"I just heard the word "riparian" for the first time ever today used twice in an NPR story on the California levees and wondered what the heck it meant. Now I know.
I love coming across new words, scribbling them down during my commute and then looking them up later. Words are like jewels to me, each one as precious..." more...
"I learned this one just this week when the Google blog had an article about a guy who was one and speaks over 50-something languages - wow.
A hyperpolyglot is one who can speak six or more languages fluently. The term was coined by the linguist Richard Hudson in 2003 and derives from the word "polyglot", meaning..." more...
"I had never heard this word until today, 28 Aug 2007, in a headline about the Greek gov't. being pilloried due to the rampant fires raging across the region in Greece." more...
I am sure it has already been invented, but I used the term today in my blog at http://gotbuzz.vox.com to talk about "blog debris," or blogs created and then forgotten about, abandoned, left unused, etc. So they populate the blogosphere to no good purpose, taking up..." more...
I am sure it has already been invented, but I used the term today in my blog at http://gotbuzz.vox.com to talk about "blog debris," or blogs created and then forgotten about, abandoned, left unused, etc. So they populate the blogosphere to no good purpose, taking up space better blogs..." more...
As read in the tech section of the Washington Post today...
"The price of early adoption: For those of us nerds in the IT biz, "marketecture" refers to glitzy technology that increases sales commissions but doesn't deliver a whole lot (yet). So now you have your own little piece of HD marketecture. Ain't it grand? Another term for marketecture is "bleeding edge." As you might..." more...
"I never heard this phrase before until today when I came across it in an article in which Middle East historian David Fromkin said he sees "a breakup of the jerry-built nation," when referring to Iraq's bleak future." more...
"I love using "gel" more as a verb than as a noun - as in, "Once the professor explained more on the topic, the concept began to 'gel' better in my mind." I'm sure many of us are also familiar with how the commmercial for that one company's gel inserts uses it in their tagline "Are you gel'in?" more...
Word-Love at First Sight in Po Bronson's book "What Should I Do With My Life?"
"I first saw this word in Po Bronson's book, "What Should I Do With My Life," which I was reading this morning on the Metrorail train to work." more...
"It always brings my mind back to my favorite now basically cult-status flick, "Office Space" and how it described what Jennifer Aniston wore on her person as a restaurant employee in the film." more...
"I was curious how you came to put Orinoco into your words. I happened to think of the Enya song, "Orinoco Flow," and that's how it came to my mind. Thanks. Jen" more...
"Cool, sounds like fun. I Googled this because I was looking for some kind(s) of games involving Wordie, and I knew someone out there had to have thought of this already - Bravo!
Heard for the first time yesterday - I love Yiddish words
"Aren't Yiddish words so much fun?
Just heard this word for the first time yesterday during a business meeting when we got branded potholders handed out to go along with our "hot topics" for the meeting - cool idea, I thought." more...
Just heard of this for the first time and blogged about it yesterday - Weird, now I see it again...
"Hmmmm, I just heard this word for the first time yesterday - got it on my Word-A-Day email from one of those sites.
Is there maybe a word to describe the male gender, the husband, as well? That was what I wondered when I read it, us being in this day and age of equality and all :..." more...
"Just after I left that last comment, I typed in my own word totally out of the blue that just came to mind, and that was "copse." And you turned out to be the person who added that first - your screenname was once again right up there on top.
"The Internet is a global bricolage, lashing together unthinkable complexities of miscellaneous computers with temporary lengths of phone line and fiber optic, bits of Ethernet cable and strings of code. -- Bernard Sharratt, "Only Connected", New York Times, December 17, 1995" more...
"I had never heard this word before - maybe it's just been invented, but I love the sound of it.
A friend I connected with on 43Places said another of its members would be good for me to get in touch with for my clutter problem, because she is "very committed to discardia."
I like the sound of that word, for some..." more...
The traditional rite of worship, called puja, is a sanctified act of the highest importance for the Hindu. It is the invoking of God Siva and the Gods and the heartfelt expression of our love, devotion and surrender. Aum.
Bhashya
Puja is a ceremony in which the ringing of..." more...
"I was wondering if, in the future, there might be more attributes to the site? Like word games that encourage interaction and more familiarity with other members. And also, is it possible that we could have the ability to post just our photos on our profiles? I hope I'm not being too annoying with my ideas here -..." more...
Quick question - how do I have more than one list? I don't seem to have found the option for that, but I see that other people have not made just one unwieldy list of words, as I have - they have separate ones for separate topics.
Please tell me how that's done, if you would. Thanks and happy..." more...
"This slang acronym that I've heard around the military at times disturbs me greatly. It stands for "Bend Over, Here it Comes Again." I mean EEW, ICK!" more...
"kismet (kizmet, kizmat, kizmit) turkish from Arabic qismah portion, lot noun fate, fortune, destiny: "It’s predestined on the face of it. Yes, tell him it’s Kismet. Kismet, mallum? (Fate! Do you understand?)" (Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1901)." more...
I heard a gal say this at a party last night - had no idea what she meant, except that it sounded...
"I heard a gal say this at a party last night - had no idea what she meant when she said "I am a big 'momo.'" I've heard "mofo" before, but momo?" more...
Hi, there seems to be no way to just edit a word once you've put it in - looks like you must delete it and retype it and add it? Maybe an edit link for each word would be handy - just a thought from a dedicated new user : ) Jen
Thanks. The site is great though! I've already apprised my coworkers of its..." more...
Unperson, a Newspeak word from Orwell's "1984" book
"Unperson is a person who had been "vaporized"; who has been not only killed by the state, but effectively erased from existence. Such a person would be written out of existing books, photographs, and articles so that no trace of their existence could be found in the historical record. The idea is that such a person..." more...
The offical language in the George Orwell book "1984" - more relevant than ever
"The official language in the George Orwell book "1984," one of my favorite books of all time, especially because of how, over half a century later, although it is fictional, it seems more relevant than ever. How amazing to think that it was written when it was." more...
As heard last night on NPR - my interest in this word renewed - love a Brit accent!
"I already knew this word when I heard it on NPR last night in the phrase "clandestine moray," but the British announcer said it so sexily it sent shivers down my spine - such a great word, Clandestine - don't you think?" more...
"The word "doublespeak" is often incorrectly attributed to Orwell. It was actually coined in the early 1950s, and never actually appears in Nineteen Eighty-Four, but its meaning forms a natural parallel to the Newspeak word doublethink." more...
