The OED is 80: Some fascinating facts
Some fascinating facts about the Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is 80!
Sarah Russo twitters the OED’s birthday celebrations.
Pandemonium – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “pandemonium”.
Frakin’ Cylontastic: Battlestar Galactica’s Other Successful Word
Peters explores the word “Cylon”.
Reading Spines
Ammon Shea tells us why book spines inspire him.
The Tenant’s Dilemma, or,
When Did People Begin to Say They for “He (Or She)”?
Anatoly Liberman relates his adventures with plurals.
Slang 101
Cassie reads a dictionary of slang and shares some of the great words she finds.
Cleavage – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “cleavage”.
OUP UK’s Word of the Year is…
‘Credit crunch’ is OUP UK’s Word of the Year.
Hello, Hello!
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “hello”.
Politician: Compliment or Curse?
Ammon Shea looks at the connotations of the word “politician”.
Placebo – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “placebo”.
Monthly Gleanings (September 2008)
Anatoly answers questions.
Clarifying Clarify
Ammon Shea looks at the frequent use of the word “clarify”.
Marathon – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “marathon”.
Shibboleths and Traitors, or,
Death and Expulsion as Categories of Historical Phonetics
Anatoly Liberman recounts the times when phonetics were used to determine the death, expulsion or release of a group of people, and takes a closer at the development of homonyms.