Eldritch Effulgence: HP Lovecraft's favorite words
CthulhuChick is editing the ebook edition of the complete works of HP Lovecraft, so she decided to see how often Cthulhudaddy's favorite words crop up in his oeuvre:Wordcount for Lovecraft's Favorite Words (via Tor)Abnormal - 94
Accursed - 76
Antediluvian - 10
Antiqu (e/arian) - 128
Blasphem (y/ous) - 92
Charnel - 20
Comprehension - 9
Cyclopean - 47
Decadent - 32
Daemoniac - 55
Effulgence - 4
Eldritch - 23
Faint (ed/ing) - 189
Gibbous - 9
Hideous - 260
Immemorial - 25
(Image: J_20 College Hill - The H. P. Lovecraft Memorial Plaque at 22 Prospect Street, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from cthulhuwho1's photostream)
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