January 2012
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December 2011
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I've been watching too much Bravo
November 2011
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Chimps May Have the Ability to Understand Language... →
I read about this sine-wave form speech with dolphins too, pretty cool. Thwarts the naysayers!
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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The Lexicon of Sustainability | Grist →
July 2011
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Exclamation Points and E-Mails - Cultural Studies... →
Pish, whatevs. Use ‘em if you got ‘em!
April 2011
2 posts
Snarky
I’m getting so tired of this word. Here’s the definition from Free Dictionary:
snark·y
adj. snark·i·er, snark·i·est Slang
1. Rudely sarcastic or disrespectful; snide.
2. Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.
People keep calling vegansaurus snarky and imply that’s something they like but it seems like a bad word. I’m kind of like, only snarky people use the word...
Fun with Gender and Toy Ads! →
February 2011
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January 2011
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“locapour
n. A person who drinks only locally produced wine or beer. [Blend of...”
– Word Spy - locapour
Haaaaaa
“Velcro dog
n. A dog that always sticks close to its owner, especially by...”
– Word Spy - Velcro dog
Word Spy →
Kevin Reilly showed me this site. It’s “The Word Lover’s Guide to New Words.” I’m into it.
Semantic satiation →
readmorewikipedia:
Semantic satiation is a cognitive neuroscience phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who can only process the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. For example, say: “smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile….”.
stfumansplaining →
My favorite buzzword of 2010 has it’s own tumblr blog now: STFU Mansplaining. The blogger is a man so…yeah.
Words coined in the 1990s →
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“I read Jay Rayner’s attempt at a week of veganism, where he suggests that...”
– You know I love when my linguistic interests and my vegan interests converge. Also, “ethnic” is my favorite adjective.
talking about things to eat (or: how the words people use to describe food make me feel like a freak) by VEGAN ABOUT TOWN
(via supersoygrrrl)
Philly Tawk →
Blogspot site for “a discussion awn Mid-Atlantic English”
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December 2010
13 posts
The Dictionary Of Received Ideas →
tristn:
tomewing:
One of my favourite books. If I were ever forced away from the internet I would certainly pack the Dictionary to remind me of it.
Flaubert wrote a dictionary of cliches? I love it, especially the “always” rules:
ACHILLES Add ‘fleet-footed’: people will think you’ve read Homer.
BATTLE Always ‘bloody’. There are always two sets of victors: those who won and those who lost.
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Words of the year from NYT
It’s that time of year again! Time for the words of the year. They aren’t that exciting this year. My favorite is maybe mansplainer:
mansplainer: A man compelled to explain or give an opinion about everything — especially to a woman. He speaks, often condescendingly, even if he doesn’t know what he’s talking about or even if it’s none of his business. Old term: a boor.
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Another word-of-the-day downer from the free...
Damn. That “Usage” is crushing.
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Weekend Competition: Nifty Ways to Leave Your... →
Schott’s vocab invites us to think of the 45 other ways to leave your lover.
We should do ones for chicks!
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daniel extra: How religious "tolerance" is... →
Interesting.
danielextra:
In a recent post on HuffPo, Rajiv Malhotra, founder of Infinity Foundation, writes how the notion of religious ‘tolerance’ has clearly not changed much as it has been practiced in Europe for centuries while wars brewed between Christian denominations each claiming to own the pathway…
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Anthropology Group Addresses Furor Over Deleting... →
It continues…
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Anthropology Group Drops ‘Science’ References,... →
You know I studied anthropology so this is definitely of interest to me. But I kind of don’t care. I see how it’s a big deal but, I don’t know. You know what the real problem is? Anthropology is all over the place! You got linguistics, archeology (only god knows why), ethnography, biology, and sociology. That’s too many things! Like the article says, people studying...
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November 2010
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On The Bro'd →
On The Bro’d is an ongoing translation of Kerouac’s On The Road into bro-speak. Please read it to understand the stirring unrest and genius of a generation of bros.
The only bros for me are the awesome ones, the ones who are mad to chug, mad to party, mad to bone, mad to get…
Amazing.
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vegansaurus!: Radiolab blows our minds again with... →
This is HELLA AWESOME! Animals can understand each others’ danger calls! Like, a bird can understand a monkey’s. That Meave! Always with the interesting stuffs!
vegansaurus:
Animals: they are amazing. Did you know? Radiolab, the most interesting English-language radio show in production, has some new, specific examples of animal behavior that will amaze you, guaranteed—unless you...
October 2010
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Opposing Domestic Violence with Homophobia →
2 birds, 1 stone.
sexismandthecity:
New anti-domestic violence ad in Chile tells men not to hit women by using openly homophobic language — specifically saying that a man who hits a woman is a “maricón,” the equivalent of “faggot”: “Maricon, el que maltrata una mujer.”
September 2010
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“The FDA has 180 days to respond to the petition. According to Ms. Erickson, the...”
– Ad Age
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Marketing: Trying to Rebrand HFCS as Corn Sugar -... →
Yeah, “corn SUGAR” is here! I saw this on a pro-corn syrup commercial the other day and was about to write about it but I got lazy. Luckily Ad Age wrote about it for me!
Atlanta appeals court: It's "nonracial" to call an... →
Sorry guys, “boy” is racist in this context. Even if a whitey was calling another whitey “boy” it would be whack.
burtonlang asked: I'd imagine it'd be fairly simple to get around using "my." You'd just use relatives and prepositions, like "of me," or "that belongs to me," or "that I use," or "to whom I'm related," etc. Ha, and that'd actually get rid of the ambiguity that article was talking about. ^^
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The Meaning of "My" - NYTimes.com →
A teacher in highschool told me that there was a culture that didn’t have possessive words like “my” in their language and it still blows my mind. Not the idea but when I try to talk without saying my… can’t do it! Like how would you say “my sister”?? You couldn’t say the daughter of MY mother. WTF! Blow my mind!
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Megan Rascal LITERALLY Rules
I think I’ve said this before but I love the way “literally” has evolved. Like this kid at school one day was giving his bio or whatever and he’s like, “I literally wear my heart on my sleeve!” Now of course he doesn’t literally wear his heart on his sleeve because he’s not like the tin man or something; he metaphorically wears his heart on his...
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How to argue like a dude, by Megan Rascal
Sometimes I’m a jerk and like to do stuff just to mess with people, well just to mess with men. One such thing is arguing like a guy. Men and women, girls and boys, we argue differently. Women say a lot of “in my opinion,” “well I think,” “I feel,” PISH! Men don’t need that crap! Because everything they say is right. Like men won’t be like,...
August 2010
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Thought for the day: Everytime!
Why, I say, why is sometime a word but everytime isn’t? Everyone and someone are both words but everytime is every time. Then there’s something and everything… what the hey?! Come on! Get it together people! This makes no sense!
Also, I was searching for some totally choice images for the post and it turns out Brittany Spears has a song called sometime and another song called...
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Everything Old Is Hip Again - Times Topics Blog -... →
Haha new york times writers told to cut back on “hipster.” I should follow suit with my lovelife!