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Discussion Topic  Google bombs (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
We've all seen it. You look something up in Google and are flummoxed by what appears. For example,......
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Discussion Topic  Trottin (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Shu and I were recently at the Art Institute to see the Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre exhibit, and......
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Discussion Topic  Symbology vs. Symbolism (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
It makes sense that ......
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Discussion Topic  Patois (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
In the NYT article about the evolution of vulgarity, they said that "every language, dialect or 'pat......
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Discussion Topic  Lexicographical "gotcha" (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
I surely didn't know that the OED had lexicographical "gotchas." Erin McKean says they put a false ......
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Discussion Topic  Gnosis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
At a recent conference the name of a program transitioning new nurses to practice was "Gnosis." The......
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Discussion Topic  Arête (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Today at a conference we were told that ......
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Discussion Topic  Evolution of swearing (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
The NY Times had an excellent ......
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Discussion Topic  Books on writing (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
I write a lot for my job and am looking for a good book to help with how to present reports of our w......
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Discussion Topic  Mufti (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
The word "mufti" generally means "civilian dress by a person who is entitled to wear a military unif......
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Discussion Topic  Do you know? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I recently heard a great report on NPR from a French reporter. She was talking about a group in Fra......
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Discussion Topic  Bluffing Game...theremin (in Wordplay) by Kalleh
The next word in the Bluffing Game is: ......
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Discussion Topic  refugee (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
We have been discussing whether the word "refugee" should be used for the people in New Orleans who ......
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Discussion Topic  blankie (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
I recently wrote, for the Washington Post limerick contest, a limerick on "blanky" and yet a differe......
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Discussion Topic  Homophonic (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
On OEDILF Bob Hale, in workshopping one of my and Mephistopheles's limericks, thought the rhyming wo......
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Discussion Topic  Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by Kalleh
Chris Doyle, from OEDILF, posted this superb limerick (I wish he were here!). What other words only......
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Discussion Topic  could vs. cannot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I went to a presentation where they used this quote, which they said was from Abraham Lincoln: ......
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Discussion Topic  "went missing" (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
In Bierma's column today in the Chicago Tribune, he discusses the use of the phrase "went missing" o......
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Discussion Topic  stiff-necked (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I briefly mentioned this in a ......
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Discussion Topic  Omphalos (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Perhaps some of you have heard of the new piece of art in Millenium Park in Chicago: a 66-foot long......
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