Tracking The (English) Words We Use

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Tracking The (English) Words We Use

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 20, 2004 @01:10AM from the interesting-models dept.

Zugok writes "Wordcount.org has an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words. In addition they have Query Count which is a dynamic database of what are the most queried words on Wword Count. Then there is the conspiracy corner where certain words seems to end up in some sort of eerie order. Cowboy comes 14834 and Neal comes 18928. Bebop comes 70673."

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They missed a big one... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 01:17 · Score: 1, Funny

Goatse is not found in the list!
Re:gee.. by drunkennewfiemidget · 2004-09-20 01:18 · Score: 5, Funny

You're grossly over-estimating the general public. ;)
Re:I have looked up all the rude words: by gazbo · 2004-09-20 01:19 · Score: 3, Funny

You seem to have posted a couple of typos - I've figured out what you meant by looking up the words by rank:
Fuck = 5598
Cunt = 18636
HTH.
Linux is currently not in the archive... by Lispy · 2004-09-20 01:20 · Score: 4, Funny

but Windows ranks at a disturbing 1169. ;-)
1. Re:Linux is currently not in the archive... by Lispy · 2004-09-20 01:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Noticed that smiling face at the end of my post?? You know, this means that I might be kidding.
Re:NSFW! by Cederic · 2004-09-20 01:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Hmm. Thing is, there's pretty few words likely to appear high on the search list that I don't use verbally every day anyway.

Unless lots of people are searching for 'theocratic'. I don't use that one much.

~Cederic
Re:Flash? by Astrorunner · 2004-09-20 01:21 · Score: 5, Funny

"WordCount was designed with a minimalist aesthetic, to let the information speak for itself."

Which explains their logical use of Flash.
words we DO NOT use by theMerovingian · 2004-09-20 01:26 · Score: 4, Funny

1) que
2) centre
3) colour
4) dialogue
5) program
6) pyjamas

Why yes, I am american :)

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1. Re:words we DO NOT use by TwistedSquare · 2004-09-20 01:36 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  que?
2. Re:words we DO NOT use by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 01:41 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Don't you mean "programme" in your obvious dig at the Queen's English? And "que" is French.
  Bloody illiterate Yanks ;-)
3. Re:words we DO NOT use by rainman_bc · 2004-09-20 03:22 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Hehehehe... My favourite is when I phone American hillbillies and have to spell something with "z" in it. I get a response "zed"? What's "zed"? (in the rest of the world, the letter zee is reall the letter zed)
  
  It gets even better. These same hillbillies spell my fiance's last name Cadezed when she spells it to them - read "C-A-D-E-Z(ed)".
  
  And it would be okay if it was only in America, but then they come to Canada and as such stupid questions too! "zed"? What's "zed"? "Oh you mean zee!"... No we didn't mean "zee". If we meant "zee" would have said "zee".
  
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4. Re:words we DO NOT use by iantri · 2004-09-20 03:28 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  What do Americans have against pyjamas?
  IAC(Canadian).
Huh? by brianjcain · 2004-09-20 01:28 · Score: 4, Funny

"Grok is not currently in the archive"
Does anyone know... by Suit_N_Tie · 2004-09-20 01:29 · Score: 2, Funny

what the ranking is for the word /.?
Re:I like my tin foil in the microwave please by Stargoat · 2004-09-20 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Funny that you mention this, because they'll definitely be adding the verb "slashdotted" after today.

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Re:another word by Rosyna · 2004-09-20 01:30 · Score: 4, Funny

Bite: 5922
My: 69
Shiny: 8590
Daffodil: 27591
Ass: 15036

I am actually quite disappointed that this wasn't from the bite-my-shiny-daffodil-ass dept. Tsk, tsk. Hemos.
Re:You know this world is in trouble by ceeam · 2004-09-20 01:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I love money.
Re:I have looked up all the rude words: by ceeam · 2004-09-20 01:33 · Score: 1, Funny

Wow! Someone uses word #4304 without some form of word #5598 as an attribute? I'm amazed.
where are.... by bob_herzog · 2004-09-20 01:35 · Score: 2, Funny

...teh, noob, and haxor... I have trouble believing they aren't ranked heheh

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Re:I like my tin foil in the microwave please by FairlyFast · 2004-09-20 01:36 · Score: 1, Funny

Arrgh! wibble's not in the database either
Found one for the conspiracy corner. by Chess_the_cat · 2004-09-20 01:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Troll: discarding coexistence.
Words 29350-29352.

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Re:I have looked up all the rude words: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 01:39 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh give him/her a break. He/she is obviously an American - you know how innocent and fragile they are. Just look at Janet's breast flash, they almost went nuts over it, and not in the good way.
Though I'm not sure that a people who consciously votes for Bush could ever be accused of having innocense...
CoS by lovebyte · 2004-09-20 01:50 · Score: 4, Funny

1941-1945:
faith establish facts requires membership

Tom Cruise hacked their website!

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Something wrong? by Ronald+Dumsfeld · 2004-09-20 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

There must be something wrong with this.

Book comes in at 357, Television comes in at 1022 and TV comes in at 1577.

Ah, now I know what's wrong with it... It's "Artistic" so it doesn't have to mean anything. I mean, nobody would find it useful if the number of occurrences of a word was given.

Here's the bit that would make you choke on your cornflakes...
WordCount recently won AIGA's (American Institute of Graphic Arts) 2003 Award for Information Design.
Tell me, what was the award trophy? A chocolate tea pot?

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True but... by Savage-Rabbit · 2004-09-20 02:08 · Score: 4, Funny

.. 'Microsoft' is at a disturbing 4304 which puts this word ahead of 'Fuck' at 5589!

This means that either:

1) That people at large think more about Microsoft than copulating. (Unlikely)

2) They used a bunch of /. readers as a basis for working out their word collection.

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like is #67 by chyne · 2004-09-20 02:14 · Score: 2, Funny

What happened to the days when only California teenagers/surfers used 'like' for every second word. I really noticed this when I went back to university recently. It's really, like, annoying to listen to, like, the kids today, like, use the word 'like', like, five times in one, like, sentence.
Re:Flash!? by Angostura · 2004-09-20 02:15 · Score: 4, Funny

It's ART goddamit. It's not meant to be FUNCTIONAL :-)
Re:Love Hate by Lemmy+Caution · 2004-09-20 02:16 · Score: 4, Funny

"I loved Gigli"

I suspect that yours is the first use of this phrase, ever.
I looked for this word... by laejoh · 2004-09-20 02:20 · Score: 2, Funny

but couldn't find it, which seems appropriate

The word is
semprini

More info on Just the words (Monty Python)
NaN! by Swedentom · 2004-09-20 02:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Apparently, the 'word' NaN is used a lot! :-)
NaNNaNNaNNaNNaN

Slashdotted?

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Re:Word flashmobs by pipingguy · 2004-09-20 02:40 · Score: 3, Funny

What a craptacular idea!
Re:another word by Hinhule · 2004-09-20 02:58 · Score: 2, Funny

I think it just went up quite a bit since the hosts realized their servers had been slashdotted.
floccinaucinihilipilification by the_twisted_pair · 2004-09-20 04:05 · Score: 2, Funny

..means 'the act of estimating as worthless.'

-To you and me, it means calling something shit.

(teehee. finally found a way to post that one)
Re:Love Hate by Bertie · 2004-09-20 04:12 · Score: 1, Funny

Well, it's no wonder - she'll follow you around like a bad smell for years after as soon as you do...