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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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11 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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13 month ago
wearehugh : tyris_flare: Animals that are also Verbs - god bless the internet
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13 month ago
gleuschk : define:presbyter - Google Search - what did *you* learn today?
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15 month ago
gleuschk : define:drumlin - Google Search - learn something every day, as they say
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16 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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19 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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20 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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20 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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20 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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20 month ago
gleuschk : define: Cunctator - Google Search - file under: you learn something every damn day
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20 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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21 month ago
gleuschk : 33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names - I get OBDORMITION an awful lot
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21 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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21 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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21 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - stage-phoning - "Attempting to impress nearby people by talking on a cell phone in an animated, theatrical manner." (thanks, Finn)
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21 month ago
43folders : M.E.G.O. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Mine Eyes Glazeth Over"
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22 month ago
43folders : Holiday Movies - Oscar Town East - David Carr - Movies - New York Times - Not to get all Safire on you here, but permit me to say that I just love this new coinage: "mentionocracy." What a word for its time.
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23 month ago
gleuschk : Eric Shackle's eBook - Whimsical ways of counting sheep - Ounce, dice, trice, quartz, quince, sago, serpent, oxygen, nitrogen, denim
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24 month ago
gleuschk : Gef's Pinacogram Gallery - the Borges is great. love to see more of these
Matthew M. Boedicker : pinacograms, portraits made only with the letters of the subject's name - (via del.icio.us/gleuschk) [via]
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24 month ago
gleuschk : Constrained Works - I knew about some of Brooke-Rose's, but these are out of control
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plasticbag : An interesting vague poll on the meaning of 'several' plus a million comments about it - Personal conclusions - 'couple' means two, 'few' means three and maybe four, several is in excess of four but under ten, averaging out to mean a median of something like seven things...
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27 month ago
merlinmann : NPR : On Words - The late poet John Ciardi's wonderful "On Words" commentaries are available as an NPR podcast. (His "How Does a Poem Mean?" was a fave book in college.)
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