I look forward to reading your word submissions.
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| Date | 2007-08-08 |
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| Message | "Growing," clangs in my ear when used in the phrase "Growing a business." Is that usage correct? I didn't find this in the archives. |
| Date | 2007-07-12 |
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| Message | heretic versus apostate |
| Date | 2007-05-14 |
| Message | promulgate, promulge possibly versus propagate, publicize or disseminate, or simply promote (if they have the same origin) |
| Date | 2007-05-11 |
| Message | perspicacious From the ny times wotd. A complimentary adjective might be nice, although it is also a tongue twister and hence possibly prone to malapropist usages. |
| Date | 2007-05-07 |
| Message | although, it could also have been "petulant" |
| Date | 2007-05-07 |
| Message | Words from this weekend: pertinacious (maybe versus obstinate) This may or may not have been the word used to describe a neighbor, which is what I'm getting at. From context I had guessed it to mean causing difficulty, which also may or may not have been what was meant. vituperative |
| Date | 2007-04-26 |
| Message | blatant vs. flagrant So similar and yet not the same, given that their etymologies could hardly be related maybe the distinction in usage will be obvious. |
| Date | 2007-04-20 |
| Message | My request is for "cogent", it's one of my favorite words. Primarily unrelated to that is "cognisant" versus "conscious" which may have legal liability distinctions that I am unaware of. (Okay I just said that last part to put aware in the same sentence). |
| Date | 2007-04-18 |
| Message | Consort seems a good follow-up to cavort. |
| Date | 2007-04-16 |
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| Message | Hi Lauren, Is it legit to use "unpack" for "unpacking a concept?" If it is, I'll stop whinging about its use here in that context! Cheers, Lisa |
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