Feeling rhopalic?
Another one for the activity box. Thanks to Paul for pointing it out.
One of the great resources over at Wordsmith.org is a newsletter called A.Word.A.Day. Today’s word is “rhopalic,” which apparently means “having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.” Along with the word, the site challenges readers to submit “a rhopalic newspaper headline (can be of increasing or decreasing word lengths) for a real or imaginary event.”
I gave it a go:
Scrabble Tourney Ruined! Final Game Has No ‘X’
(Figured fellow word nerds would love something Scrabble-related.) The contest ends this Friday. Good luck, and let me know if (and what) you enter!
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Loved your headline about the Scrabble tournament — what a tragedy! I came across your blog when googling for all things rhopalic, having recently become addicted (via wordsmith.org) as well. I’ve posted some of my own rhopalic attempts here.
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‘X’ is not very ideal should winning semantic arguments impulsively contrindicate.
[Hey, I took a shot.]
Thanks, Rob — always good stuff here.