Pat
Subscriber since: August 2009
About Me
I live in "deep country" Virginia and work for a not-for-profit agency. Love to read and take walks with the neighborhood dogs. Used to have a pet goat ("Missy") but she died last year. Still mourning this loss.
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Favorite Word:

Goat
Conjures up loving memories.
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Least Favorite Word:

Schadenfreude
A horrible trait in some human beings.
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Favorite Topics:

Books:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014 - 6 Comments

Copywriting:

7 Tips for Making Quotes More Believable
August 13, 2014 - 5 Comments
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011 - 9 Comments

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Dictionaries:

A Junior Dictionary Kerfuffle
February 2, 2015
The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015 - 1 Comment

Fiction writing:

"Novel" Gazing
November 14, 2014 - 1 Comment
The Life and Death of Fictional Characters
October 27, 2014 - 1 Comment

Grammar:

For Grammar Day, Write a Haiku!
March 2, 2015 - 1 Comment
Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 16 Comments

How to write:

Why You Shouldn't Fret About Creativity
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 16, 2015 - 1 Comment
How to Help Your Writing by Talking Like an Athlete
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 29, 2015 - 6 Comments

Language arts:

The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 13 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Online:

The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015 - 1 Comment
Is Technology Destroying Language?
December 8, 2014 - 2 Comments

Reading:

The More We Change...
August 15, 2014 - 6 Comments
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014 - 5 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Word Origins:

Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment
"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015 - 1 Comment

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 8 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 5 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

Crude, Anatomical, Off-Broadway Euphemisms
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 4, 2015
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 5 Comments

Writer's block:

83 Reasons for Not Writing
July 11, 2014 - 4 Comments
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008

Writers:

The Sound of Writing
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 11, 2015 - 6 Comments
How to Help Your Writing by Talking Like an Athlete
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 29, 2015 - 6 Comments

Writing:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Why You Shouldn't Fret About Creativity
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 16, 2015 - 1 Comment