Tag: dictionary
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November 18, 2009 08:37 AM EST --
What word sums up 2009? How about UNFRIEND ?
That's the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year. The meaning? To remove someone as a friend on social networking sites such as Facebook, . . .
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July 23, 2008 08:52 PM EDT --
I had a very strange dream before waking up about being pregnant. I think it was because of all the talk yesterday I encountered on the subject. It got me to think about dream meanings though . . .
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September 23, 2008 09:59 AM EDT --
ADULT
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
BEAUTY PARLOR
A place where women curl up and dye.
CANNIBAL
Someone who is fed up with . . .
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November 17, 2009 05:20 PM EST --
I want to share an interesting web site that I found today. Do you like to learn new words? Sometimes when I am bored I take out the dictionary and read it to find new words. The . . .
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August 02, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
I find as a writer, that an old dictionary is a great tool.
In fact, the older the dictionary, the better.
Now I have two very old dictionaries that I use, but I have others that are not so old, and . . .
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April 04, 2009 12:32 PM EDT --
(This is posted for the Saturday Writer's Workshop. The 5 words for my challenge were Nashville, rebellious, crowd scuffle, intangibly.)
Fifi's Last Howl
The detective . . .
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July 21, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Here is a word for today:
July 21, 2008
balbuties n.
stammering; also, a kind of defective pronunciation.
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July 24, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
This huge dictionary is great. It takes awhile to find a word that might be new to a good portion of people, but I am having fun. If you already know a word....well, you can feel . . .
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March 14, 2007 07:13 PM EDT --
What is a word you always seem to spell wrong???
For me....it is 'definitely'.........
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January 04, 2007 03:52 PM EST --
NEW WORDS FOR 2006 -
SOUL PATCH: A small growth of hair just below a man's lower lip above his chin.
DRAMA QUEEN: Someone who usually reacts with overly emotional responses.
UNIBROW: . . .
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February 01, 2008 02:48 PM EST --
I have always been something of a "wordsmith." I enjoy a good turn-of-the-phrase, a unique way of saying something, and learning new words.
Suffice to say, it drives my . . .
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January 12, 2009 05:14 AM EST --
If I were the devil
These would be my entries
in the devil's dictionary.
Devil. one who does not sin
Drunk. one temporarily sober
Deft. inadequate . . .
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July 07, 2008 11:05 AM EDT --
Today I have a few "obsolete" words, that appealed to me. While they are not in regular current usage, you may come across them in older texts. Could be an interesting addition to . . .
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July 28, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
After a short weekend hiatus, the daily vocabulary expansion feature is back. Popped open the unabridged and presto .... our word for the day.
July 28, 2008
recrudescence . . .
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July 28, 2009 10:53 PM EDT --
You are a moron. Yes, that means you. I don't know WHERE in the heck you were when they passed out brains. Really. You weren't at the front of the line for sure.
You are completely . . .
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August 11, 2009 04:40 PM EDT --
We all have our pet peeves.
I decided to share this one with you because I see it regularly on Gather. That is, I see it a lot. Or, should I say: alot?
That is my pet peeve of the day: alot.
Please . . .
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November 06, 2009 07:38 PM EST --
I JUST WANNA USE THE 'F' WORD, DON'T YOU???????
I'm going to do it because IT'S a FREE COUNTRY and I CAN DO and SAY WhAtEver
I want to say, so... here goes.
Some of YOU people are such . . .
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June 08, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
Ever since I started post graduate education in the fall of 99, I have kept two books beside the computer as I have composed my written assignments. These two books are a Bible and a dictionary. I have . . .
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February 10, 2007 01:14 PM EST --
My Dictionary Is Older Than I Am!
I need a new dictionary. I have two, but they won't do. I suppose I could look words up on the Internet, but I don’t because it takes too long.
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April 22, 2007 05:51 PM EDT --
Our correspondent was reading a language-related newsletter last night, and came across a comment by a contributor about Webster’s Online Dictionary (not the be confused with (merriam-webster.com). . . .
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