Hacker News with Generative AI: Vocabulary

Unparalleled Misalignments (rickiheicklen.com)
This is where I maintain a list of Unparalleled Misalignments (formerly quadruple entendres), pairs of non-synonymous phrases where the words in one phrase are each synonyms of the words in the other.

Language, Wordplay, Linguistics, Vocabulary, Creativity

149 points by ChadNauseam 19 days ago | 31 comments

Affixes: The Building Blocks of English (affixes.org)
This dictionary contains more than 1,250 entries, illustrated by some 10,000 examples, all defined and explained.

English Language, Linguistics, Dictionaries, Vocabulary, Education

135 points by everybodyknows 86 days ago | 15 comments

Show HN: 31Memorize–Free vocab builder with FSRS-5 spaced repetition (31memorize.com)
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Education, Learning, Spaced Repetition, Vocabulary

6 points by saidhasyim 160 days ago | 2 comments

What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) (merriam-webster.com)

Language, Vocabulary, Word Usage, Etymology, Dictionaries

220 points by rglullis 389 days ago | 325 comments

Ask HN: What are some words that you learned on Hacker News? (ycombinator.com)

Hacker News, Community, Vocabulary, Language

16 points by neilyio 394 days ago | 29 comments

Can you really explain the difference? Subtle nuances of English words (lithub.com)

English Language, Linguistics, Vocabulary, Writing

47 points by HR01 405 days ago | 90 comments