Take, for example, bridegroom, or groom. In Middle English (ca. 1200-1500), the original term was goom (= man). The extra -r- was added centuries ago by false association with someone who works in a stable to care for horses. America's greatest lexicographer, Noah Webster, fought in vain in the early 19th century to make a man on his wedding day the bridegoom and all his attendants the goomsmen. But the English-speaking people would have none of it - they wanted their extra -r-, and they got it. The harmless mutation survived, and today we're wedded to it.
—from Garner's Modern English Usage, a book by Bryan Garner
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| 687. | Andrew (andrewyang2020) | 62.59 | 97% | 2020-02-06 |
| 688. | _ (fishy192) | 62.58 | 97% | 2020-10-06 |
| 689. | amin (parich) | 62.57 | 96% | 2020-03-12 |
| 690. | Ronald (ron777) | 62.56 | 95% | 2019-12-13 |
| 691. | MinetasticAR (minetasticar) | 62.55 | 97% | 2019-10-13 |
| 692. | Joey (promaxwell) | 62.53 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
| 693. | Val (valenre) | 62.53 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
| 694. | Alex (alexruben) | 62.51 | 97% | 2019-10-09 |
| 695. | Vishal (vpm911) | 62.47 | 96% | 2019-09-27 |
| 696. | Nurbek (tsukerk1) | 62.36 | 96% | 2020-11-18 |
| 697. | The man from (mahafis) | 62.29 | 95% | 2020-07-02 |
| 698. | Valtsu (copywriter) | 62.24 | 95% | 2020-01-10 |
| 699. | Eskil (eskimogazelle) | 62.24 | 95% | 2020-03-20 |
| 700. | Ripx (ripx) | 62.10 | 97% | 2020-03-18 |
| 701. | dude (udead1) | 62.07 | 96% | 2020-03-02 |
| 702. | Yucheol (yucheol) | 62.01 | 95% | 2020-03-06 |
| 703. | pege (pege) | 61.99 | 95% | 2020-06-28 |
| 704. | xnethu (candycloth) | 61.96 | 96% | 2020-02-03 |
| 705. | Eddie (agzastrgath) | 61.77 | 95% | 2020-03-23 |
| 706. | Ali (ali110imdad) | 61.76 | 98% | 2019-12-30 |
| 707. | Christopher (chriskaee) | 61.73 | 94% | 2019-10-29 |
| 708. | dje (djebou) | 61.72 | 98% | 2019-12-05 |
| 709. | Radmilo (radmilo) | 61.65 | 97% | 2020-03-01 |
| 710. | aka. Nerd Typist (nonquit_a... | 61.60 | 97% | 2020-02-18 |
| 711. | A (gharhan) | 61.55 | 96% | 2019-09-26 |
| 712. | Crunchman (crunchman) | 61.51 | 96% | 2019-10-14 |
| 713. | Maximilian (maxpatriot) | 61.41 | 96% | 2020-01-19 |
| 714. | HeavenIsNotReal (lusttea) | 61.39 | 94% | 2020-03-05 |
| 715. | cr (cr24) | 61.39 | 95% | 2019-11-18 |
| 716. | Andy (just4andy) | 61.38 | 96% | 2020-01-10 |
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