Merrian-Webster open dictionary "Have you spotted a new word or a new sense for an old word that hasn't made it into the dictionary yet? Well, here's your chance to add your discovery (and its definition) to Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary"
posted by robbyrobs
on Dec 11, 2005 -
22 comments
Deconstructing Dude A linguist from the University of Pittsburgh has published a
scholarly paper deconstructing and deciphering the word "dude," contending it is much more than a catchall for lazy, inarticulate
surfers,
slackers and
teenagers. An admitted dude-user during his college years,
Scott Kiesling said the four-letter word has many uses, all of which express closeness between men in a safely heterosexual manner. How about you? Do you do the dude? If so, does that mean you're
white [PDF]?
posted by owenville
on Dec 8, 2004 -
32 comments
Worthless Word for the Day. Ever feel as if an "obscure, abstruse and/or recondite word" was forced into a newspaper/magazine/quote? Now there's a site that finally finds and provides wwftd! Impress your friends.
posted by geoff.
on Oct 21, 2002 -
13 comments
I was talking to my wife this morning about one of the kids "bombing" a test at school, and she asked me, "Is that good or bad?" I said, "Bad, of course. You know, you bomb a test, that means either flunking it or close to it." She said, "No, not any more, like 'it's the bomb' or 'we bombed that hill' on skateboards.
Bombing is a good thing." Certain words and phrases are changing their meanings. Have you found yourself
tongue-tied?
posted by JParker
on Oct 11, 2001 -
18 comments
Have you ever wanted to know what hip-hopsters meant when they say things like "gettin' giggy with it," or "man, that's off the skillet"? Well now you can.
Behold: the definitive
Hip-Hop dictionary!
posted by mrjoy
on Apr 4, 2001 -
11 comments
