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Friday, September 22, 2006

I Post of the Awesome Power of Wikipedia, #1

Also, I'm starting a new feature for whenever I feel like it and don't feel like being witty, the "Daily" Power Vocabulary Post! Or, even better, a "The Awesome Power of Wikipedia" Post!

Today's featured article is about a Greek phrase which means "A word only used once ever," roughly. The word is hapax legomenon, and apparently it is the source of many giggles in Classics departments! Unfortunately, the ancient Greeks still don't know why we're all laughing at them.

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