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Most Looked-Up NYT Words
Here is a list of words so tricky that NYT.com readers can't nod their heads vaguely and pretend to know what in fuck is being said. I'm surprised shibboleth is in the Top Ten; I thought Aaron Sorkin had schooled us pretty thoroughly on that one.
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