goodness for word to trick those who lack the vocabulicity of others .... How often do you masticate? Come on, admit it, we all do it.
anonymous	VOLLEY
EcoTone	ENLIGHTEN	... because we need it desperately.
Catherine M Norton	MACABRE	Just love it. And the etymology speaks to me of Paul McCartney covered in bees, which is cheering.
for JENNY	MELANCHOLY	"Jenny believes this is the most beautiful word she has come across, whereas I think she is the most stunning woman I have ever met. We fight about who's right all the time! I love you Jenny, and always will, G xxx"
Marion Moebus	PONDEROSA	For Nancy, who loves words and their histories as much as me.
Nick Johnson	MANIFEST	.
James Gawn	THOLE (verb, transitive)	To Rachel - because if I were she Ah couldnae thole me.
for DAN KOPLOWITZ	SESQUIPEDALIAN	you got the first word, so i get the last. love, your too possessable, whitney
anonymous	BABY	To my Baby, Truly....
Silly Gopher... =P	GOPHER	This word should sell like hot cakes.... Especially if it smells like hotcakes!!!
Richard Hamouris	AXOLOTL	Mad Magazine first introduced me to this word when I was about 8 years old... Nobody I have passed the word on to has ever known of it's existence before... thus, it holds a special place in my heart :)
RottLover.com	ROTTWEILER	The Rottweiler is a dog worthy of love and respect, says this ROTTLOVER, and so the word is worthy of my support. For more info on Rottweilers and why they're so lovable, visit rottlover.com!
ANNE LEIGHTON	COMFORT	"I'm sponsoring 'comfort,' 'cause that's the goal of my book, USING YOUR ART & THE MEDIA TO COMFORT PEOPLE." Amazon.com: Books: Using Your Art and Media to Comfort People
ANNE LEIGHTON	MEOW	"It's what all my cats say!"
ANDREA P. VAZZANO	SARCOPHAGUS	Because it's just a great word
PHILIP FURSPAN	CHOCOLATE	Yum!!!
MARVIN the MARTIAN	TECHNOLOGY	Oh dear. I've got the silly thing in reverse.
SWEDISH CHEF	BORK! BORK BORK!	poot ze-a cheekee in de-a oofee
BARAK EPSTEIN	PERSPICACITY	To Zhin
MASTER DESIGNS BOOMERANGS	BOOMERANG	"Great Things ARE Coming Back!!"
PATRICK GEILLER	AMNESTY	A little like amnesia
anonymous	MUMBLE	...mumble...
TED UNSETH	ETYMOLOGY	I know a 38-year-old Italian woman who captures my Soul. But she has great Angst concerning her own Soul--she can't seem to find it. I want to help. She says there's only one thing she's ever been consistently passionate about or interested in and that's Reading. But Reading is absorption; and I think she craves to find an Outlet that interests her. She once mentioned that she finds Etymology intriguing; but that's as far as it goes. I'd like to see it go farther. I'd like her to make Etymology a serious Hobby. Your site seems like the perfect place to begin such an undertaking. I thank you most sincerely for working so hard to construct it and then to make it available to others. "See, Carla? There is Hope, after all."
GLENN KOHLMEISTER	JAZZ	Probably the best thing America has ever produced. Or ever will.
RENE BRUNNER, Switzerland	RED	'Red' is one of the indo-european words that go back millenia into incredibly ancient times and yet as a big surprise to me still sound nearly the same in many languages.
McPink	STINK	"Now everyone knows I love you!"
Spooky Bible tracts	REVELATION	"A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing."
Mr. Natural	ENLIGHTENMENT	No! I mean the shoes of your soul!
Erika Andersen	ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM	The ultimate smarty pants word
Aisling D'Art	AMAZING	It applies to my life, in so many happy ways, and also to the man in my life. Life is indeed amazing! happy sigh
Randy Crawford	TANGRAM	"Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too." -- Voltaire
Linda Jordan Tucker	HYPERVENTILATE	gasp!
Kurt Andersen	HEYDAY	.
Doug Harper	GANGRENE	From the moment I first heard this word, I knew it was the most beautiful in the language. Like breeze through the aspens on a warm spring day, yearning and wisful all at once, it should be the name of a goddess or a lost paradise.
Performance Rabbit	CHEERS	Whenever I feel glum, I balance two pancakes on my head.
Glorious Leader	BRINKSMANSHIP	Dude, where's my car?
Anonymous	ANONYMOUS	It's a secret
Lilhottie69@aol.com	WORMWOOD	The original Viagra?
ETTA!	BLONDE	It be me!
Thomas Gray	PENSIVE	Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
diva@pptnet.com	EPHEMERAL	"gather ye rosebuds while ye may." I've been feeling that way, lately, with a new lease on life coming just at the time that I realize how fleeting everything is.
socks@hotmail.com	SMOOCH	It's my cat's name.
"BAD" THAD STEVENS	RECONSTRUCTION	It's my cat's name.

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