Memory – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “memory”.
The podictionary word of the week is “memory”.
Anatoly deliberates the origins of the words ‘spoon,’ ‘fork,’ and ‘knife.’
Ammon Shea looks at the role of interns.
The podictionary word of the week is “akimbo”.
Anatoly explores the origins of the word ‘pet.’
We were pretty excited when ‘Brave New Words’ won the Hugo Award. Now that ‘Brave New Words’ is available in paperback we asked Jeff Prucher, freelance lexicographer and editor for the Oxford English Dictionary’s science fiction project, to revisit the blog. Below are Prucher’s picks of words.
Do thesauruses fight?
The podictionary word of the week is “amendment”.
Anatoly answers questions about word origins.
We are now in week four of our ‘Word Window’ series, in which we display an Oxford Word of the Week, in the windows of our New York Offices. Last week’s word was: ‘Rashomon’ n.: ‘Designating something resembling or suggestive of the film Rashomon.’ This week’s word is ‘Mondegreen’…
Mark Peters resurrects some old words to describe writers.
The podictionary word of the week is “office.”
Anatoly explores the origins of the word ‘gooseberry,’ and its related phrases.
The podictionary word is “stew.”
Long ago I wrote a column with the title “Tit for Tat.” Engl. tip for tap also existed at one time. Words like tip, tap, top, tick, tack, tock, tit, tat, tot, as well as those with voiced endings like tid– (compare tidbit), tad, and tod (“bush; fox”), are ideal candidates for sound imitative coinages.
The podictionary word of the week is “hostage”.