Tag: lexicon
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November 22, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the 2007 "Word of the Year."
Their explanation:
Word of the Year is interpreted in its broader sense as “vocabulary . . . more
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April 27, 2007 02:08 AM EDT --
There's smart and then there's me. I'm smart--sort of.
I don't know the right thing to say at a party. I don't do social situations. I couldn't read a social cue to save my life, . . . more
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February 22, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
My unabridged lover waits unperturbed,
Lexicon of love, sweet kiss, soft word.
I nestle beside him, leaf page by page;
Awash in warm ardor, calm undisturbed.
Down pathways of reason my thoughts . . . more
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September 08, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
The small publisher was not contesting that the lexicon infringes upon Rowling's copyright but argued that it was a fair use allowable by law for reference books. In his ruling, Patterson noted that . . . more
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April 28, 2007 07:34 PM EDT --
Having bragged that I can name 20 English cognates of the Latin verb that means "to send" (i.e. mitteo, mittere, missi, missum) I feel obligated to do so. If you know any I missed, transmit me . . . more
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April 29, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Okay, word geeks and logophiles, let's see how many words we can come up with that descended to us from the Latin verb "venio, venire, veni, ventum," to come. I'll give mine first, . . . more
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June 05, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
I heard this expression in a quote "That's not enough to butter your parsnips." Well, in context, the meaning eluded me. Then I Googled it. No help at all, unless I want to prepare and cook . . . more
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July 22, 2007 07:55 AM EDT --
~* A Hard Scrabble Life *~
Seven little wooden tiles
hold promise and frustration
lay jumbled in a tiny trough
awaiting your inspiration.
A couple . . . more
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May 13, 2007 10:17 PM EDT --
Here's a challenge:
Write sentence using at least one pair of homophones correctly.
I'll start:
A reckless driver cannot remain wreckless very long.
Your turn.
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May 21, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
If you are wondering what a Word Geek is, it's a person with an obscene amount of verbal intelligence. For an idea about the kinds of things they think about and know, see my article, Confessions of . . . more
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February 19, 2008 03:47 PM EST --
Like most kids, when I was small I learned the alphabet by singing my ABCs. In seventh grade I discovered a record album, Lexicon of Love , by a music group that used those same three letters as their . . . more
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July 18, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
We have passed the dawn of artificial intelligence
where manufactured intellect is beginning to learn;
beyond the scope of push-button commands
and into the realm of human interaction.
One . . . more
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July 13, 2006 03:02 AM EDT --
There are many words that describe me, but I get a little sheepish when someone refers to me as a "blogger".
We use descriptive words that define people in such a way that allows others to . . . more
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December 29, 2006 07:09 PM EST --
The older I get, the more I begin to realize how much we, as humans, are limited not by lack of ideas but by the lack of ability to communicate those ideas precisely, using . . . more
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May 11, 2007 10:56 AM EDT --
Half-a-dozen times over the last 10 years, I have found myself going head-to-head with some authority figure over one of my children. Usually, I'd look at them and fold. After all, they were the professionals. . . . more
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May 18, 2007 08:02 PM EDT --
Discussions of politics have always spawned colorful language. What's your favorite (or least favorite) word coined by discussors and cussors of the political scene?
Mine:
Favorite: "Shiite . . . more
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June 26, 2008 11:39 AM EDT --
This week Lindley Homol writes about fan fiction:
"According to Charles Caleb Colton, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It is not immediately clear whether fan fiction, the creation . . . more
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