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Blackacre

Jed

November 20, 2018
Filed under: New-to-me Words
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Gneiss

Jed

November 18, 2018
Filed under: Etymology, Puns, Specific Words
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SNC meteorites

Jed

November 16, 2018
Filed under: New-to-me Words
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Double garden path

Jed

November 13, 2018
Filed under: Garden Path, Grammar, Names, Puns
1 Comment

Ooh la la

I was today years old, as the kids say, when I learned that the formal and former name of the melon baller is the parisienne scoop.  Balls cut from fruits or vegetables are parisiennes.

MyS

November 5, 2018
Filed under: New-to-me Words
2 Comments

hot take

There will be a lot of hot takes tomorrow.

-Ed.

November 5, 2018
Filed under: Specific Words
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arseoisie

Not entirely sure that's how it ought to be spelled, though.

-Ed.

November 2, 2018
Filed under: New-to-me Words
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The Positive Lexicography Project

In case it helps…. https://www.drtimlomas.com/lexicography

MyS

October 29, 2018
Filed under: Dictionaries, Jargon/Terminology, Languages
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Untrammeled

Phrase I wasn’t expecting to see in an ad: “more untrammeled.” …and no, “untrammeleder” wouldn’t have been better.

Jed

October 23, 2018
4 Comments

On French

Jed

October 13, 2018
Filed under: Languages
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