March 27, 2026
Absurd Words Love Wordplay Because Wordplay Loves Rules
A guide to puns, palindromes, anagrams, homophones, spoonerisms, malapropisms, portmanteaus, alliteration, tongue twisters, and why rules make wordplay better.
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Notes, essays, and odd little routes through weird English.
This is the home for future Absurd Words blog posts: short essays, word-history detours, writing notes, and practical guides for using strange vocabulary without making prose collapse under its own waistcoat.
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Fresh routes through weird English.
Read the newest Absurd Words blog posts, then keep moving through the word archive, categories, and related language guides.
February 22, 2026
Palindromes Are Words That Refuse to Walk Only One Way
A playful guide to palindromes, mirror phrases, reversible words, symmetry, and why language puzzles feel so satisfying.
January 29, 2026
Weird Words Are Tiny History Lessons
A guide to weird words as clues from older professions, borrowed languages, regional habits, old insults, technical terms, and meaning changes.
January 14, 2026
Hard-to-Pronounce Words Are Mouth Gymnastics
A pronunciation guide for words that turn spelling, stress, silent letters, and borrowed sounds into a tiny gym for the mouth.
January 3, 2026
Singular Words That Sound Like They Should Be Arrested
A playful guide to uncommon singular words like spaghetto, confetto, graffito, datum, criterion, and bacterium.
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Word notes
Short explanations of individual odd words, their tone, and when they belong in modern writing.
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Language guides
Practical posts for writers, teachers, students, and curious readers looking for memorable vocabulary.
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Archive paths
Curated routes through the existing word collection, from old insults to theatrical nonsense.
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