Word of the day!
meliorism MEEL-yuh-riz-uhm, MEE-lee-uh- –noun the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort. Quotes For a life worthy to be lived is one that is full of...
View ArticleAn Emoji for Word of the Year?
I found this post on Grammarly’s blog and had to share it here with all of you. Let me know your thoughts on this and if after reading the article you agree. 😂 More than words. 😂 The Oxford...
View ArticleToday’s Word Fact is Whom
Over the last 200 years, the pronoun whom has been on a steady decline. Despite its waning use in speech and ongoing speculation about its imminent extinction, whom still holds a spot in the English...
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Hope everyone is enjoying your Sunday! Here’s your word of the day… Sisyphean [ sis-uh-FEE-uhn ] Definition: endless and unavailing, as labor or a task. – adjective endless and unavailing, as labor or...
View ArticleLexical Investigations: Nobel
Lexical Investigations: Nobel When it comes to the word noble, the senses “royal” and “distinguished” are probably quite familiar, but there are many other uses of this word that might surprise you....
View ArticleLanguage crimes to watch out for…
Irregardless Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements, ir- and -less. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in...
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Thusly Because both thus and thusly are adverbs, language aficionados find thusly unnecessary. The Chicago Manual of Style discourages the use of thusly altogether. For copyeditors, spotting the word...
View ArticleMisspelling of the Year 2013 (great article from Dictionary.com, Enjoy!)
Misspelling of the Year 2013 To explore the psyche of a people, do not look at what they do–look at what they do wrong. Today, we introduce the Misspelling of the Year. A word that was looked up...
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