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Wordplay
Arts & Culture (page 6)
Love Poems for Word Nerds
For you, from us.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/8/19
Words from the week of 2/8/2019
Doing the Work of the ’Edgelord’
Look at Mr. Cheery over here.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/1/19
Gofer, gag order and other words that defined the week
Words We're Watching: 'Matriculate'
The football one, not the college one
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/25/19
Words from the week of 1/25/2019
8 Words with Secret Meanings Only the Musician-Types Know
We hope we don't get in trouble for telling
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/18/19
Words from the week of 1/18/2019
Some Odd Words with ISMO: "Junk in the Trunk"
Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk
Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"
Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'
Parts of a Book: Quire, Colophon, and More
There are a lot of chapters in this collection.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/11/19
Words from the week of 1/11/2019
Words We're Watching: 'Inspo'
This word is such an inspiration
Trying Very Hard With ‘Extra’
A new twist on a classic word
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/4/19
Words from the week of 1/4/2019
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/28/18
Words from the week of 12/28/2018
'Cherpumple': 3 Words Packed Into 1
Have your cake and eat pie too
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/21/18
Words that defined the week
Songs You May Not Have Heard Of (But Definitely Heard)
'Aubade,' 'threnody,' and other songs for the right mood
What Puts the 'Tide' in ‘Yuletide'?
Good origins we bring to you and your kin
Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2018
Our Word of the Year justice, plus 10 more
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/14/18
Words from the week of 12/14/2018
A 12-Word Journey on the Buddhist Path
Wordies read on for enlightenment.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/7/18
Words from the week of 12/7/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Petrichor'
Aka, the scent of rain hitting dry earth
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/30/18
Words from the week of 11/30/2018
Too Much Information on ‘Overshare’
More Than You Ever Needed to Know
Words We're Watching: 'Christmas creep'
It's earlier and earlier every year.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/16
Words from the week of 11/16/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/9
Words from the week of 11/9/2018
An Irresistible Piece On 'Dessert Stomach'
There's always room for another article.
A Most Incredible 'Self-Own'
Or: making a fool of yourself.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/2
Words from the week of 11/2/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Jelly' (The Adjective)
When you wish you were there.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/19
Words from the week of 10/19/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Final Girl'
At last we meet.
The Inside Poop On 'Spoopy'
Notes on a new Halloween classic
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/12
Words from the week of 10/12/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/5
Words from the week of 10/5/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Woah'
Is it time to accept 'woah'?
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/28
Words from the week of 9/28/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Debbie Downer'
Womp womp.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/21
Words from the week of 9/21/2018
Our ‘Kumbaya’ Moment
How a folk song became a term of derision.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/14
Words from the week of 9/14/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Copypasta'
You might've seen this one before
Words We're Watching: 'Patchwriting'
Paraphrasing in a cut-and-paste world
'Shadowban' Emerges from the Dark
If you can see this post, it’s not happening here.
Trainspotting
The practice of watching trains
Hygge
Cozy or comfortable
Noice
A slang word for "nice"
The Floor/Ground Is (Lava)
A game in which players avoid the floor
FML
F&% my life
8 Ball
An eighth of an ounce of cocaine
Mile High Club
A euphemism for sex in an airplane
Hypebeast
A person devoted to fashion
Gucci
Fancy, fashionable; great, excellent
Juggalo
A fan of the rap duo Insane Clown Posse
Words We're Watching: 'OTP'
One true pairing
LMGTFY
Let Me Google That For You
TFW
That feeling when
Finsta
Fake Instagram
IMAO
In my arrogant opinion
Machine Learning
A machine improving its own performance
Baby Fever
The longing to have a child
Social Justice Warrior
A mocking term for a progressive
Adultism
Prejudice against young people
TTYL
Talk to you later
Mic Drop
An emphatic ending
Beast Mode
An aggressive persona in competition
SMH
Shaking my head
Sapiophile?
One attracted to intelligence
666
The Mark of the Beast
Tabata
A type of high-intensity interval training
Bubble Butt
Rounded buttocks
Bracketology
Predicting the outcome of a tournament
Sugar Mama
A woman who financially supports a lover
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/7
Words from the week of 9/7/2018
We Put a Bunch of New Words in the Dictionary in September 2018
More than 840 new entries.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/31
Words from the week of 8/31/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/24/2018
Words from the week of 8/24/2018
A Deep Dive on 'Deep Dive'
No lifeguard on duty.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/17/2018
Words from the week of 8/17/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Low-key'
Not making a big deal out of it
A Few Rounds with 'Happy Hour'
Cheers!
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/10/2018
Words from the week of 8/10/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/3/2018
Words from the week of 8/3/2018
New Adventures in 'Cli-Fi'
Taking the temperature of a literary genre.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/27/2018
Words from the week of 7/27/2018
Some Words from the World of Jazz
Common words with musical origins
Words We're Watching: 'Becky'
When a name becomes an epithet
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/20
Words from the week of 7/20/2018
'Kayfabe': It's Illusive and Elusive
A word on faking that only looks fake
Words We're Watching: 'Laze'
Not just lying around
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/13
Words from the week of 7/13/2018
The ‘Zaddy’ of All Words
It's meant as a compliment.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/6
Words from the week of 7/6/2018
8 Words from Around the House
The stories behind everyday things
What It Means to Go ‘Radio Silent’
Nothing but dead air
On the Disruption of 'Disrupt'
Business jargon strikes again
Words We're Watching: 'B side'
When the new sense drops
Words We're Watching: '-iversary'
Weekiversary, monthiversary, blogiversary?
What’s a ‘chef’s kiss’?
That’s a spicy piece of meme-snark.
How to 'Level Up'
Movin' On Up in the Game of Life
Words We're Watching: 'TL;DR'
We'll keep this brief.
'Folksonomy': Let’s Get Organized
Tag the way you want to tag.
9 Words from the Magical Realm
When language is magic
7 Obsolete Allusions That We Still Use
Do you still hang up the phone?
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