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Scambiguous

A list of 51 words by whichbe.

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Homophones deemed 'evil'. To me, these words make English feel "broken"; they're worse than contranyms because they're ever-so-easy to distort and confuse. This is often exploited by weaselspeak and advertising.

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  • recombinantdna commented on the list scambiguous

    good list --

    My request: sects and sex. Embarrassed me in my highschool civics class.

    August 4, 2008

  • whichbe commented on the list scambiguous

    Thanks. I added you to the contributors list.

    August 4, 2008

  • recombinantdna commented on the list scambiguous

    awesome.

    August 4, 2008

  • milosrdenstvi commented on the list scambiguous

    You might be interested in the Classical Chinese poem The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den. It is a whole ten-line verse composed entirely of the sound 'shi'. It's also funny as all-get-out.

    August 15, 2008

  • plethora commented on the list scambiguous

    Milosrdenstvi, I think something's wrong with your link :)

    August 15, 2008

  • whichbe commented on the list scambiguous

    Milosrdenstvi should've put it in brackets 'cause the Wikipedia entry for this is excellent. I have added you to the contributor list too.

    August 15, 2008

  • milosrdenstvi commented on the list scambiguous

    That's bizarre!!

    August 16, 2008