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The larger a word is, the more times it has been used to tag a thread at MetaFilter.<br> <br> Below are the 150 most often used tags on MetaFilter.<br /><br /> </div> <div style="margin:0px 50px;"> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/advertising" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">advertising</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/afghanistan" style="font-size:24px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">afghanistan</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/africa" style="font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">africa</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/america" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">america</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/animals" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">animals</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/animation" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">animation</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/apple" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">apple</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/architecture" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">architecture</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/art" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">art</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/astronomy" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">astronomy</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/australia" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">australia</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/baseball" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">baseball</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/batshitinsane" style="font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">batshitinsane</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bbc" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">bbc</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/biology" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">biology</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/blog" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">blog</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/blogs" style="font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">blogs</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/book" style="font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">book</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/books" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">books</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/brokenlink" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">brokenlink</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bush" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">bush</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/business" style="font-size:27px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">business</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/california" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">california</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/canada" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">canada</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/capitalism" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">capitalism</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cats" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">cats</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/children" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">children</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/china" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">china</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/christmas" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">christmas</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cinema" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">cinema</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/climatechange" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">climatechange</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/comedy" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">comedy</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/comic" style="font-size:22px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">comic</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/comics" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">comics</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/computers" style="font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">computers</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cooking" style="font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">cooking</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/copyright" style="font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">copyright</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/crime" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">crime</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/culture" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">culture</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/dance" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">dance</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/death" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">death</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/design" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">design</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/documentary" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">documentary</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/dogs" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">dogs</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/drugs" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">drugs</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/economics" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">economics</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/economy" style="font-size:24px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">economy</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/education" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">education</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/election" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">election</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/environment" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">environment</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/evolution" style="font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">evolution</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fantasy" style="font-size:25px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">fantasy</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fashion" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">fashion</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/feminism" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">feminism</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fiction" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">fiction</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/film" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">film</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/flash" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">flash</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/food" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">food</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/football" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">football</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/france" style="font-size:24px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">france</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fun" style="font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">fun</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/funny" style="font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">funny</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/game" style="font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;line-height:120%;" rel="tag" target="_self">game</a> </nobr> <nobr><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/games" 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