Seconds after the ball descended from the sky in NYC, my mind began to wander to the world of language. As my surrounding company began to whisper 2010 resolutions, I started to consider which word I should choose to define my new year. After some quick yet careful thinking, I selected “fresh” from the imaginary [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: definition, fresh, language, merriam webster, new year, word
You couldn’t live without your personal collection of books, and you refer to the small piece of wooden furniture, otherwise known as a book shelf, as your library. Although you love to share language and stories with others, you hesitate to lend a copy of your favorite book (even though you have 3 of the [...]
Categories: word nerd gift
Tagged: book shelf, books, knock knock, language, library, personal library kit, syllable studio
after some lively conversation with friends about my previous post’s word choice (hooray), I have another thought I’d like to share.
Interjections are accessories for a sentence. I would maybe even say that they are the word icing on the cake. That being said, today’s language has become highly abbreviated and interjections were the first to [...]
Categories: words
Tagged: conversation, hooray, interjection, language, words
There are some words that truly bring to a smile to my face, and “hooray” is definitely one of them. It not only carries a sense of joy with its meaning, but also with its pronunciation. Like a slice of lemon to a meal or the color red to a wall, “hooray” brightens any sentence.
Our [...]
Tagged: battle-cry, etymology, hooray, language, merriam webster, online etymology dictionary, words
I’ve been known to throw some slanguage around now and then, what can I say, I’m from Philly. I thoroughly enjoy scholarly pieces just as much as the pop culture blogs overflowing with the newly created words of the moment. So I thought I would start a weekly “sunday slanguage” post to spice up the [...]
Categories: etymology, sunday slanguage
Tagged: etymology, language, merriam webster, online etymology dictionary, slang, slanguage, words
Even when you’re not speaking, you still have the ability to communicate with those around you by wearing your words. The next time you walk down the street, keep count of how many individuals pass you wearing t-shirts decorated with a killer word, witty phrase, or memorable quote.
I am all for expression, however, I am [...]
Categories: wear your words
Tagged: choiceshirts, freedom of speech, language, spreadshirt, t-shirt, threadless, wear your words, words on t shirts
Some people intently watch ESPN to see which players will be drafted to their favorite teams, while I anticipate the time when Merriam-Webster adds new words to the dictionary (I am an utter word nerd and proud of it).
The last word party kicked off in 2006, when Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition was filled to [...]
Categories: new words
Tagged: dictionary, language, merriam webster, new words, words