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The word calamity makes me smile (and now I know why)
Words are special things to me, and when I was a smaller geek and would try to figure out the meaning of unknown words, I would often form a mental image of a word’s meaning based on, often times,...
View ArticleI don’t wish you a safe trip
I drove my girlfriend to the airport this morning. After I took her bag out of the car and put it on the curb, we stood there and exchanged goodbyes, and everything you can imagine comes with those....
View ArticleThis word doesn’t mean what you think it does. Go look it up.
Welcome to the first installment of This word doesn’t mean what you think it does. Go look it up. Today’s word is verbiage. Go look it up.
View ArticleThis is cool. Slash get off my lawn.
Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark Anymore Two weeks ago, one student brought up the word slash as an example of new slang, and it quickly became clear to me that many students are using slash in ways...
View ArticleToolbogged
Oh, hey guys — I just invented a new word. toolbogged /ˈtulˌbɒgged/ (v. intr; past participle of toolbog) To become so consumed by the process of researching and selecting gear (often software) for a...
View ArticleCan we just drop this?
If you’re not a rapper promoting your new album — and especially if you’re a non-rapper who works in marketing — can you do us a favor and not use “drop” to mean “the date on which [my thing] is set to...
View ArticleDear everyone who says “irregardless,”
The word you’re actually looking for is irregardful. You’re welcome.
View ArticleDerechos, am I right(s)?
Spanish is a language I’ve studied on and off throughout my life, but never hard enough, it seems. Seeing a pamphlet recently, titled Declaración de los derechos, made me feel that way. The actual...
View ArticleThis word doesn’t mean what you think it does: imagery
Grab a dictionary and look up today’s word: imagery. While you’re there, stop off at images. (That’s the word you’re looking for.)
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Wrong: a modest trumpposal
Something occurred to me late in the 2016 presidential race.1 Everybody was like “this guy lies and never faces consequences,” but was going about it in pretty much the least effective way possible....
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