words

31 posts

  1. Orion Magazine | Landspeak
  2. Why Everyone's Saying 'YAAAAAASSSSSS' Now
  3. The Meaning of “Culture”
  4. Cormac McCarthy's Vocabulary Is Better Than Yours: Blood Meridian {spoilers!}
  5. A Wealth of Words by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., City Journal WInter 2013
  6. Scott Adams Blog: Sleep Tip 03/21/2011
  7. Laconic (adj.) - Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do
  9. Words to Be Aware Of – Lone Gunman
  10. Other People’s Words Are the Bridge You Use to Cross
  11. “City of Words” by Vito Acconci
  12. Phonestheme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  13. Say What?: An Interview with Etymonline.com’s Douglas Harper | David C. Carver | Drunken Koudou
  14. Anagnorisis - Wikipedia
  15. Astroturfing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  16. Emotive conjugation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  17. Akrasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  18. Forer effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  19. Copacetic - Online Etymology Dictionary
  20. Generic Names for Soft Drinks by County
  21. RAS syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  22. Isogloss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  23. Music = dye
  24. The combinatorial agility of words, the exponential generation of meaning once…
  25. Shifting Sentence Structure Alters Meaning
  26. Mondegreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  27. A Brief History of “Cool” | Fast Company
  28. Walla: The Murmur of a Crowd in the Background
  29. "All language, at some level, is body language"
  30. The Party of the First Part: The Curious World of Legalese (review: 3/5)
  31. Merriam-Webster's words of the year