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Discussion Topic  Words of the Year (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
Any ideas what the words of the year will be for 2012? I imagine ......
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Discussion Topic  What words do you use that others don't? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Today, as we were getting coffee, Shu asked me if I would like a ......
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Discussion Topic  Cut the mustard (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I had the opportunity to use the phrase "cut the mustard," and then wondered about its origin. Of c......
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Discussion Topic  Is this headline right? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Just as we (everyone in the world except for arnie) have redefined "moot," have we redefined "hone i......
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Discussion Topic  Words with negative power (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
I always like Clarence Page's columns. Today he writes about the Associated Press ......
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Discussion Topic  Opossum (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Do you pronounce the "o" in opossum? I do not. However, today my brother said that only those from......
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Discussion Topic  Ellucian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Remember my colleague from China? Well, I got a short email from her, asking, "What does the word "......
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Discussion Topic  PARAPROSDOKIANS (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
You've all probably heard of araprosdokians, but I haven't. They are figures of speech where the la......
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Discussion Topic  Spatchcock (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I had to drive into work today (normally I take the train), and on NPR I heard a man interviewed abo......
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Discussion Topic  Bluffing Game: eupraxsophy (in Wordplay) by Kalleh
Please PM me about daffynitions for ......
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Discussion Topic  Tall Poppy Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I was at a conference yesterday, and the speaker was talking about lateral violence in nursing. I a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fungible (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I do agree with z in that thread...nearly no one, at least in the U.S. uses ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fungible (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
So that's your reason? Aren't there other words where new meanings are the opposite? I thought we'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fungible (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I'll give you, arnie, that the word has evolved to support the NY Times use. However, the original ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fungible (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
This was one of my first posts here...about the word "fungible." I see at the time I didn't even kn......
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Discussion Topic  parrhesia (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
A Chicago Tribune ......
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Discussion Topic  Chicago Demotic Dictionary (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
I've mentioned the amazing Oriental Institute (in Chicago) here before. The University of Chicago E......
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Discussion Topic  Not a word post... (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
This isn't a word post, but Shu and I were listening to Car Talk today and their quiz was interestin......
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Discussion Topic  borrow pit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Shu and I visited my cousin in northern Wisconsin this weekend, and we heard a phrase we hadn't hear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Link the Lyrics (again) (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
This probably isn't fair because the word "friends" doesn't appear in these limericks. But, heck. ......
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