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I'm trying to post most of my word-related entries at Neology these days, so new entries in the Words easily...

Been a while since I've done one of these. For previous installments, see my Words easily confused category. (Wrote most...

And since I'm apparently being Writing Curmudgeon Guy lately, I think it's time for another installment of "words easily confused."...

Time for another installment. (To see previous editions, search my journal for the phrase "words easily" (no quotes)—that'll show the...

Time for another installment. (To see previous editions, search my journal for the phrase "words easily" (no quotes)—that'll show the...

I know it's only been a few weeks since the last list, but shortly after I posted the last one...

I've been saving these up 'til there were enough of them to post: As Heather noted in a comment to...

I've seen two different journalers use the term potboiler correctly this morning, but I've also talked with a lot of...

Half a dozen times in the last week, I've seen a reference to someone racking their brains. Each time, I've...

And then there are the words that I think are different but turn out to be acceptable variants of each...

We get an awful lot of stories in which fluorescent is misspelled florescent. Presumably partly because it's another one of...

Another entry in an irregular series. skirl and swirl. Possibly because it sounds a little like swirl and a little...

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