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  1. Candlepower

     Naming the Name of the Year
    Wed Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018
    March Madness ended on March 25, but the thrill of bracketology lives on: April Foolishness is in full swing, thanks to the long-running, much-anticipated Name of the Year (NOTY) contest.

  2. Evasive Maneuvers

     Size-inclusive Reinterpretations of Collective Cockamamie Coinages
    Fri Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018
    When the history of euphemisms is written, the following terms deserve footnotes, if not full-blown chapters.

  3. Language Lounge

     Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
    Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018
    As I read Jane Austen, the question that is ever in the back of my mind is, how did she do it? Surprisingly, computers are quite helpful in discovering some of the aspects of Austen's writing that make it distinctive in the wide field of English fiction.

  4. Word Count

     Why Writers Should Walk More
    Mon Mar 19 00:01:00 EDT 2018
    Walking is one of the best things we can do. This advice is particularly true for writers. Why?

  5. Candlepower

     The Story of -o
    Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018
    English loves its o-ending words with a curious fervor, considering how seldom they occur naturally in our mother tongue. For centuries, we've made up for that lack by importing or coining words that end in o.

  6. Evasive Maneuvers

     Euphemizing Some Spicy Meatballs
    Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2018
    I always let my readers wet their beaks in the deep pool of drivel I've collected from reservoirs of rot and lakes of lunacy. Please enjoy the following euphemisms and consider using them in your love sonnets and fraud trials.

  7. Language Lounge

     Machine Translation Dreams
    Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018
    Accurate and dependable machine translation has long been a dream among linguists and computer scientists alike. Will computers get there eventually? Possibly.

  8. Word Routes

     For Whomst Does the Neologism Toll?
    Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2018
    Sometimes — mayhaps many times — we need words to help us make fun of other words, not to mention the preening posers who use them, including ourselves.

  9. Word Count

     26 Fantastic No-cost Tools for Writers
    Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
    Every feel like there's just not enough time in the day to write? Here are some tools, tricks and techniques that don't cost a cent that can help you do your job better and faster.

  10. Candlepower

     Take a Number
    Mon Feb 12 00:01:00 EST 2018
    Numbers also have a function beyond the mathematical: They can serve as words. And sometimes, a number can even be a name.
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