The Word Blog
The 15 Most Overused Words of 2009
July 15th, 2009I’m going to get a little snarky today. I decided to have a little fun and make my list of the “Ten Most Overused Words of 2009″. These are words or phrases I’m just sick of
Why Is Q Always Followed by U?
July 13th, 2009Why Is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language is a hardcover book by Michael Quinion which was released recently (July 2, 2009) that many
Word Up – Word Soup
July 9th, 2009“Word Up” or “Word Soup” is an electronic word game that is often played in English pubs. By one account, Word Up video games are found in approximately 40% of the pub
Words of Sympathy
July 8th, 2009One of the hardest things to do is to say words of sympathy to someone dealing with loss or tragedy. It isn’t that you don’t feel the pain and sorrow of your friends and acquaintances.
Word Clouds
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
Netspeak and Internet Slang Words
July 1st, 2009Have you ever walked into a room and seen your child in an IM or text conversation, typing some kind of internet shorthand to his or her friends? Kids these days often used abbreviations to hide
Sentence Unscrambler – Phrase Unscrambler
June 29th, 2009There are games online where a computer program scrambles the letters in a phrase or sentence and you must unscramble the words to win the game. In fact, there are a variety of sentence unscramble
English Language and One Million Words
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
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
June 23rd, 2009The editorial staff of the American Heritage Dictionary compiled a list of 100 words every high school graduate should be familiar with. These aren’t words that you’ll be using every
Glitter Words
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