Show HN : Interesting Words getaninterestingword.com 2 pointssundeep15 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−sundeepOP15yI like interesting words ...Clicking on the word reveals it's meaning ... and a reload gets another word.I'm currently working on harvesting various corpora and on different measures of "interesting".I might add commenting on specific words and submission of words soon.−russell15yI got xanthippe = ill-tempered woman. Do you suppose she was the real reason that Socrates took the hemlock?−sundeepOP15yshe emptied a chamber pot over his head, according to wikipedia.so, yes ... i don't think he listed her as one of the reasons to not take hemlock.
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I like interesting words ...
Clicking on the word reveals it's meaning ... and a reload gets another word.
I'm currently working on harvesting various corpora and on different measures of "interesting".
I might add commenting on specific words and submission of words soon.
I got xanthippe = ill-tempered woman. Do you suppose she was the real reason that Socrates took the hemlock?
she emptied a chamber pot over his head, according to wikipedia.
so, yes ... i don't think he listed her as one of the reasons to not take hemlock.