#lexicography โ Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lexicography, aggregated by home.social.
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I'm enjoying this interview with etymologist Suzie Dent, on Count Binface's podcast;
https://shows.acast.com/trash-talk-with-count-binface/episodes/susie-dent-your-political-presents
So far, I've learned the history of words like 'mugwump' and 'hangdog'. Also that Binface doesn't have much time for Jimmy Carr, Boris Johnson, or Mrs Brown's Boys ; )
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I'm enjoying this interview with etymologist Suzie Dent, on Count Binface's podcast;
https://shows.acast.com/trash-talk-with-count-binface/episodes/susie-dent-your-political-presents
So far, I've learned the history of words like 'mugwump' and 'hangdog'. Also that Binface doesn't have much time for Jimmy Carr, Boris Johnson, or Mrs Brown's Boys ; )
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I'm enjoying this interview with etymologist Suzie Dent, on Count Binface's podcast;
https://shows.acast.com/trash-talk-with-count-binface/episodes/susie-dent-your-political-presents
So far, I've learned the history of words like 'mugwump' and 'hangdog'. Also that Binface doesn't have much time for Jimmy Carr, Boris Johnson, or Mrs Brown's Boys ; )
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I'm enjoying this interview with etymologist Suzie Dent, on Count Binface's podcast;
https://shows.acast.com/trash-talk-with-count-binface/episodes/susie-dent-your-political-presents
So far, I've learned the history of words like 'mugwump' and 'hangdog'. Also that Binface doesn't have much time for Jimmy Carr, Boris Johnson, or Mrs Brown's Boys ; )
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Here's the blog he runs for the IU Library's Kripke Collection and it is full of fun stuff! #archives #dictionaries #lexicography #thatwordChat
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/tag/kripke-collection/ -
Here's the blog he runs for the IU Library's Kripke Collection and it is full of fun stuff! #archives #dictionaries #lexicography #thatwordChat
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/tag/kripke-collection/ -
Here's the blog he runs for the IU Library's Kripke Collection and it is full of fun stuff! #archives #dictionaries #lexicography #thatwordChat
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/tag/kripke-collection/ -
Here's the blog he runs for the IU Library's Kripke Collection and it is full of fun stuff! #archives #dictionaries #lexicography #thatwordChat
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/tag/kripke-collection/ -
Here's the blog he runs for the IU Library's Kripke Collection and it is full of fun stuff! #archives #dictionaries #lexicography #thatwordChat
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/tag/kripke-collection/ -
Happy birthday to Webster's Dictionary!
Noah Webster registered the copyright for his ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, containing 70,000 entries, on 4/14/1828.
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Happy birthday to Webster's Dictionary!
Noah Webster registered the copyright for his ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, containing 70,000 entries, on 4/14/1828.
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Happy birthday to Webster's Dictionary!
Noah Webster registered the copyright for his ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, containing 70,000 entries, on 4/14/1828.
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Happy birthday to Webster's Dictionary!
Noah Webster registered the copyright for his ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, containing 70,000 entries, on 4/14/1828.
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For those of you who like this sort of thing, here's a neat little BBC news story on the origins of the now ubiquitous phrase; 'not fit for purpose'.
It tracks its widening use & its (continuing) relevance to the Home Office. If politics is in part carried out in language then a bit of lexicographical history is always interesting. Enjoy
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For those of you who like this sort of thing, here's a neat little BBC news story on the origins of the now ubiquitous phrase; 'not fit for purpose'.
It tracks its widening use & its (continuing) relevance to the Home Office. If politics is in part carried out in language then a bit of lexicographical history is always interesting. Enjoy
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For those of you who like this sort of thing, here's a neat little BBC news story on the origins of the now ubiquitous phrase; 'not fit for purpose'.
It tracks its widening use & its (continuing) relevance to the Home Office. If politics is in part carried out in language then a bit of lexicographical history is always interesting. Enjoy
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For those of you who like this sort of thing, here's a neat little BBC news story on the origins of the now ubiquitous phrase; 'not fit for purpose'.
It tracks its widening use & its (continuing) relevance to the Home Office. If politics is in part carried out in language then a bit of lexicographical history is always interesting. Enjoy
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For those of you who like this sort of thing, here's a neat little BBC news story on the origins of the now ubiquitous phrase; 'not fit for purpose'.
It tracks its widening use & its (continuing) relevance to the Home Office. If politics is in part carried out in language then a bit of lexicographical history is always interesting. Enjoy
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The FAKE words in the dictionary โ dive into spooky "ghost words" that slipped into dictionaries despite not existing! RobWords unpacks why they appear and why lexicography is full of surprises. Curious? Tune in! #words #etymology #linguistics #language #lexicography #dictionary #wordnerd #ghostwords #Education #English
https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/454909c0-d065-4ffb-aea5-180e258cd49c -
The FAKE words in the dictionary โ dive into spooky "ghost words" that slipped into dictionaries despite not existing! RobWords unpacks why they appear and why lexicography is full of surprises. Curious? Tune in! #words #etymology #linguistics #language #lexicography #dictionary #wordnerd #ghostwords #Education #English
https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/454909c0-d065-4ffb-aea5-180e258cd49c -
Nice interview with Kory Stamper in #PublishersWeekly about #colors and her new book. I'm going to ask my public library to buy it!
#lexicography
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/99521-the-quixotic-quest-to-define-color-words-pw-talks-with-kory-stamper.html -
Nice interview with Kory Stamper in #PublishersWeekly about #colors and her new book. I'm going to ask my public library to buy it!
#lexicography
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/99521-the-quixotic-quest-to-define-color-words-pw-talks-with-kory-stamper.html -
Nice interview with Kory Stamper in #PublishersWeekly about #colors and her new book. I'm going to ask my public library to buy it!
#lexicography
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/99521-the-quixotic-quest-to-define-color-words-pw-talks-with-kory-stamper.html -
Nice interview with Kory Stamper in #PublishersWeekly about #colors and her new book. I'm going to ask my public library to buy it!
#lexicography
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/99521-the-quixotic-quest-to-define-color-words-pw-talks-with-kory-stamper.html -
Nice interview with Kory Stamper in #PublishersWeekly about #colors and her new book. I'm going to ask my public library to buy it!
#lexicography
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/99521-the-quixotic-quest-to-define-color-words-pw-talks-with-kory-stamper.html -
๐ง Behold, half a million โwords with spacesโ the dictionary gatekeepers have conspired to omit! ๐คฏ Boiling water and Saturday night, lost classics of lexicography! Thanks to our word-game hero, armed with a slider, the linguistic universe will never be the same! ๐๐
https://www.linguabase.org/words-with-spaces.html #wordswithspaces #lexicography #wordgames #languageinnovation #lostclassics #HackerNews #ngated -
๐ง Behold, half a million โwords with spacesโ the dictionary gatekeepers have conspired to omit! ๐คฏ Boiling water and Saturday night, lost classics of lexicography! Thanks to our word-game hero, armed with a slider, the linguistic universe will never be the same! ๐๐
https://www.linguabase.org/words-with-spaces.html #wordswithspaces #lexicography #wordgames #languageinnovation #lostclassics #HackerNews #ngated -
๐ง Behold, half a million โwords with spacesโ the dictionary gatekeepers have conspired to omit! ๐คฏ Boiling water and Saturday night, lost classics of lexicography! Thanks to our word-game hero, armed with a slider, the linguistic universe will never be the same! ๐๐
https://www.linguabase.org/words-with-spaces.html #wordswithspaces #lexicography #wordgames #languageinnovation #lostclassics #HackerNews #ngated -
๐ง Behold, half a million โwords with spacesโ the dictionary gatekeepers have conspired to omit! ๐คฏ Boiling water and Saturday night, lost classics of lexicography! Thanks to our word-game hero, armed with a slider, the linguistic universe will never be the same! ๐๐
https://www.linguabase.org/words-with-spaces.html #wordswithspaces #lexicography #wordgames #languageinnovation #lostclassics #HackerNews #ngated -
A treasure trove of English lowlife now costs you nothing. Greenโs Dictionary of Slangโthe definitive historical record of vulgarities, slurs and other neโer-do-well wordsโis now free to read online.
#slang #language #lexicographyhttps://boingboing.net/2026/02/17/largest-dictionary-of-english-language-slang-now-free-online.html
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A treasure trove of English lowlife now costs you nothing. Greenโs Dictionary of Slangโthe definitive historical record of vulgarities, slurs and other neโer-do-well wordsโis now free to read online.
#slang #language #lexicographyhttps://boingboing.net/2026/02/17/largest-dictionary-of-english-language-slang-now-free-online.html
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A treasure trove of English lowlife now costs you nothing. Greenโs Dictionary of Slangโthe definitive historical record of vulgarities, slurs and other neโer-do-well wordsโis now free to read online.
#slang #language #lexicographyhttps://boingboing.net/2026/02/17/largest-dictionary-of-english-language-slang-now-free-online.html
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A treasure trove of English lowlife now costs you nothing. Greenโs Dictionary of Slangโthe definitive historical record of vulgarities, slurs and other neโer-do-well wordsโis now free to read online.
#slang #language #lexicographyhttps://boingboing.net/2026/02/17/largest-dictionary-of-english-language-slang-now-free-online.html
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Adaption of Randall Munroe's "Average Familiarity", https://xkcd.com/2501/ (CC-BY-NC 2.5), thanks to https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
#lexicography #Germanistik #dictionaries #xkcd #mittelhochdeutsch
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Adaption of Randall Munroe's "Average Familiarity", https://xkcd.com/2501/ (CC-BY-NC 2.5), thanks to https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
#lexicography #Germanistik #dictionaries #xkcd #mittelhochdeutsch
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Adaption of Randall Munroe's "Average Familiarity", https://xkcd.com/2501/ (CC-BY-NC 2.5), thanks to https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
#lexicography #Germanistik #dictionaries #xkcd #mittelhochdeutsch
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Adaption of Randall Munroe's "Average Familiarity", https://xkcd.com/2501/ (CC-BY-NC 2.5), thanks to https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
#lexicography #Germanistik #dictionaries #xkcd #mittelhochdeutsch
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Adaption of Randall Munroe's "Average Familiarity", https://xkcd.com/2501/ (CC-BY-NC 2.5), thanks to https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/
#lexicography #Germanistik #dictionaries #xkcd #mittelhochdeutsch
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Enjoying this mallifuff Sunday.
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Enjoying this mallifuff Sunday.
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Enjoying this mallifuff Sunday.
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Enjoying this mallifuff Sunday.
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Enjoying this mallifuff Sunday.
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And from the same site, I enjoyed this rant about a New Yorker article about dictionary-making https://languagehat.com/menand-on-the-dictionary/
#dictionaries #lexicography #language #words #MerriamWebster #blog
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And from the same site, I enjoyed this rant about a New Yorker article about dictionary-making https://languagehat.com/menand-on-the-dictionary/
#dictionaries #lexicography #language #words #MerriamWebster #blog
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And from the same site, I enjoyed this rant about a New Yorker article about dictionary-making https://languagehat.com/menand-on-the-dictionary/
#dictionaries #lexicography #language #words #MerriamWebster #blog
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And from the same site, I enjoyed this rant about a New Yorker article about dictionary-making https://languagehat.com/menand-on-the-dictionary/
#dictionaries #lexicography #language #words #MerriamWebster #blog
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And from the same site, I enjoyed this rant about a New Yorker article about dictionary-making https://languagehat.com/menand-on-the-dictionary/
#dictionaries #lexicography #language #words #MerriamWebster #blog
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https://www.commentary.org/articles/joseph-epstein/dictionary-lexicography-threnody/
Not all of "Commentary" is superfluous!
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https://www.commentary.org/articles/joseph-epstein/dictionary-lexicography-threnody/
Not all of "Commentary" is superfluous!