Category Archives: Pointless words

Pointless words revisited

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

Remember this category? The one that pissed so many people off. Well , it’s not relevant anymore, but here’s proof of how these pointless words are not only useless, but in fact may have negative effects. Here’s why http://bit.ly/9z0SBJ Hat … Continue reading →

Posted in Pointless words | Leave a comment

Obscure trivia about a pointless word.

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

Did you know that ‘orrery’ which has featured on my pointless words category was named after Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676-1731), for whom one was made ?

Posted in Lame attempts at humour, Pointless words | Leave a comment

Pointless words 4

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

Here are a few more: acapnotic: person who doesn’t smoke accouchement: the time or act of giving birth

Posted in Pointless words | 3 Comments

A reluctant response

Posted on April 17, 2008 by

I wasn’t planning on doing this but Avnish has put pressure on me to respond to Abhishek’s attack on our attack on pointless words. Avnish has made some pretty good points . Abhishek  particularly has taken to heart the posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Pointless words, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Pointless words 3

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Avnish has now outdone himself and come up a word that is so pointless that it makes  ‘orrery’  look very very useful. boustrophedon: written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.

Posted in Pointless words | 5 Comments

Pointless words 2

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Avnish gave me this word in the comments for the earlier post. I feel it is pointless enough to have it’s own entry. orrery  : clockwork model of solar system

Posted in Pointless words | 1 Comment

New Category – Pointless words

Posted on March 17, 2008 by

Now that I’m so confused with what I want to do in life , I’ve decided to give everything a shot. That means that I’ve recently started looking through material (my mom would have preferred the term ‘studying’ here) for … Continue reading →

Posted in Pointless words | 3 Comments