Charlotte S.
Subscriber since: January 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Favorite Word:

fuck
Fuck 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!
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Least Favorite Word:

piss
1. 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.
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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:

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

Branding:

Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015 - 6 Comments
Get "Smart"
January 26, 2015 - 4 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

Fun:

The Palindrome Game of the Enigma Codebreakers
February 24, 2015 - 6 Comments
Gadswookers! Catastrophic Euphemism Failures
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 5, 2015 - 5 Comments

Grammar:

Tricky Plurals Inspire Some Grammatical Back-and-Forths
February 20, 2015 - 2 Comments
One Man's Quest to Correct "Comprise" Usage
February 12, 2015 - 1 Comment

How to write:

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

Language:

Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments
Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 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

Linguistics:

Pillow Talk and Its Ramifications
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 1, 2015 - 5 Comments
They Also Serve Who Only Kvetch and Tweet
December 1, 2014 - 7 Comments

Linguists:

Ben Zimmer Wins LSA's Linguistics Journalism Award
October 29, 2014
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011

Naming:

Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015 - 6 Comments
Getting on a First-Name Basis with Winter Storms
January 27, 2015 - 1 Comment

Online:

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

Poetry:

In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014 - 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014 - 1 Comment

Politics:

A New Book Deciphers the Jargon of American Politics
October 8, 2014 - 1 Comment
The "Yanks" Are Coming: From Disparagement to Pride
July 4, 2014

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

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

Spelling:

Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 6 Comments
2014 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Share Spotlight in a "Competition Against the Dictionary"
May 30, 2014 - 2 Comments

Usage:

Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments
Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment

Vocabulary:

For Valentine's Day: Love Words From Shakespeare
February 13, 2015 - 2 Comments
Looking Back on Jon Stewart's Portman-Coinages
February 11, 2015

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:

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

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments
Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment

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