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  1. Behind the Dictionary

     Third-Wheeling It in the Friend Zone
    Fri Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2013
    In the thick of homecoming season and with a son in high school, I've been hearing more these days about who likes who, who's dating who, and who's unwillingly unattached at the moment. It turns out there have been some changes in the vocabulary for that situation since my high-school and college days.

  2. Word Count

     Narrating My Own Audio Book
    Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2013
    The Rolling Stones Discover America, my eyewitness account of a month-long Stones tour in 1969, became an Amazon Kindle Single e-book early this year, and now Hachette is publishing it as an audio book. When Hachette Audio's editor Anthony Goff and I shook hands on the deal in June, I asked if I could narrate the book.

  3. Evasive Maneuvers

     Twerking the Awakened Pancake
    Wed Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2013

    I twerking love euphemisms.

    Let me explain.

    As you're probably aware, the primary meaning of twerk is a bizarre form of dancing that looks more like a medical condition than anything attractive.

  4. Candlepower

     The Ascent of "Sherpa"
    Tue Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2013
    On May 29, 1953, the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. Today we find the word "sherpa" far from its original range: in job descriptions and mobile apps, in government jargon and corporate trademarks, in aircraft names and fashion lingo.

  5. Word Routes

     The Hidden History of "Glitch"
    Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013
    The persistent glitchiness of HealthCare.gov, the website implementing the Affordable Care Act, has given us much time to ponder that peculiar little word, glitch. As it happens, some new research on the word brings its origin, most likely from Yiddish, into a sharper perspective.

  6. Language Lounge

     The Clean and the Unclean
    Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    In the recent Congressional showdown that resulted in the government shutdown, Senator Charles Schumer warned about what would happen if the House of Representatives sent the Senate a bill that was "unclean." What associations reverberate from his use of unclean to characterize the budget legislation?

  7. Blog Excerpts

     NaNoWriMo Has Begun!
    Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    It's time once again for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). As the website explains, it's "for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved." Visit the NaNoWriMo website to learn more.

  8. Lesson Plans

     Stage Directions: the Vocabulary of Theatrical Delivery
    Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    How can interpreting the language of stage directions enhance students' comprehension of drama?

  9. Blog Excerpts

     Back by Popular Demand: "Hallow, What's This?"
    Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Two years ago on Halloween, resident linguist Neal Whitman explored the origin of the word Halloween. Just in time for the candy and costumes, we're revisiting his questions: how and why did eve turn into e'en? For that matter, what is a hallow? Why did the all get dropped?

  10. Blog Excerpts

     The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
    Wed Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Last night, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses held its annual Spelling Bee in New York, supporting the work of independent literary publishers, and once again the Visual Thesaurus was proud to play a part. For the sixth consecutive year, the VT supplied the words that challenged the literary contestants. This year, the British novelist Patrick McGrath emerged victorious.
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