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Words of the year, now with a second “hallucinate” and a “vibe of the year.”
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Another word of the year: “rizz.”
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Another word of the year.
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A word of the year from Merriam-Webster.
Healing up
was surprised to see “heal up” in the novel Despair.
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More words of the year.
A missing word
David Skinner tells the story of “the only major expletive left out of Webster’s Third.”
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, AI .
Hallmark censors Frasier
As our household makes its way through Frasier, we listen closely for the missing words.
A thingy
The thingy is a bread clip.
Builder’s tea
I learned this term from Michael Mosley’s BBC Radio 4 podcast Just One Thing.
Groats, grits, grout, Grote
Words and where they come from.
Brain food
What’s a saveloy?
Domestic comedy
“Don’t these people have staffs? Or staves?”
What is an overt act?
The term overt act makes 126 appearances in the Georgia indictment.
Hodwy
I for one hope that hodwy acquires some currency.
Jigs and gigs
Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC this afternoon: “The gig is up.”
Lester Young speaks
“Little Tinky Boom? One stick, you dig?” And other expressions.
Word of the day: boulevard
Branches and limbs are to be left, we have been told, on “the boulevard.” Huh?
Five-and-ten, five-and-dime
Usage.
Pleaded or pled?
Joyce Vance thinks, wrongly, that “pleaded” is wrong.
A dictionary in progress
Ten entries from the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, in progress.
Alembic, humph
I thought that alembic would be one of today’s pangrams. “Not in word list,” says the NYT Spelling Bee. Humph.
A word of a day: gamut
An amazing origin.
Horse fail
In the aftermath of the Preakness Stakes, many references in the news to a horse failing a drug test. To my ear, that’s like saying that a car failed a sobriety test.
Lollygagging
Beetle Bailey looks up a word.
Legacy
We don’t use the word “illicit”, the host was told. The word is “legacy.”
MSNBC, sheesh
Chris Jansing, earlier this afternoon: “The Washington Post reports that Jack Smith is honing in on Trump’s post-election fundraising,” &c.
Goodbye to car words
“Did you see that guy? What an inconsiderate driver.”
Word of the day: spiv
“Because you’re a copper, and I’m a spiv.”