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Word Clouds

Monday, July 6th, 2009

What is a word cloud? Word Clouds are visual depictions of the word content for a website: a keyword used to describe a piece of information used on a website. This description is known as a

English Language and One Million Words

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

According to linguistic expert Paul J.J. Payack and this 1,000,000 word story by CNN.com, the English language added its 1,000,000,000th word at 5:22 a.m. on Wednesday 10, 2009. Paul J.J. Payack is

Glitter Words

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Here’s a question for the ages I was asked from a reader: What Are “Glitter Words” and “Myspace Words”? MySpace Words and “Glitter Words” are used as

Spelling Words

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

I may sound like I’m hopelessly old school when I write this particular blog entry, but it does seem like the English speaking world is losing the ability to spell words. Spelling words

Definition of Coterie – Dictionary Coterie

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

My word of the week is “coterie”. I’m going to post my definition of “coterie” here along with some thoughts about why I like the word so well. Coterie – (noun)

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