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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.June 24, 2019
By Daphne Gray-Grant
Here are seven tips to help you sit down actually write something when your subject makes you quiver with boredom.  Continue reading...
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Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries

June 21, 2019
By Orin Hargraves
If you're a lover of words and dictionaries, you'll want to put Peter Martin's excellent new book, The Dictionary Wars, on your reading list.  Continue reading...
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"Deep" Thoughts

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.June 17, 2019
By Nancy Friedman
Do you find 21st-century life shallow and superficial? Take another look: Linguistically speaking, deep is everywhere.  Continue reading...
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Happy Thesaurus Day!

January 18, 2016
January 18th is celebrated as Thesaurus Day to honor the birthday of the author of the first thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget. Get into the spirit by reading our two-part interview with Roget biographer Joshua Kendall here and here. Also check out an ode to the thesaurus penned by Franklin P. Adams here and Johnny Carson's hilarious "Funeral for a Thesaurus Editor" sketch here.
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Celebrating Labor (and Labour) Day

September 4, 2015
On the first Monday in September, the United States observes Labor Day, while Canadians celebrate Labour Day. If you want to know why labour is the accepted spelling in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries like Canada, while Americans prefer labor (and color, favor, honor, humor, and neighbor), check out this classic Word Routes column by Ben Zimmer.
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A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

The Most Influential Lexicographer You've Never Heard Of
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Are You Really a Perfectionist?
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Let's Talk e-Scooters
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Pro-informed Partisan Palaver Starring Heckboy
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Get Real
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A Nation of "Nations"
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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Develop the Writing Habit
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Evasive Maneuvers

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Mephitic Weasels in the Garden House
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Unexpected Cousins
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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Stop Yourself from Being a Quitter
March 25, 2019 - 3 Comments

Dog Eared

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"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019 - 1 Comment

Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Unplanned Descents into Drivel
March 11, 2019 - 1 Comment

Language Lounge

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That Only Happens in the Movies
March 4, 2019 - 6 Comments

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Under the Influence
February 18, 2019 - 2 Comments

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Writers Talk About Writing

How To Be Alone
February 15, 2019 - 3 Comments

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Euphemisms old and new

Engaged, Vintage, Deleted Drivel, Begob!
February 11, 2019 - 2 Comments
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Stage Directions: the Vocabulary of Theatrical Delivery

November 1, 2013
How can interpreting the language of stage directions enhance students' comprehension of drama?  Continue reading...
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