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  1. Blog Excerpts

     Obama the Verb
    Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    From the blogosphere comes news that President Obama's name has become an eponym, but not in English. In Japanese, Obama has transformed into obamu — a verb that means, according to one blogger, "to ignore inexpedient and inconvenient facts or realities."

  2. Word Routes

     No Soap (Radio): An Advertiser's Little White "Lye"
    Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    My wife recently spotted the following perplexing line on Crabtree & Evelyn's website, advertising their hand soap:

    Our gentle cleansing liquid soaps are pH-balanced and soap-free.

    That's right, they're selling soap-free soap. I've heard of a "nothing-burger," but "nothing-soap"?

  3. Candlepower

     You Can't Judge a Vook by Its Cover
    Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    You can read it. You can watch it. You can talk about it online with your friends. It's a sort of picture book — or, more precisely, a moving-picture book — but its inventors call it a Vook. That's Vook as in video + book.

  4. Blog Excerpts

     The Case for Dictionary Day
    Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    In the Boston Globe, lexicographer Erin McKean makes a compelling case for turning Dictionary Day (Noah Webster's birthday on October 16th) into a national holiday. Read her column here.

  5. Department of Word Lists

     Nicholas Rushlow's Favorite Words (and a Killer Spelling Bee)
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Yesterday we talked to sixth-grader Nicholas Rushlow, who finished 17th in the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee. At his home in Pickerington, Ohio, Nicholas maintains an impressive "word wall," festooned with many of the fascinating words he has learned while practicing for spelling bees. We asked Nicholas to share some of his favorites. And he has also created a Community Spelling Bee for us with even more "killer" words!

  6. Wordmasters

     The November-December 2009 Wordmasters Challenge
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Welcome to the November-December 2009 WordMasters Challenge, the first of this school year. Over four thousand school teams from every state participate each year in this popular national competition for Language Arts students in grades 3 to 12. Visit the WordMasters website to learn more about how to participate in the Challenge using the word lists posted here.

  7. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009

  8. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Nov-Dec '09
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009

  9. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 4 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009

  10. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 4 Gold Division Nov-Dec '09
    Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2009
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