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William M.
Subscriber since: May 2009
Location: Boston, MA
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Favorite Word:
vicissitude
I love the way it sounds. It makes a challenge or a problem suond positively poetic.
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Least Favorite Word:
paradigm
There are so many examples of hateable words. But if I never hear this word again, that'll be fine with me. It's used by idiots to conceal their idiocy.
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(West Linn, OR)
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""If I'd asked them what they wanted, they'd have asked for a faster horse.""
- Henry Ford
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Advertising:
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
- 8
Comments
Mass-Market Artisans
October 26, 2011
- 5
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Branding:
The Ündeniable Ümlaut
January 19, 2012
- 9
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011
- 3
Comments
Copywriting:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010
- 19
Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 3
Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Get Your Creak On
January 31, 2012
- 1
Comment
Marketing:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
"And One More Thing": The Insanely Great Language of Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011
- 7
Comments
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
- 1
Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
- 3
Comments
Naming:
The Ündeniable Ümlaut
January 19, 2012
- 9
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011
- 3
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Vote for the VT as Top Language Website!
December 23, 2011
Jamie McKenzie on Finding the Best Words
November 16, 2011
- 6
Comments
Word Origins:
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
- 3
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Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
January 26, 2012
- 6
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