r/words
words, expressions, slang, neologisms, etymology
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For logophiles, whether you tend toward pleonasm or perspicacious thrift. Any language is acceptable. Suggested topics are new words, expressions, neologisms, neoterisms, sniglets, odd usages, reanimated words, words you never knew existed, words you wish existed, or even words you would like expurgated from the space-time continuum.
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August 6, 2009
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 | 4,689 | 79,149 | 1591.0 | 0.7 | 2410.70 | |
| #2 | 242 | 20,620 | 82.1 | 0.2 | 477.57 | |
| #3 | 223 | 22,345 | 75.7 | 0.2 | 406.10 | |
| #4 | 135 | 15,488 | 45.8 | 0.1 | 354.69 | |
| #5 | 139 | 18,970 | 47.2 | 0.2 | 298.16 | |
| #6 | 147 | 20,789 | 49.9 | 0.2 | 287.73 | |
| #7 | 113 | 16,235 | 38.3 | 0.1 | 283.23 | |
| #8 | 687 | 101,198 | 233.1 | 0.8 | 276.24 | |
| #9 | 157 | 28,039 | 53.3 | 0.2 | 227.85 | |
| #10 | 144 | 26,696 | 48.9 | 0.2 | 219.50 | |
| #11 | 244 | 47,468 | 82.8 | 0.4 | 209.17 | |
| #12 | 209 | 40,978 | 70.9 | 0.3 | 207.54 | |
| #13 | 271 | 53,217 | 92.0 | 0.4 | 207.22 | |
| #14 | 176 | 35,271 | 59.7 | 0.3 | 203.05 | |
| #15 | 135 | 28,324 | 45.8 | 0.2 | 193.95 | |
| #16 | 77 | 16,381 | 26.1 | 0.1 | 191.28 | |
| #17 | 408 | 87,205 | 138.4 | 0.7 | 190.38 | |
| #18 | 640 | 141,139 | 217.2 | 1.2 | 184.52 | |
| #19 | 91 | 22,234 | 30.9 | 0.2 | 166.55 | |
| #20 | 176 | 44,614 | 59.7 | 0.4 | 160.53 | |
| #21 | 94 | 23,848 | 31.9 | 0.2 | 160.39 | |
| #22 | 205 | 52,752 | 69.6 | 0.4 | 158.13 | |
| #23 | 289 | 75,086 | 98.1 | 0.6 | 156.62 | |
| #24 | 623 | 162,237 | 211.4 | 1.4 | 156.26 | |
| #25 | 151 | 41,865 | 51.2 | 0.3 | 146.77 | |
| #26 | 69 | 19,654 | 23.4 | 0.2 | 142.86 | |
| #27 | 301 | 85,877 | 102.1 | 0.7 | 142.63 | |
| #28 | 200 | 57,740 | 67.9 | 0.5 | 140.95 | |
| #29 | 91 | 26,396 | 30.9 | 0.2 | 140.29 | |
| #30 | 52 | 15,395 | 17.6 | 0.1 | 137.45 | |
| #31 | 63 | 19,213 | 21.4 | 0.2 | 133.43 | |
| #32 | 101 | 33,171 | 34.3 | 0.3 | 123.90 | |
| #33 | 147 | 48,508 | 49.9 | 0.4 | 123.31 | |
| #34 | 241 | 79,724 | 81.8 | 0.7 | 123.01 | |
| #35 | 377 | 127,595 | 127.9 | 1.1 | 120.23 | |
| #36 | 1,415 | 489,588 | 480.1 | 4.1 | 117.61 | |
| #37 | 190 | 66,574 | 64.5 | 0.6 | 116.13 | |
| #38 | 99 | 35,217 | 33.6 | 0.3 | 114.39 | |
| #39 | 64 | 22,827 | 21.7 | 0.2 | 114.09 | |
| #40 | 89 | 31,751 | 30.2 | 0.3 | 114.06 | |
| #41 | 360 | 129,591 | 122.2 | 1.1 | 113.04 | |
| #42 | 490 | 176,391 | 166.3 | 1.5 | 113.04 | |
| #43 | 457 | 165,025 | 155.1 | 1.4 | 112.69 | |
| #44 | 941 | 347,267 | 319.3 | 2.9 | 110.26 | |
| #45 | 51 | 18,828 | 17.3 | 0.2 | 110.22 | |
| #46 | 106 | 39,922 | 36.0 | 0.3 | 108.04 | |
| #47 | 41 | 15,777 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 105.75 | |
| #48 | 102 | 40,029 | 34.6 | 0.3 | 103.69 | |
| #49 | 44 | 17,522 | 14.9 | 0.1 | 102.18 | |
| #50 | 61 | 24,304 | 20.7 | 0.2 | 102.13 |