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December 18, 2017
By Daphne Gray-Grant
BROWSE BY DATEArticles from 2017Word CountWriters Talk About WritingHow Productive a Writer Are You? December 18, 2017 By Daphne Gray-Grant![]() Article Topics:CandlepowerAd and marketing creativesBrand Names of the Year for 2017 December 11, 2017 By Nancy Friedman
At the end of each year, while linguists and lexicographers cast votes for words of the year, I'm compiling a different list: the brand names that distilled the mood of the previous twelve months. To narrow the field, I add another criterion: the brand names must be linguistically notable.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconThe Last Word on "Jedi" December 10, 2017 By Mark Peters
Star Wars has made many contributions to English, but none more significant that Jedi.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newThe Mixed Culture of Highly Sensitive Hokum December 7, 2017 By Mark Peters
I'd give a kidney if there were no more euphemisms, but then I'd be out of a job, so let me rethink that. In the meantime, here are some euphemisms — all harvested fresh and ready to transplant into your interoffice memos and supersized tweets.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconOctlantis: A Word and World With Many Tentacles December 4, 2017 By Mark Peters
The recent discovery of Octlantis, an undersea community of octopuses just off the eastern coast of Australia, is a reminder of how a novel blend can perfectly name a new phenomenon, no matter how wild or multi-tentacled.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversJust the Right Ingredients December 1, 2017 By Orin Hargraves
Apparently, one of the things that is making our Facebook feeds appetizing is a sauce—a combination of metrics mixed in exactly the right proportions to make this particular meal ever appealing.
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Article Topics:Word CountWriters Talk About WritingDo You Agree With These Quotes About Writing? November 17, 2017 By Daphne Gray-Grant
Here's what boredom, blood and books have to do with great writing, according to great writers.
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