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Word of the day: heyday
Word of the day: heyday
I have sometimes wondered about the word heyday, Might it have something to do with haying, with jolly rustics turning work into play in the fields? Dictionaries laugh in my face.
I have sometimes wondered about the word heyday, meaning “the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity,” or, archaically, “high spirits.” Might heyday have something to do with haying, with jolly rustics turning work into play in the fields? Dictionaries laugh in my face.
#etymology#words
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Word of the day: heyday
Gray vs. grey
Gray vs. grey
In my mind, grey is darker. It just is.
In my mind, grey is darker. It just is.
#words
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Gray vs. grey
An interview with Wyna Liu
An interview with Wyna Liu
From The Atlantic, an interview with Wyna Liu, editor of the New York Times puzzle Connections “The Most Controversial Game on the Internet.”
#words
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An interview with Wyna Liu
S-O
S-O
I was today years old when I reailzed — not learned, just realized — that the name Esso comes from Standard Oil.
#names#words
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S-O
Words of the year
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, brat : inspired by Charli XCX and “characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.”
#culture#dictionary#words
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Words of the year
Truncated? No
Truncated? No
On NBC Nightly News tonight, Lester Holt spoke of Kamala Harris’s “truncated campaign.” No. “Truncated” is about the end, not the beginning. If you start late and run the course, your effort has not been truncated.
#news#words
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Truncated? No
New directions in nomenclature
New directions in nomenclature
In some American classrooms, pipe cleaners are now known as chenille stems. For, I suppose, obvious reasons.
#words
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New directions in nomenclature
Psst, David Brooks
Psst, David Brooks
I noticed ebullient twice in Brooks’s comments during PBS’s coverage of the DNC last night, each time pronounced /EB-yə-lənt/. As Garner’s Modern English Usage notes, that’s a common mispronunciation. Has David Brooks latched onto this word for use in talking and writing about Kamala Harris? If so, I hope he gets it right.
#BryanGarner#pronunciation#words
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Psst, David Brooks
An elliptical FLOTUS?
An elliptical FLOTUS?
It’s speech or writing that might be elliptical, not a person. I think the word the Times needed here is “enigmatic.”
#NewYorkTimes#words
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An elliptical FLOTUS?
Reaping the worldwind?
Reaping the worldwind?
“The events in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are part of their worldwind tour of several key battleground states over the next few days.”
#PBS#words#idioms
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Reaping the worldwind?
Understated or overstated
Understated or overstated
It cannot be overstated that “it cannot be understated” will most likely be understood as infelicitous phrasing.
#usage#words
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Understated or overstated
Asylum and asylums
Asylum and asylums
Is Donald Trump confusing insane asylums with political asylum?
#words
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Asylum and asylums
Game changer
Game changer
I think it’s time to constrain the use of this term.
#words
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Game changer