Merriam-Webster has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary. My favorite — definitely a word I’ll be weaving into my lexicon — is mondegreen. Can you decipher its meaning? A hint: “Very close veins” is a mondegreen for “varicose veins.”
mondegreen (n.) — a word or [...]
I found this short story last week and meant to post it, but The Grammar Vandal beat me to it. I think she has my computer bugged with her secret legion of grammar bugs (comma caterpillar, sentence structure spider, transitive termites, ect.). I adore absurd and abundant alliteration.
This short story was [...]
I’ve been called a lot of things in my life: “charming,” “megorious,” “THAT;” to name a few. I’ve also been called “ridiculous” on more than twelve occasions. A few weeks ago I was called something entirely new when Jim Cummings wrote on my Facebook wall, “you’re rediculous.” I immediately called him out because [...]
Read more »»I’m not ashamed to admit that I subscribe to the dictionary.com word of the day. I have a convenient widget on my dashboard that feeds me delicious words every morning for my pre-coffee consumption. In fact, I have multiple word of the day widgets from different sites other than dictionary.com. I [...]
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