Fascinating Terms and Their Etymologies This blog has talked about interesting words and their origins before, and I have to admit a lingering fascination for learning the etymology of words. Watch
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Interesting Words and Their Origins
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Weird Words and Their Meanings
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Old and Archaic Terminology – Odd Words Definitions If you love to know weird words and their meanings, Wordskit offers a list of 40-50 of the weirdest terms you’ll ever find in the
Word Clouds
Monday, July 6th, 2009What 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, 2009According 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, 2009Here’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, 2009I 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, 2009My 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)