Words make swoon, especially when they’re chock-full of history and pop culture references. So my inner word nerd was jumping for joy when I stumbled upon Wordnik, which is “based on the principle that people learn words best by seeing them in context. We’ve collected more than 4 billion words of text (web pages, books, [...]
Categories: etymology, langauge, new words
Tagged: dictionary, etymology, word nerd, wordie, wordnik, words
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Tonight’s theme at drinks: Textcapades – the act of flirting without
consummating, committing or conversing. Do you do it?
As I write my first “word on the tweet” post, I can’t help but joyfully anticipate the worded journey that this twitter adventure will prove to be. Similar to that of sifting through a haystack [...]
Categories: etymology, langauge, technology talk, word on the tweet
Tagged: @mrjoezee, joe zee, textcapade, tweet, twitter, word on the tweet
As we celebrate independence this weekend in the U.S, there’s one thing that all we look forward to more than the plate of burgers and the crazy lady dressed in red, white and blue with her face painted. Any guesses? If you said “fireworks,” then go light yourself a sparkler. If not, well, then one [...]
Categories: etymology, langauge, words
Tagged: 4th of July, fire, firework, fireworks, independence day, light show, sparklers