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Interesting Words and Their Origins

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:47:28 +0000

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

Weird Words and Their Meanings

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:29:56 +0000

Old 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

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:08:07 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:09:31 +0000

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

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:00:46 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:56:07 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:09:55 +0000

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)