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April 27, 2014
Word of the Day: honeyfuggle
Pronounced HUN-ee-FUG-uhl. TWITO, page 67!
This comic features a word from page 67 of my book The Word I'm Thinking Of: A Devilish Dictionary of Difficult Words, available here.
April 24, 2014
Link Mania: Feel That Moazagoatl!
21 Wonderful Words for Wind
It's an ill moazagoatl that blows nobody any good.
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11 Words That Will Make You Sound Super Freaking Smart
Meh. Too easy a list, I think. What about you? Read or listen to TWITO to sound keenly perspicacious.
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Earth Day: A World of Words
We celebrated Earth Day this week. Earth is one planet that doesn't need ecopoiesis.
It's an ill moazagoatl that blows nobody any good.
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11 Words That Will Make You Sound Super Freaking Smart
Meh. Too easy a list, I think. What about you? Read or listen to TWITO to sound keenly perspicacious.
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Earth Day: A World of Words
We celebrated Earth Day this week. Earth is one planet that doesn't need ecopoiesis.
April 22, 2014
The T&T List
Manu Prakash
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Digital Public Library of America
Ljubljana
DreamDry
Peru Harri
Cliveden House
Morbid Anatomy Museum
Zohydro
Land of Nod
Lytro Illum
Max Tegmark
April 21, 2014
Word of the Day: palter
What's "the word I'm thinking of"? Today, it's...
palter [POL-ter] (verb)
To talk or act insincerely, use trickery or equivocate
"He had faked illnesses before, so I couldn't tell whether he was paltering or faltering."
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TWITO, page 106!
palter [POL-ter] (verb)
To talk or act insincerely, use trickery or equivocate
"He had faked illnesses before, so I couldn't tell whether he was paltering or faltering."
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TWITO, page 106!
April 20, 2014
Fire Up Your Kindles!
TWITO News! Starting today (April 20), the Kindle edition of my book, The Word I'm Thinking Of: A Devilish Dictionary of Difficult Words, is FREE on Amazon.com through Thursday, April 24. Logophiles and pinchfists, rejoice!
The Word I'm Thinking Of
No Kindle? The paperback is only $6.75 on Amazon. The audiobook is only $17.95 on Audible.com (or free with a 30-day trial). And keep in mind that the Kindle app (which doesn't require a physical Kindle e-reader) is a free download.
The Word I'm Thinking Of
No Kindle? The paperback is only $6.75 on Amazon. The audiobook is only $17.95 on Audible.com (or free with a 30-day trial). And keep in mind that the Kindle app (which doesn't require a physical Kindle e-reader) is a free download.
TWITO News! Starting today (April 20), the Kindle edition...
TWITO News! Starting today (April 20), the Kindle edition of my book, The Word I'm Thinking Of: A Devilish Dictionary of Difficult Words, is FREE on Amazon.com through Thursday, April 24. Logophiles and pinchfists, rejoice!
The Word I'm Thinking Of
No Kindle? The paperback is only $6.75 on Amazon. The audiobook is only $17.95 on Audible.com (or free with a 30-day trial). And keep in mind that the Kindle app (which doesn't require a physical Kindle e-reader) is a free download.
The Word I'm Thinking Of
No Kindle? The paperback is only $6.75 on Amazon. The audiobook is only $17.95 on Audible.com (or free with a 30-day trial). And keep in mind that the Kindle app (which doesn't require a physical Kindle e-reader) is a free download.
April 17, 2014
Photo of the Week (by me)
Here be dragons. Click for a closer view (if you dare!)
April 16, 2014
Link Mania: An Abominable It Boy Sniffs Petrichor
20 words that originated in the 1920s
Would you "Adam and Eve" it if an abominable snowman got a makeover, did some press ups, and became an It boy?
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38 wonderful foreign words we could use in English
Goldilocks was Swedish?
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15 underused words to add to your vocabulary
Including "petrichor" [PET-rik-ur] -- TWITO, page 111!
Would you "Adam and Eve" it if an abominable snowman got a makeover, did some press ups, and became an It boy?
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38 wonderful foreign words we could use in English
Goldilocks was Swedish?
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15 underused words to add to your vocabulary
Including "petrichor" [PET-rik-ur] -- TWITO, page 111!
April 15, 2014
Random Sequence
"Will decided to let his exhaustion show on his face. Sandy, who seemed as energetic as ever, walked over to him, shook her blonde head, and said, 'I guess it's break time.' They descended to the street and began to walk toward a fizzing neon sign in the distance: 'Zarraro's Diner.' It smelled like fried onions inside, but at least it was cool."
--from "The Burden" (by me), originally published by ululation.com
--from "The Burden" (by me), originally published by ululation.com
April 13, 2014
Word of the Day: diegesis
What's "the word I'm thinking of"? Today, it's...
diegesis [die-uh-JEE-sis] (noun) diegetic [die-uh-JET-ik] (adjective)
A narrative; in film studies, the fictional world, milieu, or universe in which the story takes place
"'We're going to have to add some diegetic harpsichord to make that damn scene work,' the director mumbled."
That music you hear while watching TV or a film, which the characters in the story don't hear, serves a diegetic purpose: to tell you what you should be feeling or how you should interpret a scene on an emotional level. But you already knew that, right? Queue the wah-wah.
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TWITO, page 41!
diegesis [die-uh-JEE-sis] (noun) diegetic [die-uh-JET-ik] (adjective)
A narrative; in film studies, the fictional world, milieu, or universe in which the story takes place
"'We're going to have to add some diegetic harpsichord to make that damn scene work,' the director mumbled."
That music you hear while watching TV or a film, which the characters in the story don't hear, serves a diegetic purpose: to tell you what you should be feeling or how you should interpret a scene on an emotional level. But you already knew that, right? Queue the wah-wah.
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TWITO, page 41!
