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Word Spy - parahawking

4 month ago

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."

Tags : top words sport paragliding birds

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Matthew 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulch...

8 month ago

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

Tags : bible words plumbing

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Say My Name Say My Name

10 month ago

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

Tags : pronunciation slate speech words

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Say My Name Say My Name

10 month ago

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

Tags : pronunciation slate speech words

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My first dictionary

11 month ago

nelson : My first dictionary - Heartbreaking

Tags : illustration via:metafilter words dictionary funny

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The Difference Between Lemons and Limes

14 month ago

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

Tags : lemons limes taste words

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80 Million tiny images

14 month ago

nelson : 80 Million tiny images - Interesting visualization: words arranged by semantic meaning, then represented by average images

Tags : visualization infovis words dictionary wordnet via:metafilter

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God Plays Dice: The synonym-following game

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.

Tags : words synonyms graphtheory

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The Difference Between Lemons and Limes

15 month ago

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

Tags : lemons limes taste words

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Wordle

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)

Tags : tagclouds tags top via:blackbeltjones visualisation words

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Tweet Clouds

23 month ago

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)

Tags : clouds top tweets twitter via:russeldavies words

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Linguistic humor

30 month ago

deusx : Linguistic humor - "decafalon the grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you"

Tags : decafalon funny language linguistics via:vielmetti words

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tyris_flare: Animals that are also Verbs

32 month ago

wearehugh : tyris_flare: Animals that are also Verbs - god bless the internet

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define:presbyter - Google Search

32 month ago

gleuschk : define:presbyter - Google Search - what did *you* learn today?

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define:drumlin - Google Search

34 month ago

gleuschk : define:drumlin - Google Search - learn something every day, as they say

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Word Spy - eco-anxiety

35 month ago

43folders : Word Spy - eco-anxiety - "Worry or agitation caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment."

Tags : environment jargon words wordspy

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Rock On - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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."

Tags : jargon rockandroll words

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English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects, or the grammar of swearing

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 #

Tags : english language via:kottke words

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YouTube has video of the Jeep Waterfall

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.

Tags : fountain inkjet jeep jeepwaterfall printing video waterfall words youtube

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"trailing spouse" definition from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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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define: Cunctator - Google Search

39 month ago

gleuschk : define: Cunctator - Google Search - file under: you learn something every damn day

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Nostalgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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."

Tags : history medicine nostalgia words

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33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

40 month ago

gleuschk : 33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names - I get OBDORMITION an awful lot

Tags : english language lists words

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Wordie

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!

Tags : knowledge language social socialsoftware text words wordie funny via:fimoculous writers writing

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Skeuomorph - Wikipedia

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

Tags : architecture design jargon via:davidgalbraith.org words

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