Tag: words
IPA Reader – reads pronunciation strings in IPA, reads in English
IPA Reader – International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) reader. for instance, Montreal is pronouced…
Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase – meaning to get angry scrolling through social media –…
there should be a punctuation for a quote that you paraphrase. “? yada dada ?”
was writing this post: will tfg’s “?2 dolls instead of 30, and…
The Swedish philosophy of lagom: how “just enough” is all you need
Just because a thing is good doesn’t mean that you need more…
words i like: Stroad – Wikipedia
Source: Stroad – Wikipedia tl;dr: street + road = stroad. think Lansdowne…
Cremaster muscle – Wikipedia
Source: Cremaster muscle – Wikipedia from this boingboing post:
words i like – Poka yoke
japanese term for: Poka-yoke is a Japanese term that means “error-proofing” by…
words i like – grawlix – the chars %$^& used in comic book swearing.
noun: The characters, such as @#%$*!, used to convey profanity in a…
Copywriting 101: the royal order of adjectives
The royal order of adjectives and the comma rule you don’t know…
dj’eat – “did you eat” should be a word
title sez it all. the single quote means a slight pause in…
dj’get – “did you get” should be a word.
title sez it all. the single quote means a slight pause in…
words i like – JUGAAD, Indian? Hindi? for “hack”.
Jugaad. Leave these here for searching when I don’t know the proper…
Words I Like – Petrichor – that smell just before it rains, esp. after a long dry period.
Source: Petrichor – Wikipedia Petrichor – that smell just before it rains,…
Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself – Quote Investigator®
Source: Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of…
Words I like: yustabe (used to be)
As in “Hard Winter Bakery yustabe [use to be] only available at…
Need a word for “wtfdik”, or “What the fuck do I know?”
So manyu times as I write this nonsense I feel like have…
What’s the word for… “maybe this is a stupidly-obvious statement of common knowledge”
what’s the word for “maybe this is a stupidly-obvious statement of common…
How to add the -ing when the last letter is a vowel. META: An example of how quick & easy a computer makes things…
So while reading an article about some USA politics thing, I stumbled…
kipple – the sinister type of rubbish which simply builds up without any human intervention.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kipple
Words: ustaknow – used to know
ustaknow is a perfectly cromulent word. just like ustacould and ustabe.
The Surprising Origins of the Phrase ‘You Guys’
You guys, what’s going on? How come we routinely say “guys” or…
We don’t need the word “memes”.
We don’t need the word “memes”. The words “idea”, “joke”, etc. already…
Guyz – a new word for “everyone”, like “Y’all”
I propose the new word “GUYZ”. Say it like “Guys”, but make…
Ukraine war: Russia dive-bombs Kyiv with ‘kamikaze’ drones
Calls mount for sanctions on Iran for supplying the drones after eight…
Dotsies – a compact font to replace the Latin alphabet
Source: Dotsies Reminds me of the idea we could/will grow an extra…
This is How Canada Talks – The 10 and 3
From pop to toque, cottage to pencil crayon, it turns out that…
First They Came For The Communists by Martin Niemoller – Famous poems, famous poets. – All Poetry
Comments & analysis: First they came for the Communists, / and I…
What is a “Gilligan Hitch?” | Boing Boing
This is the third of four posts excerpting The Adventurer’s Glossary, a…
The dark art of playing world-class Scrabble | The Spectator
Source: The dark art of playing world-class Scrabble | The Spectator Link…
