Tish
Subscriber since: Sat Aug 29 03:55:43 EDT 2009
Location: DE, United States of America
About Me
I teach Health psychology at the doctoral level and have always been one of those word freaks.
My Word Lists
My Favorites

Favorite Word:

counterintuitive

Least Favorite Word:

suck

Favorite Quote:

"be here now"
- Ram Dass

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
Highly Entertaining and Informative

Dictionaries:

The Post-Dictionary World?

Grammar:

Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter

Language:

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
Brand Names of the Year for 2021

Online:

A Recipe for Time Travel

Politics:

Suffrage and Language
Unidentified Aerial Horse Apples

Puzzle:

To Bee or Not to Bee?

Reading:

How to Read More Books

Spelling:

To Bee or Not to Bee?

Teaching:

Teach Your Children Well

Usage:

Comparative Nonsense
Unexpected Cousins

Visual Thesaurus:

The Post-Dictionary World?
Poll Stars

Word Origins:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
Scale Your Onboarding

Words:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse