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The Sartorial Secret Behind the 'Schneid'

Your losing streak is over

The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/15/19

Words from the week of 3/15/2019

The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/8/19

Words from the week of 3/8/2019

The Big and the Small of It

From 'big league' to 'small fry'

The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/1/19

Words from the week of 3/1/2019

On ‘Hopepunk,’ ‘Mannerpunk,’ and a Range of Punky Genres

Feel optimistic? Well, do ya, punk?

The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/22/19

Words from the week of 2/22/2019

The News On 'Nontroversy'

Nothing to see here.

The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/15/19

Words from the week of 2/15/2019

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

FML

F&% my life

Noice

A slang word for "nice"

The Floor/Ground Is (Lava)

A game in which players avoid the floor

Mile High Club

A euphemism for sex in an airplane

8 Ball

An eighth of an ounce of cocaine

Gucci

Fancy, fashionable; great, excellent

Hypebeast

A person devoted to fashion

Juggalo

A fan of the rap duo Insane Clown Posse

Words We're Watching: 'OTP'

One true pairing

Finsta

Fake Instagram

LMGTFY

Let Me Google That For You

TFW

That feeling when

IMAO

In my arrogant opinion

Baby Fever

The longing to have a child

Machine Learning

A machine improving its own performance

Social Justice Warrior

A mocking term for a progressive

Adultism

Prejudice against young people

Mic Drop

An emphatic ending

TTYL

Talk to you later

Beast Mode

An aggressive persona in competition

SMH

Shaking my head

Sapiophile?

One attracted to intelligence

Bubble Butt

Rounded buttocks

666

The Mark of the Beast

Tabata

A type of high-intensity interval training

Sugar Mama

A woman who financially supports a lover

Bracketology

Predicting the outcome of a tournament

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
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