Word Nerd Day
January 9 · Level 2 · #1966 of 2238
A day for people who love words: rare ones, long ones, funny ones and exactly the right ones. It is a good excuse to admit that you read the dictionary for fun.
How it is celebrated: friends and colleagues play Scrabble, crosswords and other word games, swap favourite oddball words and hunt through a dictionary for something new. A quick team quiz on obscure definitions fits well.
The longest word in major English dictionaries has 45 letters and names a lung disease caused by fine volcanic dust.