http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/?utm_source=rss Copyright 2010, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST 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/2152?utm_source=rss Yesterday (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wunderkind/2151/) we talked to seventh-grader Tony Incorvati of Canton Country Day School, who has competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the last two years and is going for a three-peat. We asked Tony to share some of his favorite words. And try Tony's Community Spelling Bee (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/wordlists/24310) for some more tough words! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2152 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2148?utm_source=rss These memories of Manhattan in the summer of 1956 employ a number of words that appear in my book "More Words That Make a Difference," with illustrative sentences from the Atlantic Monthly. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2148 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2119?utm_source=rss As the American Dialect Society gears up to vote for Word of the Year, the City Dictionary website has announced its own selection of "words with local flavor." Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2119 Department of Word Lists http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2077?utm_source=rss These scenes from my life in Boston — when my wife Carol and I lived there many years ago and during our recent work there on "More Words That Make a Difference" — employ a number of words that appear in that book, with illustrative sentences from the Atlantic Monthly. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wl/2077 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