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Less manipulative
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I appeal to the good folk of Wordcraft to help me find a better word. Accountants I know are offeri......
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September 11, 2007 08:08
RE: Tasty Words
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The "sap" of taste becomes the "sip" when negated, as with "insipid," the antonym of sapid. Are the......
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September 09, 2007 09:39
RE: Collections and collectors
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The collectible is limited, I suppose, only by the range of one's vice(s). I've seen CEOs with fram......
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August 14, 2007 07:21
RE: Collections and collectors
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Wonderful offerings, wordcrafter. I am entering them all in my ......
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August 12, 2007 05:37
RE: Collections and collectors
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An intriguing question on this week's topic (from ......
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August 10, 2007 10:08
RE: What's Our Theme?
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Following arnie even further afield, regarding colors: The Japanese have two different words for "bl......
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August 04, 2007 11:48
RE: What's Our Theme?
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For the bonus word, a bonus application: "Fiat justitia ruat caelum;" "Let there be justice, thoug......
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August 03, 2007 08:35
RE: Colo(u)rful Words
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Speaking of colorful noises (or perhaps noisy colors), have a look at ......
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February 04, 2007 19:46
RE: Graphic Words
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...not to be confused with similar-sounding xerography ("dry writing"), the process of photocopying ......
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December 26, 2006 10:42
Convergent Evolution
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Two examples of convergent etymological evolution: catgut and apricot. Kudos, props, esteem to the......
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October 24, 2006 16:02
Market Share
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The OED has perhaps a quarter of a million words in English? Any source on how many are nouns, verb......
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October 22, 2006 11:13
Irregularity
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Why do some words take "ir" and others "un?" Is it mere euphony? As in -- "Unlike the regular army,......
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October 22, 2006 11:11
RE: Vibrant Verbs
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From the Latin vagari, to wander. Akin to vagrant. Also, the vagus nerve, which meanders (another ......
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September 13, 2006 20:07
No good deed goes...
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Transcript of a news program: "For it did not merely serve to impune the morality..." Did the comme......
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September 03, 2006 10:47
The Greeks...
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There is a saying, "the Greeks had a word for it..." Is that an unattributable folk expression, or ......
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June 01, 2006 15:13
In sheep's clothing
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In a prior post we discussed language-as-virus, independent of its host. For example, Korean and Tu......
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May 30, 2006 04:57
Voluptuous Words
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Enjoyed a word from an article mourning the passing of French philosopher and gastronome Jean-Franco......
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May 05, 2006 04:42
Monumental
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There are innumerable memorials in the (US) District of Columbia, but I've only seen two monuments -......
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April 22, 2006 09:04
RE: Animal words
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Science seems to have proven Arnie right. New discovery of the "rat-squirrel" as reported by the Ass......
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March 10, 2006 13:25
RE: The Color Black
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Our theme is 'black,' but the first antonym that comes to mind for whitewash is 'tar,' which is equa......
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March 02, 2006 07:56
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