http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/?utm_source=rss Copyright 2009, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/?utm_source=rss Search for a word in the Visual Thesaurus word http://www.visualthesaurus.com Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2020?utm_source=rss Yesterday (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wunderkind/2018/) we talked to sixth-grader Nicholas Rushlow, who finished 17th in the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee. At his home in Pickerington, Ohio, Nicholas maintains an impressive "word wall," festooned with many of the fascinating words he has learned while practicing for spelling bees. We asked Nicholas to share some of his favorites. And he has also created a Community Spelling Bee (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/wordlists/21393) for us with even more "killer" words! Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2020 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2003?utm_source=rss Once again award-winning writer and educator Bob Greenman takes us on a journey through words selected from More Words That Make a Difference, a delightful book illustrating word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly. Here Bob muses on the start of another school year, with an ardor that is far from noncommittal. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2003 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1929?utm_source=rss Have you ever tasted something that was so wonderful that experiencing it for the first time transported you rapturously to another plane, the food itself rising to the level of the divine, the perfect essence of what that food was supposed to be? Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1929 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1915?utm_source=rss We've been talking to Paul Dickson (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/1914/) about the new edition of his magnum opus, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. Now, in honor of Major League Baseball's 80th All-Star Game, played tonight at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, we present some all-star words from Dickson's dictionary. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1915 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1900?utm_source=rss With this column we welcome Bob Greenman, author of Words That Make a Difference (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929154054?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1929154054) and More Words That Make a Difference (http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/Product.asp?Params=Category=14|Level=2|pageid=5795), as a regular contributor to the Visual Thesaurus. Here Bob uses words from the latter book, with illustrative passages from The Atlantic Monthly, to muse on a great love of his life. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1900 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1889?utm_source=rss After half a century of research, the monumental Dictionary of American Regional English (http://dare.wisc.edu/) is nearing completion. DARE chief editor Joan H. Hall recently talked to National Public Radio (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105134163) about the long, arduous journey of the dictionary, which will see its fifth and final volume published next year. As a "rantum scoot" into peculiar American speech, here are some sample regionalisms culled from DARE. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1889 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1865?utm_source=rss As in past (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1775/) months (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1826/), we've asked writer and educator Bob Greenman to pick some piquant words from More Words That Make a Difference, a delightful book illustrating word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly. Here Bob focuses on a "cousins club" of words that eviscerate the empty verbiage of others. Rest assured that Bob provides us with neither blather nor piffle. Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1865 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1826?utm_source=rss Once again we have asked writer and educator Bob Greenman to select some words to mull over from his latest guide to vocabulary enrichment, More Words That Make a Difference (http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/Product.asp?Params=Category=14|Level=2|pageid=5795), co-authored with his wife Carol. The book illustrates word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly, and Bob takes a look here at words used by one of the Atlantic's most famous editors. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1826 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1801?utm_source=rss Academy Award-winning producer and director Tony Bill has spent years collecting Hollywood argot on the sets of his films. Now he reveals this secret cinematic language in his new book, Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761143599?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0761143599). Don't know the difference between a goofie and a gaffer? Read on! Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1801 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1775?utm_source=rss Bob Greenman, an award-winning writer, educator, and speaker, has written two outstanding guides to vocabulary enrichment: Words That Make a Difference (http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/Product.asp?Params=Category=14|Level=2|pageid=137) and More Words That Make a Difference (http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/Product.asp?Params=Category=14|Level=2|pageid=5795), with illustrative passages from the New York Times and the Atlantic Monthly, respectively. We asked Bob to pick some choice words from the second volume (co-authored with his wife, Carol), and he came up with a trio of words exposing the seamy underbelly of Old Hollywood. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/1775