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Vocabulary Yoga – 6

cashtray (noun) : an ashtray full of coins (as in a car) shelfware (noun) : computer software that has little or no use and ends up on a shelf without ever being installed swivable (adjective) : able to move or swivel nerdgasm (noun) : a situation or information that satisfies a slavish devotion to a [...]

Vocabulary Yoga – 5

It’s time for another round of language-stretching vocabulary yoga. Here are some recent finds that I picked up on WordSpy and the Open Dictionary. joy-to-stuff ratio: the time a person has to enjoy life versus the time a person spends accumulating material goods butt bus: a bus parked near a pub or restaurant that is [...]

Schoolhouse Rockers

Remember Schoolhouse Rock? With their cool and groovy attempts to get us all to pay attention to grammar, punctuation, politics and whatever else was deemed worthy? Here are a few word-nerd favorites to jog your memory: The Tale of Mr. Morton Verbs Conjunction Junction Related Posts Captain Picard vs. the Alphabet AEIOU and Sometimes Y [...]

Vocabulary Yoga – 4

For this round of Vocabulary Yoga, I visited Miriam Webster’s Open Dictionary; an incredibly entertaining and informative place. As the name implies, it’s an open project, that anyone can submit words and their definitions to. Here are some recent favorites: textcasm: sarcasm used in text messaging or in online social networking terribad: having exceptionally poor [...]

Owed to a Spelling Chequer

by Jerrold H. Zar I have a spelling checker. It came with my pea sea. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea. Eye ran this poem threw it. Your sure real glad two no. Its very polished in its weigh, My checker tolled me sew. A checker is a [...]

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