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Obama language (in The Written Word) by Geoff Does this have to do with what E. D. Hirsch called "Cultural Literacy?" As for despair, are we real...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Obama language (in The Written Word) by GeoffT. Rump has picked the governor if the state in which I live as his VP running mate because he neede...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Obama language (in The Written Word) by GeoffProof, you remind me of the now old joke about Dubya and Dick Cheney having breakfast in an upscale ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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redefinitions (in Word Games) by GeoffOy vey? So he might say - he's Jewish, after all. He downplays it, though. So, no matter who wins...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Word Games
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Hypocognition (in The Vocabulary Forum) by GeoffDoesn't "idiocy," in its earlier meaning, fit the bill?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum EmPHAsis on the wrong syllable? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffMaria Sherapovais in the news of late, and Ialways hear her family name pronounced "SharaPOva." Isn...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words What's with girls' names? (in Potpourri) by GeoffI supppose I shouldn't talk, given that I'm stuck with an archaic spelling of my name, but I'm reall...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Howl (in Potpourri) by GeoffNot what Ginsberg had in mind, but interesting:http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0209/What-can-w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Banish Boring Words (in The Written Word) by GeoffI shall henceforth banish banal verbiage.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Sisu (in Potpourri) by GeoffHere's an "Untranslatable" Finnish word I heard on RT today:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu Comm...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Bluffing Game: throstle (in Wordplay) by GeoffWe've not had one of these games for some while, so it's high time we did. Send me a "daffynition" ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Who gets to say, Ghetto?" (in The Written Word) by Geoff...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word What's a "yop?" (in Potpourri) by GeoffIn the USA "Yoplait" yogurt is widely advertised. As most of you know, "lait" is French for "milk."...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri New limerick game: Guelph (in Wordplay) by GeoffGoofy, did you attend university in Guelph? If so, write a limerick about it, along with the regula...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Business symbols (in Potpourri) by GeoffOf late I've noticed that some retailers have "repurposed" formerly negative images for their busine...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Normal school (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffI recently ran across two citations of colleges which in the past educated teachers as "normal schoo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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News Story Bad Wording (in The Written Word) by GeoffWhat is it you're railing about? ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Thrive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffI saw a TV show on which "failure to thrive" was listed as a cause of someone's death. That sounds ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Torpedo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffWhy have we come to use "torpedo" as a lively device instead of a torpid one? It screws with the et...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words People defined (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffHas the word, people changed its meaning in the past few centuries? Has it become more inclusive? ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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