r/badlinguistics

General Information

As of February 8, 2024

Subreddit Name

r/badlinguistics

Title

Bad Linguistics: peer reviewed

Language

en

Public Description

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Description

##The repository for all the worst linguistics-related content of Reddit and the Internet.

###𝓒𝓗𝓞𝓜𝓢𝓚𝓨𝓓𝓞𝓩 DECREES:

R1: Do not make discriminatory or prejudiced posts or comments.
R2: Don't vote or comment in linked threads. It's...

Subscribers

86,975

Created

July 25, 2012

Type

restricted

Whitelist Status

all_ads

Flags

Restricted Submissions

Community Reviewed

Total Submissions

10,169

Total Comments

246,783

Earliest Submission

July 25, 2012

Earliest Comment

July 25, 2012

Metrics

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Submission Score Distribution

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Most Distinctive Words

Year

2024

Total Words in Subreddit

42,270

Total Words in Reddit

119,924,722,855

Rank↕	Word↕	Occurrences in Subreddit ↕	Total Occurrences ↕	Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) ↕	Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) ↕	Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) ↕
#1	linguistics	56	111,666	1324.8	0.9	1422.80
#2	languages	112	1,784,588	2649.6	14.9	178.06
#3	sh	102	1,722,110	2413.1	14.4	168.04
#4	andy	32	834,524	757.0	7.0	108.79
#5	language	226	9,616,183	5346.6	80.2	66.68
#6	spoken	31	1,764,811	733.4	14.7	49.84
#7	english	177	10,347,413	4187.4	86.3	48.53
#8	speakers	30	1,813,399	709.7	15.1	46.94
#9	french	66	4,334,354	1561.4	36.1	43.20
#10	native	35	3,423,052	828.0	28.5	29.01
#11	chinese	44	4,804,787	1040.9	40.1	25.98
#12	words	99	15,106,550	2342.1	126.0	18.59
#13	european	32	5,342,167	757.0	44.5	16.99
#14	word	92	16,361,837	2176.5	136.4	15.95
#15	modern	31	7,578,929	733.4	63.2	11.60
#16	claim	30	8,770,353	709.7	73.1	9.70
#17	writing	40	11,922,004	946.3	99.4	9.52
#18	example	49	21,555,134	1159.2	179.7	6.45
#19	thread	39	19,004,293	922.6	158.5	5.82
#20	sound	31	17,539,025	733.4	146.3	5.01
#21	question	65	40,871,241	1537.7	340.8	4.51
#22	youtube	31	21,069,297	733.4	175.7	4.17
#23	fact	39	26,945,616	922.6	224.7	4.11
#24	comes	32	23,848,301	757.0	198.9	3.81
#25	means	37	27,688,363	875.3	230.9	3.79
#26	video	45	35,561,742	1064.6	296.5	3.59
#27	person	69	55,383,037	1632.4	461.8	3.53
#28	course	30	24,535,851	709.7	204.6	3.47
#29	sub	54	46,254,523	1277.5	385.7	3.31
#30	comments	87	85,988,917	2058.2	717.0	2.87
#31	understand	38	37,715,921	899.0	314.5	2.86
#32	aren	31	31,634,695	733.4	263.8	2.78
#33	which	112	129,074,401	2649.6	1076.3	2.46
#34	mean	47	54,321,697	1111.9	453.0	2.45
#35	used	55	63,827,742	1301.2	532.2	2.44
#36	between	32	37,847,980	757.0	315.6	2.40
#37	posts	42	50,213,543	993.6	418.7	2.37
#38	lot	77	92,463,892	1821.6	771.0	2.36
#39	comment	60	72,356,181	1419.4	603.3	2.35
#40	seems	32	38,617,962	757.0	322.0	2.35
#41	point	51	62,319,662	1206.5	519.7	2.32
#42	saying	34	42,724,796	804.4	356.3	2.26
#43	people	199	251,406,406	4707.8	2096.4	2.25
#44	different	48	62,561,049	1135.6	521.7	2.18
#45	say	77	102,705,557	1821.6	856.4	2.13
#46	most	80	109,201,161	1892.6	910.6	2.08
#47	wrong	30	41,515,630	709.7	346.2	2.05
#48	actually	54	74,973,768	1277.5	625.2	2.04
#49	doesn	68	95,744,046	1608.7	798.4	2.01
#50	because	146	220,961,388	3454.0	1842.5	1.87

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