Words: Page: 2

This is page 2 of the Words posts on Writers Write.


  • Word of the Year: w00t (2008-01-08): Merriam-Webster has named its 2007 words of the year.

  • Oxford University Press Monitoring the Blogosphere for New Words (2007-08-17): A short entry on OxfordMail.

  • Merriam-Webster Adds 100 New Words (2007-07-13): USA Today reports that Merriam-Webster is adding 100 new words to its dictionary.

  • Crunk Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2007-07-12): Crunk has made its way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary after an evolution of usage that includes hip-hop magazines, sports magazines and the New York Times.

  • Plutoed Named Word of the Year (2007-01-17): The BBC reports that the American Dialect Society has voted "Plutoed" as the 2006 word of the year.

  • Truthiness is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year (2006-12-13): Merriam-Webster has announced that they have selected truthiness as the 2006 Word of the Year.

  • Tech Lingo Still Confuses People (2006-10-05): A British study found that many people are baffled by the onslaught of new tech terms.

  • Ophidiophobia on a Plane (2006-08-18): The Word of the Day is ophidiophobia: a fear of snakes.

  • Stephen Colbert and Wikiality (2006-08-05): https://www.

  • A Color Coded Map of Nouns (2006-07-12): Color Code is an interactive map of 33,000 words, grouped by meaning.

  • Digg.com and Verb Usage (2006-07-05): In an earlier post today we talked about a new video sharing site with a funny name: (Eefoof.

  • Podcast is the Word of the Year (2005-12-08): Editor and Publisher reports the New Oxford American Dictionary has declared that the term "podcast" is the Word of the Year.

  • New Words Added to the Dictionary Include SARS (2005-10-06): It's an exciting day for writers: the new edition of Merriam-Webster's dictionary is out.

  • Jumping the Couch (2005-08-30): It's time for a visit to the Urban Dictionary to check in on the new phrases being added to the lexicon.

  • Top Ten Words Not in the Dictionary (2005-05-31): Merriam Webster's website has created a top ten list of people's favorite words that are not in the dictionary.

  • WordCount Tracks Word Popularity (2005-05-26): WordCount presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness.

  • Lexiteria Says Tsunami is 2004 Word of the Year (2005-01-07): The Lexiteria Corporation, sponsor of the Alpha Dictionary website, has announced its Word of the Year for 2004.

  • Merriam-Webster Announces 2004 Words of the Year (2004-12-10): Merriam-Webster Inc.

  • Word of the Year: Blog (2004-12-01): Blog is the word of the year according to Merriam-Webster.

  • Word of the Day: Borked (2004-11-10): With the illness of Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist, Washington is gearing up for a big confirmation fight over the next Supreme Court justice.