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My new poem for Christmas
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Most years I write a new Christmas song or poem but this year I have written something called "I don......
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December 24, 2020 21:46
Is this for real???
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Nothing to do with words other than the great name, but......
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December 26, 2019 08:18
Merry Solstice
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Things will get brighter after today...
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December 21, 2020 06:46
Doctor
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The physicians have a bill in Congress asking for the word "doctor" to be used only for physicians. ......
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October 30, 2006 17:53
Logically possible?
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There is an ad that I keep seeing on Youtube that begins "We pledge to be the only car manufacturer ......
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December 12, 2020 18:51
Emily and Edward
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My sweet cousin Emily has been so touched by the sensitivity of her swain that she wishes to proclai......
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December 13, 2020 20:37
Tom Swifties revisited
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A non-Tom-Swift version of this was found while looking up the "knot" joke. It's a bit obscure, but ......
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March 13, 2007 11:33
Bluffing Game: Penates
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What's a penates, or who are they, or... Send me your daffynitions!...
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November 05, 2020 05:16
Okay OED, time to make a change!
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Now the word ......
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October 03, 2020 19:35
RHODES revisited
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Assuming no clerical errors, this is everything I've collected: ____________________________________......
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November 14, 2020 13:52
precarity
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What's the deal with "precarity"? I came across it 5 times within 3 days over the last week - mostl......
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December 03, 2020 18:34
Geoffrey Nunberg
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I am sad that Geoffrey ......
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August 13, 2020 19:33
why we still need proofreaders chapter 2
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From this morning’s CNN coverage: “They included anti-government groups such as the Oath Keepers......
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November 15, 2020 03:48
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I see "bespoke" used in American English more and more. Originally it meant what we US of A denizen......
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November 03, 2020 15:32
Odd redundancy
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In the fipple (mouthpiece) of flutes and recorders, the transverse cutout in the instrument's body i......
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November 18, 2020 11:01
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October 26, 2020 14:29
Next limerick: RHODES
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Next stop - Greece. City. Colossal. ......
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October 20, 2020 18:26
In the spirit of today...
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I came across ......
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November 02, 2020 14:55
Bluffing game: Chitin
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Do I dare try the Bluffing Game again? My word is "Chitin" - I saw it recently and hadn't heard i......
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September 12, 2020 20:26
Something we all need to know
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September 29, 2020 16:38
Just came across this
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I wonder if this is more familiar to my US friends than it was to me. I just came across it in a pod......
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November 01, 2020 04:16
Trump Speak
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George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at the University of California Berkeley, has written a lot a......
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September 19, 2016 22:00
Game show answer
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Watching an old episode of Pointless. The question was who had been appointed as the first female co......
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October 02, 2020 04:30
Shivers
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I saw a Facebook promotion for a video with the words “sends a shiver up your spine”. I have only ev......
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October 08, 2020 03:58
gaslighting
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I hear the term "gaslighting" all the time, but I never used to. Does anyone know if it's a newish ......
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October 12, 2020 19:28
There was a young limerick from Leeds... Poll
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1. A lonely old German in Leeds Oft takes a small pathway that leads To an inn rather queer They ser......
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September 30, 2020 18:49
The dis- game
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A lawyer can be disbarred, and a priest can be defrocked. There really ought to be like terms for b......
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June 16, 2008 08:32
One for Kalleh: Epicaricacy
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Someone on the A Way With Words FB group asked for a synonym for schadenfreude. You will be delighte......
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October 02, 2020 21:32
Limerick Game :Leeds
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The easiest place name to rhyme that I could think of. PM your entries...
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August 21, 2020 20:52
Parse that!
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From the website for obtaining an electronic visa waiver for the US... You can apply if you... hav......
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April 24, 2018 04:22
African-American vs. Black
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I am confused. Didn't we go from Negro to Black to African-American? And now we are back to Black?......
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September 09, 2020 19:58
Words stolen from last week’s Wall Street Journal
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Rumor has it that tsuwm, after long hiatus, has restarted his marvelous word-of-the-day. Clearly thi......
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September 06, 2020 20:13
INVENTIONS
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I often invent things but have no desire, money or skill to patent anything. However, I think there......
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August 14, 2007 12:17
A question that has me stumped
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One of my Chinese friends is writing a thesis on the poems of Kenneth Rexroth. From time to time he ......
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August 11, 2020 02:57
conglomeration
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Kalleh
I read this in a paper today and had to chuckle a bit at the use of the word: From these studies, N......
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August 17, 2020 18:54
In The News
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My sister was ......
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October 14, 2014 08:39
It all comes out in the end
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From ......
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August 24, 2020 07:08
To Sir, with Love
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The Facebook post below inspires this new game. (You may post a second response, but only after you......
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August 19, 2020 20:24
CAIRO unveiled
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Enough! Here are the results of our excursion to the Middle East, and the respective authors: _____......
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August 22, 2020 09:42
How is this possible?
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From The Guardian: "Half a dozen cowgirls and cowboys on horseback circle the herd, lassoing calves......
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August 19, 2020 08:23
Cairo revisited
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Apparently more difficult than I had originally pictured, but the intrepid Wordcrafters have come t......
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August 01, 2020 17:15
Pride
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On one of my Facebook groups there is a discussion going on about the phrase "I'm proud of you." A ......
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August 18, 2020 23:43
A poem
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Edited to improve final couplet... ......
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August 19, 2020 04:28
Translations
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I don't know whether I ever did this before. It's possible but the old memory ain't what it used to ......
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August 17, 2020 22:07
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Here is a headline from the website of my old local newspaper. Without checking the story, who do yo......
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August 18, 2020 05:19
HTTPS?
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Geoff
I keep getting warnings that WC is not a secure site. Is it just my strange computer, or is this a ......
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July 30, 2020 17:21
Who decides?
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February 08, 2020 10:11
Er... what language was that, again?
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On a FB group from my hometown someone posted the dialect sentence (which is quite famous) "Them ba......
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August 09, 2020 06:04
Surfer's knots
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Geoff
Since nobody's started a new Bluffing Game, I'll jump in. What do you think a surfer's knot is? PM ......
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July 19, 2020 14:05
CAIRO
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haberdasher
Now taking entries for capital Egyptian limericks ......
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