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# How Big Is Your Diction?
- URL: https://justincox.com/blog/2022/01/how-big-is-your-diction/
- Published: 2022-01-18T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-16T23:48:33.000Z
- Description: This Week In Writing, we break out the thesaurus to compare diction size and explore the power of unique words.
- Author: Justin Cox
- Tags: Craft, #This Week In Writing, This Just In, Tech

I had a friend in high school who loved telling people about the size of his diction. It was his favorite joke and probably tells you all about who I was in high school. Diction, in case you are wondering why any of this is funny, is the choice of words — or an old way of saying vocabulary.

If you use Grammarly, you likely get the weekly status report emails. Each week I’m floored by the number of unique words I use — last week, it was 7,216! I guess you can say I’m a fan of words.

My favorite word (thanks to my 10th grade English teacher) is **tintinnabulation*, the ringing or sounding of bells. While bells are nice, the word itself is magical. All those onomatopoeic syllables that mimic bells ringing. It’s a great word.

Today is [National Thesaurus Day](https://nationaltoday.com/national-thesaurus-day/?ref=justincox.com), so there’s no better time to celebrate the power of unique words. What is your favorite word, and where did you first learn it?