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Words of the year
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, permacrisis, “a term that describes ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity.’”
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Words of the year
Noah Webster
Noah Webster
Frontispiece and accompanying text from Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (1961).
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Noah Webster
A second Third
A second Third
I have a Webster’s Second. I have a Webster’s Third. And I have a second Third, bought a library book-sale (for fifty cents, I think).
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A second Third
OED life
OED life
This visit to the OED offices includes “astirbroad,” “burner phone,” and “what the what.”
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OED life
What’s a candy store?
What’s a candy store?
I discovered this morning, only partly to my surprise, that neither Merriam-Webster nor the Oxford English Dictionary has an entry for candy store. I think there should be one, because candy store does not always denote a store that sells only candy.
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What’s a candy store?
National Dictionary Day
National Dictionary Day
Some pages from an unusual item available at archive.org, a salesperson’s 1937 demonstration model of Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition, aka Webster’s Second or W2.
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National Dictionary Day
M-W, NFT, WTF
M-W, NFT, WTF
Merriam-Webster is selling an NFT of its definition of “NFT.” My post title is meant to suggest my amused disbelief.
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M-W, NFT, WTF