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#BigWordLove: Celebrating Big, Beautiful Words with the Huffington Post

As a followup to a Huffington Post story on big words, readers tweeted their favorites to #BigWordLove. Here we compile the findings in a list to share and learn!

Ever wonder where big words come from? Read Ben Zimmer's The Joy of Making Up Long Words to hear the stories behind words that are long at the extreme.
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