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Regardless vs. Irregardless

bloodywellwrite wrote 4 days ago: There’s no such word. Isn’t that what you hear when one person uses irregardless and another person … more →

Tags: Grammar, irregardless, regardless

Sleeping with the Frenemy?

alphabetsoup101 wrote 6 days ago: Planning a staycation this year? Have to catch up with a webisode? Occupation: Full-time Vlogger … more →

Tags: Wonderful World of Words, Collegiate. dictionary, 2009, 11th edition, Vlog, vlogger, vloggers, Vlogging, Blog

Words of Summer3 comments

Mike Licht wrote 1 week ago: Just in time for your summer staycation reading pleasure, 100 new words and phrases have been added … more →

Tags: american studies, Books, language, News, American English, English, Lexicography, Vocabulary, WorDs

Left Out

jordanlevyshow wrote 1 week ago: As you get older you have to be careful to stay up with all that’s around you, or the world wi … more →

Tags: dictionary

Merriam-Webster

katiewinn wrote 1 week ago: They just added the word Frenemy to their dictionary along with 100 other words including: -webisode … more →

Tags: News, technology, Humor, Books, Things, Culture, WorDs, Video

7-4-09

charlieplong wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m proud to be an American. A simple, commonly used statement that many people casually throw … more →

Tags: 4th of July, Declaration of Independence, American, america, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Armed forces

Word of the Day3 comments

twynne105 wrote 1 month ago: I am slightly disappointed in Merriam-Webster’s “Word of the Day” email service.  … more →

Tags: Vocabulary, Word Of The Day, writing

Online Dictionaries

emilyakin wrote 1 month ago: Every writer’s desk should have a dictionary-thesaurus, a style guide, and a book of quotation … more →

Tags: beginners, Intermediate, Reference, dictionary-com

Eager vs. anxious 2 comments

bloodywellwrite wrote 1 month ago: You hear it all the time: “I’m anxious to go out this weekend!” Whaaat? Why? Are you worried about h … more →

Tags: Grammar, Anxious, Eager, Synonyms

Word Play12 comments

judy wrote 1 month ago: One of the blogs I am hooked on (see my blog roll!) is Jane Bretl’s Jane Candid. You can pop o … more →

Tags: Random Stuff, posts my mom will like, Judy Clement Wall, Word Play, wordsmith, Vocabulary, Funny Phrases

wordsmithing again8 comments

janebretl wrote 1 month ago: As someone who occasionally feels the need to wordsmith words to fit an occasion or circumstance, I … more →

Tags: Good Reads, CarTalk

The Photographic Dictionary

di wrote 2 months ago: worship, wor • ship, WUR-ship The Photographic Dictionary is an ever-expanding database of photos m … more →

Tags: Interactive, Photography, dictionary

The definition of 'comfort'

comfortpig wrote 2 months ago: From the Merriam-Webster dictionary comes the following definition: Main Entry: 2comfort Functio … more →

Tags: comfort reading, comfort, Comfortable, definition of comfort

The this-is-how-to-use-a-hyphen-correctly entry5 comments

bloodywellwrite wrote 3 months ago: A hyphen is that short, little bugger that joins two or more words to form an adjective and, at the … more →

Tags: Grammar, ap stylebook, <punctuation>, Ly, Bill Walsh, E-mail, Editing, eMail, hyphen

Implications of Self-exploration3 comments

aeonianblog wrote 3 months ago: Image Courtesy: Lateefa-art.com What does it take to know about oneself? Ask anyone. You are bound … more →

Tags: Psychology, dad, mom, People, Self-Exploration, Psychologists, Feature, Characteristics, Factors

The affect effect

bloodywellwrite wrote 3 months ago: I am lucky. I’m surrounded by really smart people. At work, at home, in my personal life — it’ … more →

Tags: Grammar, affect, Chili, Editing, Effect, Gold Rush Chili, language, writing

Flier? Flyer?1 comment

bloodywellwrite wrote 3 months ago: Those annoying papers that get stuck under your windshield wiper. The free-spirited pilot who likes … more →

Tags: Grammar, ap stylebook, writing, Editing, flier, Flyer

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l0veyalikew0ah wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Journal, Life, Interesting, Lesbian, Love, Video, dictionary, Marriage, Gay Rights

Redefining "Marriage"7 comments

Chadwick wrote 4 months ago: So, I guess the Religious Right can stop shouting about how teh gayz are trying to change the defini … more →

Tags: Politics, Religion, Interesting thing, Social Policy, Gay Marriage, Marriage, dictionary, worldnetdaily


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