jargon scout

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Grant Barrett wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 06, 1999, Bob Fitzke <fitzke at VOYAGER.NET>
> wrote:
> >1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
> >> >  "screeched."
>
> "Strengths" is just as long.

The rec.puzzles Archives provides a ten-letter monosyllabic word:
SCRAUNCHED.  An eleven-letter word is given in brackets: SQUIRRELLED.
Presumably the brackets are meant to indicate that the monosyllabicity of
this word is questionable.


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