Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “ism”
Merriam-Webster has revealed its word of the year and, in what appears to be a fast-growing tradition, it is not technically a word. Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is a… Read more »
The 2015 Word of the Year is … not a word
In its perhaps most reflexive Word of the Year selection, Oxford Dictionaries has chosen the laugh/cry (or “Face with Tears of Joy”) emoji to represent 2015. It is, indeed, kind of… Read more »
Boring headlines on the internet are bad. Unlike boring book titles, which are good.
There are only so many ways to title an article, an essay, or a blog post, and most of those ways are very boring. Indeed, in 2015, titles are more… Read more »
Emoji Linguistics 101: To use :) or :-)?
Maybe you missed it, but emoji are pretty popular these days. Apologies in advance for stressing out the much-beleaguered Luddites of the world, but here are some brief glimpses into… Read more »