Lindsey Terry won the 2005 competition, correctly spelling the word "rifeness.". From Wordnik.com. [Carthage Press Homepage RSS] Reference
I remember the in-class discussion when a student was amazed that lesbians had their own country back then — after all the story told of the lesbians’ revolt from Athenian domination and their subsequently having to pay tribute to Athens, so the hapless student figured it had to do with the rifeness of homosexuality in ancient Greece. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Lesbos:] Reference
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