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philgyford : Word Spy - parahawking - "A sport where paragliders follow birds of prey that have been trained to look for and follow thermal updrafts that enable the pilots to stay aloft."
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gleuschk : Matthew 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres..." - my plumber referred to this, and I about fell down with surprise
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Anil : Say My Name Say My Name - For about ten years, Slate has had an intermittent series of articles that explain how to pronounce names of people who are in the news. As someone whose (first) name is frequently mispronounced, I can appreciate the effort. (For the record: I pronounce i
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Anil : Say My Name Say My Name - For about ten years, Slate has had an intermittent series of articles that explain how to pronounce names of people who are in the news. As someone whose (first) name is frequently mispronounced, I can appreciate the effort. (For the record: I pronounce i
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Anil : The Difference Between Lemons and Limes - A few weeks ago, I asked the people who follow my Twitter account to describe the difference between lemons and limes. My immediate prompt was because I was trying to explain that some languages use the same word for both citrus fruits, and others only ha
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nelson : 80 Million tiny images - Interesting visualization: words arranged by semantic meaning, then represented by average images
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14 month ago
gleuschk : God Plays Dice: The synonym-following game - the synonym graph has a monstrous component. for some reason I find this totally shocking.
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Anil : The Difference Between Lemons and Limes - A few weeks ago, I asked the people who follow my Twitter account to describe the difference between lemons and limes. My immediate prompt was because I was trying to explain that some languages use the same word for both citrus fruits, and others only ha
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22 month ago
Andy Baio : Wordle - lovely word clouds generated from supplied text
philgyford : Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - Lets you create tag clouds that are much more lovely than the usual. (via Blackbelt Jones)
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philgyford : Tweet Clouds - Showing what words you use most on Twitter. Home, College, Day, Work are the unremarkable stand-outs for me. (via Russell Davies)
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30 month ago
deusx : Linguistic humor - "decafalon the grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you"
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32 month ago
wearehugh : tyris_flare: Animals that are also Verbs - god bless the internet
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32 month ago
gleuschk : define:presbyter - Google Search - what did *you* learn today?
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34 month ago
gleuschk : define:drumlin - Google Search - learn something every day, as they say
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35 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - eco-anxiety - "Worry or agitation caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment."
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38 month ago
43folders : Rock On - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "An expression used at rock concerts or similar festivities, indicating a desire to hear more rock music or general celebration."
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39 month ago
jkottke : English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects, or the grammar of swearing - English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects, or the grammar of swearing. "Chomsky observes that the adverbial elements of (39)-(42) are outside of the verb phrase and that only elements within the verb phrase play a role in strict subcategorizati
gleuschk : Doug LeMoine » ENGLISH SENTENCES WITHOUT OVERT GRAMMATICAL SUBJECTS - substitution into the frame “F**k____irregular verb(s)†is an excellent diagnostic test
cobra libre : "English sentences without overt grammatical subjects" - "There is a widespread misconception that utterances such as (2) 'Fuck you,' which also appear to have the form of a transitive verb followed by a noun phrase and preceded by no overt subject, are also imperative. This paper will study the syntax of sente #
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39 month ago
plasticbag : YouTube has video of the Jeep Waterfall - I linked to something like this a while back - a system of valves programmed to open and close very rapidly release inkjet like blobs of water, creating a fountain in which words fall from the air. Very cool.
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39 month ago
gleuschk : "trailing spouse" definition from Double-Tongued Dictionary - n. a husband or wife who follows a marriage partner who takes a new job in different city.
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39 month ago
gleuschk : define: Cunctator - Google Search - file under: you learn something every damn day
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39 month ago
43folders : Nostalgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Moreover, its original meaning--referring to a serious medical disorder--has been lost as the word nostalgia entered everyday language."
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40 month ago
gleuschk : 33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names - I get OBDORMITION an awful lot
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40 month ago
Linkorama : Wordie - Like Flickr, without the photos
Rod Begbie : Wordie - "Like Flickr, without the photos". Make lists of words. Pointless and lovely. [via] #
jkottke : Wordie is "like Flickr, but without the photos" - Wordie is "like Flickr, but without the photos". "Wordie lets you make lists of words -- practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. You can then see who else has listed the same words, and talk about it." Lots of people love schadenfreude. [via]
jimray : Wordie - "Like Flickr, but without the photos" Fucking hilarious!
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40 month ago
43folders : Skeuomorph - Wikipedia - "a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to structure that was necessary in the original..." via: David Galbraith
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