dr phillip D.
Subscriber since: August 2009
Location: kansas city, MO
About Me
I am a peripatetic man with no qualities worth describing to a disinterested majority
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Favorite Word:

however
say what? I like it because... professor irwin corey liked it
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Least Favorite Word:

shit
It is sullen and beyond scatology
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Favorite Quote:

"Everyone has their reasons"
- phil dibble

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Fun:

How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013 - 2 Comments
Gentleman Turkeys and Other High-Class Gobbledygook
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Grammar:

Such Examples as These
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Orwell and Singular "They"
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How to write:

How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
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Language:

Such Examples as These
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An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Linguistics:

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013 - 11 Comments
What's Happening?
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Linguists:

A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010

Poetry:

The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013 - 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012

Politics:

How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 2013
Letting "Sequester" Fester
February 21, 2013 - 4 Comments

Reading:

Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013 - 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013 - 5 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Usage:

Such Examples as These
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An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
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March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

Words:

An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013 - 7 Comments

Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 3 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 13, 2013 - 4 Comments