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  1. Word Count

     7 Signs Your Writing Is Professional
    Tue Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Which of these hallmarks do you possess, and which do you need to work on? With a little effort, you too can become a professional writer.

  2. Candlepower

     The Character of Our Content
    Wed Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    What are you reading right here, right now? A sentence? A paragraph? An article? In the universe of 21st-century media and marketing, these words on this website are content. What does all this content have in common? That glorious, maddening series of tubes, the internet.

  3. Evasive Maneuvers

     Interior Enforcement and Other Freedom Logs
    Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Please enjoy the newest and cluelessest lexical cloaking devices that shine a spotlight on the very malarkey they try to hide.

  4. Language Lounge

     The Notional Space of the Digital World
    Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Metaphors about space come at us so thick and fast in talking about the digital world that we don't even notice that they are there, and that's probably a good thing: it helps us to make sense of complicated phenomena.

  5. Dog Eared

     "Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
    Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language is a sparkling new book by the linguist Gretchen McCulloch whose title is both a description and an example of one of the "new rules."

  6. Evasive Maneuvers

     Euphemism of the Year? Spreading Freedom Pucky
    Tue Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Freedom gas. Molecules of freedom. In appreciation of these insane terms, I'd like to look at some past terms that freedom has spawned in the cesspool of English.

  7. Language Lounge

     Hotter Than the Doones' Bonfire in July
    Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    If you ask me to complete the phrase "hotter than ________", "July" is what comes to my mind first. The calendar inspires the subject of this month's column, which I might characterize as "uses and abuses of the comparative".

  8. Word Count

     How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
    Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Here are seven tips to help you sit down actually write something when your subject makes you quiver with boredom.

  9. Dog Eared

     Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
    Fri Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Peter Martin's new book, The Dictionary Wars, is an account of the beginnings, twists, and turns in American lexicography that have led to the unique place of the name "Webster" in the minds of Americans today. If you're a lover of words and dictionaries, you'll want to put this excellent book on your reading list.

  10. Candlepower

     "Deep" Thoughts
    Mon Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019
    Do you find 21st-century life shallow and superficial? Take another look: In fact, ours is an era of extraordinary depth — linguistically speaking, anyway. As the 2011 song by Adele put it, we're rolling in the deep.
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