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2008: Making and Using
Words The Sorcerer, by Gilbert and Sullivan Eponyms again It’s a jungle
out there! Short words (and
similar doublets) Psychology Words Noble Eponyms The Physician by Noah Gordon Mistaken Science Animals as
Metaphors US Independence Day Speeches and
Orations Ancient Metal Elements
(metaphorically) Lingo of Corporate
Takeovers Oxymorons |
Unfamiliar Homonyms
of Everyday Words Valentine's Day
L-words Pregnancy, from Z
to A Logic, Reasoning
and Thought Of Politics and
Politicians More Short Words Beer, Glorious Beer Glacial Geology Painterly Terms Shade and Shadow Eponyms Once Again Gulliver's Travels |
Fossil Words More surviving
fossils Archaic Words Para-words 2008 Scrips Spelling Bee Knitting Lingo Newspapers give
less-obscure words Words better known
as negatives Terms with Numbers Learning New Words Portmanteau
("Blend") Words Personalities |
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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? Disagreeable Sorts What's our theme? Interesting
Etymologies Book: Extraordinary Popular Delusions |
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 freerice.com Eponyms once again Book: The Sea About face |
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 Bodily Conditions Kinds of People Professions from
Chaucer's What's new |
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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: Tsunamis
and related words From an
old joke Eponyms
(non-character) from writings Etymologies
in the Sky Two for
the Price of One Eyesight,
used figuratively Papal
Election Terms
from French Unpleasant
Places Political
Leaders as Eponyms Common
Words missing from OED Words
of Fakeitude or Error Boo!
for Halloween |
Book
Words For
Valentine's Day " Government
and Rule Jane
Austen #3 "Colors
of Spring" – and others Incommodating
Eponyms Words
of the Law The
issue of using "Hard Words" Harry
Potter, Book I Potter
words; later books Toponyms Toponyms from heavenly places Thanksgiving |
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: Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work
We Go Pronunciations and
Mispronunciations Words from the Comic Strips Interesting Etymologies Shakesperean Words The Art of the Book Words that made me laugh 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 |
Horse Words More Horse Words Horse Sense: Terms Of Logic Characters from Greek Myth Eponyms of Women From the Securities Markets "Dutch" Phrases Not Azygous:
Shy Spouse-words -asterous pejoratives Ethnic
slurs of the Classical Greeks Words
from Italian Words
of Election and Voting Abecedarian
Insults Words
from Chess The
Common Man |
Martha Stewart Words The Ides of March: Caesar words Ineffectual people: words from
Yiddish Blowing in the Winds The body, especially joints The press reflects on Reagan Have You Ever Met People Like
This? Terms
of Illogic 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: Mythical
Places Common
Food Names with Interesting Stories Words
from US Football Weird
and Wonderful Words 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 " Bible stories Oration: Types of Speeches Individuals' Relation to
Society 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 Animal words More Phrases from French Bromatology
– more food words People and how words affect
them Eponyms from Drama Euphonious Words Verbs: Let's have some action! Morgan words Swords Science concepts Words from Double-Dactyl Words "BBC words":
Boisterous Bumptious Coinages |
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2002: Words
from Yiddish Words
from Politics Personalities
from Literature Words
for funny uses of words Gilbert
and Sullivan: 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 |
Phrases
from French Anniversary
of This thing must have a name! Words
from Characters in Homer's Iliad Words
from Russian Politics All
the world's a stage ... Water-metaphor
Words German
Lingo Of Mental States Words
from Characters in Homer's Odyssey |
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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Wordcraft Dictionary Links for Linguaphiles (partial) |
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