How many words are there in the English language? Estimates vary but most agree there are quite a few.  And how many do you know, or own and  have a personal relationship with?

Meet Wordia – a visual dictionary where people famous and otherwise upload their personal definitions. Brigham tried it out in the high school this year.
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