Building the Ultimate Spelling Bee
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Leisure & Lexicography | October 30, 2008
Ben Zimmer visits us from Visual Thesaurus.
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The Last Word
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | April 10, 2008
Ben Zimmer says goodbye…for now.
Calling all tonguesters: Refresh your gossip with old words
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | March 6, 2008
Mark Peters guest blogs for Ben Zimmer.
Organlegging: Hold Onto Your Heart
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography & Prose | February 28, 2008
Jeff Prucher guest blogs for Ben Zimmer
Reading the OED: An Interview with Ammon Shea
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | February 21, 2008
John McGrath the genius behind Wordie.org fills in for Ben Zimmer.
Word Love
Filed in A-Featured & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | February 14, 2008
Some word love for Valentine’s Day.
Intractable Usage Disputes: “Less” and “None”
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | February 7, 2008
Ben Zimmer revisits last week’s column.
The Super Bowl and Super Tuesday: How’d They Get So “Super”?
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | January 31, 2008
Ben Zimmer takes a closer look at the use of the word “super.”
“Big-Up” on the Rise
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | January 24, 2008
Ben Zimmer big-ups the word “big-up”.
“Primary” Colors
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography & Politics | January 17, 2008
Ben embraces the spirit of the season and looks at the words primary and caucus.
