It begins here: We all know that the letter E is the most used letter in the english language. We all know the word The is the most used word in the english language. I used ‘The’ seven times in those last two sentences. But ever wondered what the 10,000th most used word is? According to Wordcount, it’s the word ‘Sewing’. Also, my name (Joseph) is the 3191st most used word in the English language.

So here I continue a meme. Take your birthday (mine is 12 June 1973) and put it in American non-y2k-compliant date format -> 06/12/73. If you’re not comfortable using your birthdate, use your cat’s birthday or wedding anniversary or some other less significant date. Drop the slashes and you get 061273. If it’s more than 6 digits, drop the first digit (either 1 or 0) and you’ll get a 5 digit number (61273). If it’s greater than 86800 (number of words on Wordcount), take another digit off (91010 -> 1010) . Enter your number into the ‘by rank’ field on Wordcount. I got anzac. Then look it up on Dictionary.com and provide a link.

Encourage your friends to do likewise :) Post your word in the comments :)