Inspired by Tim O'Reilly's tweet today.

As discussed in the NYT article: 50 Fancy Words

Source: graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/topics/topic/2010afterdeadlineblog.pdf

My twitter account: tbc0

Rank Word Reader
Lookups		 News
Articles		 Op-Ed or
Editorial		 Lookups
per use
1 inchoate 8,172 13 7 409
2 profligacy 6,675 23 5 238
3 sui generis 5,675 7 2 631
4 austerity 5,517 155 12 33
5 profligate 4,776 31 5 133
6 baldenfreude 4,734 0 1 4,734
7 opprobrium 4,627 14 2 289
8 apostates 4,553 5 2 650
9 solipsistic 4,329 7 0 618
10 obduracy 4,288 1 1 2,144
11 Internecine 4,159 7 3 416
12 soporific 3,670 1 1 1,835
13 Kristallnacht 3,389 3 1 847
14 peripatetic 3,118 29 1 104
15 nascent 3,050 99 6 29
16 desultory 3,025 12 2 216
17 redoubtable 2,879 10 2 240
18 hubris 2,867 36 9 64
19 mirabile dictu 2,778 0 1 2,778
20 crèches 2,711 0 1 2,711
21 apoplectic 2,692 7 2 299
22 overhaul 2,687 580 25 4
23 ersatz 2,636 17 1 146
24 obstreperous 2,634 2 1 878
25 jejune 2,564 2 1 855
26 omertà 2,517 8 0 315
27 putative 2,470 11 1 206
28 Manichean 2,467 3 1 617
29 canard 2,359 8 5 181
30 ubiquitous 2,350 158 10 14
31 atavistic 2,267 4 1 453
32 renminbi 2,243 63 5 33
33 sanguine 2,069 23 4 77
34 antediluvian 2,027 3 2 405
35 cynosure 1,912 3 0 637
36 alacrity 1,910 7 3 191
37 epistemic 1,902 1 1 951
38 egregious 1,892 61 16 25
39 incendiary 1,889 67 6 26
40 chimera 1,850 6 0 308
41 laconic 1,840 19 1 92
42 polemicist 1,801 4 1 360
43 comity 1,793 2 4 299
44 provenance 1,763 53 1 33
45 sclerotic 1,719 7 0 246
46 prescient 1,716 45 4 35
47 hegemony 1,669 18 5 73
48 verisimilitude 1,656 14 0 118
49 feckless 1,617 15 9 67
50 démarche 1,596 5 0 319