Charlotte S.
Subscriber since: January 2011
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NV
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Favorite Word:
fuckFuck is the perfect adjective, adverb, verb, noun.
endlessly useful.
As to the origin - ?? Does it even matter?
It is a reliable emphatic expression for joy, grief, love, disgust, hate -disappointment,personality. It is at once a superior noun, verb, adverb, adjective - every glorious part of speech. It's fucking perfect!
Least Favorite Word:
piss1. It is unpleasant sounding - uncouth,unmannerly, impolite, potty-mouth language - I can't say it and can barely type it.
2. Fart (not found in the dictionary) - as above. Both are unnecessary. "Pee" is acceptable - if reference is required. Piss is a synonym for "take a leak" an equally disgusting verbal description of the same bodily function. YYuck.
Favorite Quote:
"1."Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity." & 2."The only necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.""
- 1. GBS 2. E. Burke.
Favorite Topics:
Books:
A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014
- 6 Comments
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Dictionaries:
Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014
Which Word Should Go Into the Next Scrabble Dictionary?
April 3, 2014
Grammar:
"Over" Reaction: Copy Editors Gasp at AP Ruling on "Over"/"More Than"
March 21, 2014
- 6 Comments
Language:
A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014
- 6 Comments
Language arts:
The Real News About the Redesigned SAT
April 16, 2014
- 1 Comment
The Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings
March 14, 2014
- 3 Comments
Linguistics:
A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014
- 6 Comments
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Online:
Selfie's Children: The Productive "-fie" Suffix
January 13, 2014
- 2 Comments
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
- 2 Comments
Poetry:
Celebrate National Grammar Day with a Haiku Cornucopia
March 4, 2014
Politics:
Nobody Likes a Whistleblower (or a Wrayer, Quadruplator, or Emphanist)
February 24, 2014
February 24, 2014
5 Years After Its Discovery, a Washingtonian Typo Lingers
February 17, 2014
- 10 Comments
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014
- 4 Comments
For National Reading Month, Finding Vocabulary All Around Us
March 20, 2014
Spelling:
The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
October 30, 2013
- 4 Comments
Spelling Malpractice: Of Vocal "Chords" and Digestive "Tracks"
September 26, 2013
- 8 Comments
Usage:
"Staycation," "Bleisure," and Other Made-Up Travel Words
April 15, 2014
Vocabulary:
The Real News About the Redesigned SAT
April 16, 2014
- 1 Comment
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014
- 4 Comments
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
Word Origins:
Baseball Lingo, from "Cup of Coffee" to "Southpaw"
April 8, 2014
A "Final Four" of March Madness Lingo
March 31, 2014
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 8 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 5 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
"Staycation," "Bleisure," and Other Made-Up Travel Words
April 15, 2014
Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014
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