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Anita D.
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Favorite Word:
skullduggery
It is a word so aptly sculpted that it at once conveys a certain high-brow and well-conceived evil, or at least naughty, plot.
Least Favorite Word:
important
Completely overused. If everything is important, nothing is so.
Other subscribers who dislike this word:
Joe
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
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Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Branding:
How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
March 20, 2013
- 2
Comments
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
Business writing:
Red Pen Diaries: Das Kapitalization
November 8, 2010
- 6
Comments
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010
- 7
Comments
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
Grammar:
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Orwell and Singular "They"
May 6, 2013
- 5
Comments
How to write:
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
April 15, 2013
- 9
Comments
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
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Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
- 3
Comments
Media:
Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013
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Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013
- 7
Comments
Public relations:
Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008
- 1
Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
Comments
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7
Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3
Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4
Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
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Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
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