January 2011
11 posts
1 tag
Jan 28th
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Jan 21st
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“locapour n. A person who drinks only locally produced wine or beer. [Blend of...”
– Word Spy - locapour Haaaaaa
Jan 20th
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“Velcro dog n. A dog that always sticks close to its owner, especially by...”
– Word Spy - Velcro dog
Jan 20th
Word Spy →
Kevin Reilly showed me this site. It’s “The Word Lover’s Guide to New Words.” I’m into it.
Jan 20th
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….”.
Jan 20th
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stfumansplaining →
My favorite buzzword of 2010 has it’s own tumblr blog now: STFU Mansplaining. The blogger is a man so…yeah.
Jan 12th
Words coined in the 1990s →
Jan 10th
93 notes
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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)
Jan 9th
4 notes
Philly Tawk →
Blogspot site for “a discussion awn Mid-Atlantic English”
Jan 8th
3 tags
Jan 8th
1 note