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2007: Types
of Writing Colo(u)rful
Words Words
from the Crimean War Obscure
Water-Words Coined
Words Laws,
Principles, and Rules Short
Words Words
from Games Monk
words Animating
Adjectives Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows What's
Our Theme? |
Action
words: verbs The
Vulgar Tongue Eponyms
again Miscellaneous
Words More
Game/Sport Words Words
of the Theater Words
from Arabic 2007
Scripps National Spelling Bee Collections
and collectors Specific
"collective" nouns Collections
of Writings Savory
Collectives - E pluribus unum |
People
You Know People
you may know Occupations
Surviving as Surnames Eponyms
from Surnames from Occupations Words
from Folk Etymology Antiquated
Words - Oddballs Only Eponyms
from Shakespeare Words
with Religious Connection Tasty
Words Overeating New Beasts
in OED Rip Van
Winkle Domineering
Women |
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2006: Eponyms from World War II Lazy People Antedating the OED Waters of the World "Untranslatable" Words from German From
the poems of Guy W. Carryl One
Week of the Newspaper Time
for More Time Words
of Deception and Trickery Fireworks Geography
Words Words
from Hawaiian Volcano
Words Hiding
and Secrecy Words
of War and Revolt More
Words of War Toponyms |
In
Honour of Charles Dickens Terms
of Wordplay Peculiar
The
Color Black Terms
from Horse Racing Akeelah
and the Bee Eponyms Toponyms Insulting
Words Sensory
Words Words
from Wordcraft's "Bluffing Game" Words
of Art Dirksenian
Prose Egyptology More
toponyms One
Day; One Newspaper |
Astronomy
terms, and metaphor False
Starts and New Beginnings Eponyms
- outrageous and/or obscure Basketball
terms used figuratively Words
from our board Spanish
Land-word Loanwords Words
from Spanish F-word
thoughts Eponyms
from the Ancient Greeks Vibrant
Verbs Words
of Double Meaning The
French Revolution Phrases
from Latin Graphic
Words Eponyms
from Literature Words
from Heinlein |
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2005: Jan. 2005
Tsunamis
and related words From an
old joke Eponyms
(non-character) from writings Etymologies
in the Sky April 2005
Two for
the Price of One Eyesight,
used figuratively Papal
Election Terms
from French July 2005
Unpleasant
Places Political
Leaders as Eponyms Common
Words missing from OED Oct. 2005
Words
of Fakeitude or Error Boo!
for Halloween |
Feb. 2005
Book
Words For
Valentine's Day " Government
and Rule Jane
Austen #3 May 2005
"Colors
of Spring" – and others Incommodating
Eponyms Words
of the Law The
issue of using "Hard Words" Potter
words; later books Harry
Potter, Book I Toponyms Toponyms
from heavenly places Thanksgiving |
March 2005
Stupidity Words
OED has only from other Dictionaries Saints
Preservèd "Untranslatable"
Foreign Words 'Hard
words' from "River Horse" Less-known
meanings of familiar words Weather
words Eating and
Drinking Horticulture
words Words
of Railroading Bible
Eponyms Insects Anti-Black
Discrimination More
Christmas-Carol Words Odd and
Amusing Scientific Names |
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2004: Jan. 2004
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work
We Go Pronunciations and
Mispronunciations Words from the Comic Strips April 2004
Interesting Etymologies Shakesperean Words The Art of the Book Words that made me laugh July 2004
Terms from Mathematics Uplifting Eponyms Guess the theme Varieties of Written Works Spelling
Bee Words I'll Do
That for You Jane
Austen Words (part 1) Odd and Curious Beasties |
Feb. 2004
Horse Words More Horse Words Horse Sense: Terms Of Logic Characters from Greek Myth May 2004
Eponyms of Women From the Securities Markets "Dutch" Phrases Not Azygous: Shy Spouse-words August 2004
-asterous
pejoratives Ethnic slurs
of the Classical Greeks Words
from Italian ian
Insults Words fro Words
of Election and Voting Abecedar
m Chess The
Common Man |
March 2004
Martha Stewart Words The Ides of March: Caesar
words Ineffectual people: words from
Yiddish Blowing in the Winds June 2004
The body, especially joints The press reflects on Reagan Have You Ever Met People Like
This? Terms
of Illogic Sept. 2004
Terms
of International Relations Bizarre
etymologies Confusing
Doublets, redux Lifestyles,
"On the street where you live" High-powered
Positives Jane
Austen, revisited Lesser-Known
Counterparts of Familiar Words Wintry
words |
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2003: Jan. 2003
Mythical
Places Common
Food Names with Interesting Stories Words
from US Football Weird
and Wonderful Words April 2003
Words
from the News Words
from Astrology Unusual
Eponyms Tuchman's
The First Salute People and how words affect
them Deletions from Webster's
Collegiate Words from The Da Vinci
Code Signs of the Times The Seven Deadly Sins Words from Baseball It's about time Words from Dorothy Parker |
Characters
from Charles Dickens Valentine's
Day – ah, Love Love
gang agley (gone awry) Unexpected
etymologies from animals May 2003
" Bible stories Oration: Types of Speeches Individuals' Relation to
Society August 2003
For
your aMUSEment – The Muses Sounds
of Nature Seeing
Red Words
from Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado Gallic Words The body, especially digits Eponyms of Americans Confusing doublets |
Pleasant
Conversation Epi-
Words A Hodge-Podge of
Reduplicatives Words of the War June 2003
Animal words More Phrases from French Bromatology – more food
words People and how words affect
them Sept. 2003
Eponyms from Drama Euphonious Words Verbs: Let's have some action! Morgan words Swords Dec. 2003
Science concepts Words from Double-Dactyl Words "BBC words":
Boisterous Bumptious Coinages |
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2002: Words
that Sound Dirty – But Aren't Words
from The Raven by E. A. Poe The
Colors of Fall Things
That Go Bump In The Night |
July-Aug. 2002
Words
from Yiddish Words
from Politics Personalities
from Literature Words
for funny uses of words Gilbert
and Sullivan: Nov. 2002
All
the world's a stage ... Water-metaphor
Words German
Lingo Of Mental States Words
from Characters in Homer's Odyssey |
Sept. 2002
Phrases
from French Anniversary
of This thing must have a name! Words
from Characters in Homer's Iliad Words
from Russian Politics Counterpart Words, Female and
Male Words
from "Pirates of Pergamon" How
did Language Arise? Words
from Christmas Carols Phrases
from Latin |
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