It’s a good, round, solid number that can mean nothing, or everything. See for yourself.
10×10
http://www.tenbyten.org/
?10×10? (‘ten by ten’) is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10×10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10×10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.?
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/100words/
?Paradigm? is on the list, unsurprisingly; but is someone going to give us a coaching lesson on how to correctly pronounce it?
100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html
That should be ?frequently,? but who am I to argue?
100 Words You Should Know to Pass an Advanced Vocabulary Exam
http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm
This list is from the perspective of those whose native tongue isn’t English, but I know from experience that some of those words would be lost on even native speakers.
The Top 100
http://www.wordspy.com/topwords.asp
This list shows the top 100 Word Spy words (as measured by page views) from the past seven days. Warning: This site may contain offensive or delicate material. Please view it at your discretion.
100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses
http://www.bitchslapp.com/viewtopic.php?t=313
I had a friend who used to interchange ?idea? and ?ideal? all the time. It drove me nutty.
100 Words for the Internet
http://www.breizh.net/saozneg/mahtmls.php
. . . in English, French, and Breton.
100 Words to Make You Sound Smart
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/37270
After viewing the list . . . I am the epitome of a bona fide baroque hedonist, bent on heresy and mercenary minimalism. How smart do I sound now?
100 Coloured Glass Focus Stones
http://www.beachdecor.net/beach_decors/colored-glass-focus-stones-over-100-words-sold-individually-p-1831.html
I can’t think of what I’d do with them, but boy do I want them!
100 Words
http://www.100words.com
100 words every day: no more, no less. I’ve actually been participating in this project for many years, but let it lapse. I think I’m going to get right back into it. Join me there; it’s a great writing exercise!