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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 [...]

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 [...]

English Language Oddities

The list-loving folks at listverse.com have come up with 25 English Language Oddities to illustrate some of the curiosities and gotchas that native speakers don’t think about, but that make English one of the trickiest languages to learn. Here are some of my favorites: “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters [...]

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