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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Deinstitutionalizing Policy Time and Other Mischaracterizations

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.December 7, 2018
By Mark Peters
It was recently revealed that the daily agenda of the most powerful person in the world included policy time (in addition to executive time). It's my policy to crank out a new roundup of euphemisms each month. Around these here parts, it's always malarkey time.  Continue reading...
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Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

French Letters and Their Uses

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.December 3, 2018
By Orin Hargraves
If we start from the fact that language is first and foremost a spoken activity, the methods by which people have extended its powers to writing offer a fascinating lens into human history.  Continue reading...
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Like Wildfire

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.November 21, 2018
By Nancy Friedman
In the American West, wildfires have become both more frequent and more destructive. With this ominous shift has come a new vocabulary for describing fire and its outcome – and new attention to some of the oldest words in our language.  Continue reading...
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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Read More Books

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.November 19, 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant
If you want to be a writer, you need to be a reader, first. Here's how to fit more reading into your schedule, no matter how busy you are.  Continue reading...
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Blog Excerpts

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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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Work-Life Malarkey in the Entrepreneurial Economy
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Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

"Humans and Robots Do Not Communicate Well"
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Word Routes

Exploring the pathways of our lexicon

By the Light of the Moonmoon: The Joy of Reduplication
October 31, 2018 - 3 Comments

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"Disruptive" Names
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Writers Talk About Writing

Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

A Decade of Drivel: Happy Column-versary to Me
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Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

What Did God Really Mean by That?
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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Find Your Six Writing Hats
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Of Kings and Eggs and Presidents
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Over Time, Euphemisms Develop
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Word Routes

Exploring the pathways of our lexicon

The Lexical Constitution of "Constitution"
September 10, 2018 - 3 Comments

Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

What Did They Really Mean by That?
September 4, 2018 - 4 Comments

Dog Eared

Books we love

The Evasion-English Dictionary: A Smart Bomb Aimed at Sneaky, Self-deluded Language
August 31, 2018 - 2 Comments

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Writers Talk About Writing

Writing and Skating
August 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

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Speaking Blockchain
August 17, 2018

Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Reinventing Floating Transport for Special Guests
August 14, 2018
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French Letters and Their Uses
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How to Read More Books
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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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