Topic: I looked up a top 1% word at Merriam-Websters today!

Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 9 years ago #58,433

I wanted to get the etymology of the word elixir, and am surprised to see:
Top 1% of lookups

I've looked up lots of words but this is the first time I chanced upon a top 1%!

Anyway, the origin:
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-iksīr the elixir, from al the + iksīr elixir, probably from Greek xērion desiccative powder, from xēros dry

So it's related to Xerox, the name of the company famous for photocopiers!

dw !vJwW0tsPXQ joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #748,100

Wow!!

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #748,103

im gay lol

brie !kGoudaMCFA joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #748,107

what does being a top 1% word mean?

timon joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #748,109

@previous (brie !kGoudaMCFA)
> Top 1% of lookups
Y'all are stupid today

brie !kGoudaMCFA replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #748,111

@previous (timon)
Does that mean it is the least looked up word or the most looked up?

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #748,114

Oh, it means among the most looked up.

timon replied with this 9 years ago, 37 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #748,125

@748,111 (brie !kGoudaMCFA)

> Does that mean it is the least looked up word or the most looked up?

why would top 1 percent ever mean least looked up

brie !kGoudaMCFA replied with this 9 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #748,128

@previous (timon)
the percentage could be for rarity, it didnt really specify.

timon replied with this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #748,131

@previous (brie !kGoudaMCFA)
you're fucking weird

brie !kGoudaMCFA replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #748,133

@previous (timon)
You must be new here, bud.

timon replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #748,138

@previous (brie !kGoudaMCFA)
lmao OK.

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