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    Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      habanero on FF

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      • dafyreD
        dafyre @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller It doesn't try to pick up the n with the ~ on it (How do you even type that on an English Windows machine?)... habañero ? (the ñ is alt, 164).

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          I looked for that, it didn't.

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          • coliverC
            coliver @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            habanero on FF

            Chrome doesn't have it either... it tries correcting it to haberdasher, which I don't think is really used much anymore.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Same word that FF tried to make it. Which do you think is more common?

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              • coliverC
                coliver @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                Same word that FF tried to make it. Which do you think is more common?

                I've never heard haberdasher used in modern English, mostly literature from the late 1800's early 1900's. I don't know if Men's fashion stores really still exist in that form anymore?

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                • RojoLocoR
                  RojoLoco @coliver
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                  @coliver said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  Same word that FF tried to make it. Which do you think is more common?

                  I've never heard haberdasher used in modern English, mostly literature from the late 1800's early 1900's. I don't know if Men's fashion stores really still exist in that form anymore?

                  "Haberdasher" is only used in comedy anymore... pretty sure Family Guy put it in somewhere, and I remember a sketch from the 90s that used it (probably Mr Show).

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Are You Being Served?

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                    • RojoLocoR
                      RojoLoco
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                      Opera: brie and camembert (maybe it's looking for capitalization, but wth?) I know how to spell those soft, ripened cheeses I love.

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                      • mlnewsM
                        mlnews
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                        Brie? That's nuts.

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                        • mlnewsM
                          mlnews
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                          Well it is cheese, but you get the idea.

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                          • RojoLocoR
                            RojoLoco
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                            Opera: surveil

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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                              @RojoLoco said:

                              Opera: surveil

                              http://grammarist.com/words/surveil/

                              The verb surveil, originally a backformation of surveillance, was long considered nonstandard, and even now is still so new to the language (the earliest instances date from the early 1960s)1 that some dictionaries don’t include it, and your spell check might disapprove of it. But even though survey is closely related, etymologically, to surveillance, survey does not carry the sense to keep under surveillance (where surveillance means close observation, especially of one under suspicion).2 For this purpose surveil works better, so the word is a useful addition to the language.

                              Surveil‘s participles are surveilling and surveilled. Again, your spell check might not like these words, but they’re fine.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                FF: amygdala

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch
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                                  WTF

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                                  • RojoLocoR
                                    RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    FF: amygdala

                                    Can you use that in a sentence, please?

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
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                                      i'amygdala you tonight.

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                                      • MattSpellerM
                                        MattSpeller @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 ughhhhhh you win the internet today, I lost it and coffee almost came out my nose

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            Kanji? How lean ARE these dictionaries!

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