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Verónica Albin Wor(l)ds Essay Title Date Names, Nemeses, Nameses Jan. 2008 Duty, Honor, Country April 2008 Ada Brunstein Ada's Ardor Essay Title Date Photoelectric, Baby: A Linguist Tackles Physics Oct. 2007 Word Economics Nov. 2007 Bill Casselman Bethumped with Words Essay Title Date Four Northern Words Flenched Jan. 2005 The Word Ptarmigan Plooks Pfunny Feb. 2005 Snow Motto Has Ancient Source Mar. 2005 Diana Krall: The Meaning of Her Names April 2005 Latin Clavis Is the Keyword May 2005 Origin of the Racist Slur Wop June 2005 Summer and the Words for Seasons of the Year July 2005 Wog! Origin of a Racist Insult Aug. 2005 Hysteria: The Just Death of a Medical Word Sept. 2005 Sockeye Salmon: A British Columbia Word Oct. 2005 Our Naughty Bits and the Surprising Origin of Their Proper Medical Terms Nov. 2005 Hello! Ciao! Ave Atque Vale! — The Origin of Some Words of Greeting Dec. 2005 Prairie: A Word Born in a Roman Meadow Jan. 2006 The Surprising Meaning of his Surname — And Oops! Mozart's Given Name Amadeus Is Ungrammatical Latin Feb. 2006 The Names of the Great Lakes Mar. 2006 Plantagenets and Plantar Wart: Their Connection April 2006 Origin of the Name Italy May 2006 Sebum: Origin of the Word June 2006 Angelica: The Angels' Herb and Diaghilev's Surname July 2006 Origin of the Surnames Abbott and McNab Aug. 2006 The Word Lore of Birch Sept. 2006 Gougou: Canadian Monster Deluxe Oct. 2006 To Parp a Klaxon? Nov. 2006 My Lords and Ladies, Your Origins, Please! Dec. 2006 Oodles of Schnoodles: Revolting New Dog Names Jan. 2007 No Rhyme for the Word Orange? Poppycock! Feb. 2007 Autoneokakonymia: Bad Names for New Cars Mar. 2007 Oh, For the Love of Mike! Apr. 2007 Yo Coach! May 2007 A Swarm of Bee Words June 2007 The Vein with the Wrong Name July 2007 Cappuccino and Its Monkish Origin Aug. 2007 A Blunt History of the Word Cunt Sept. 2007 Skater-Punk Onomastics: Avril Lavigne's Names Oct. 2007 Sputnik: True Origin of the Word Nov. 2007 Catnip, Catnap, and Cat Word Dec. 2007 Champagne: Origin of the Name Jan. 2008 The Cryosphere Is Not the World of Soap Operas Feb. 2008 The Latin Word for Rope: Funis Mar. 2008 Dimitri Anatolevich Medvedev: Etymology of the Names of the New Russian President April 2008 Adam Freedman Letter of the Law Essay Title Date Don't Want Clever Conversation Oct. 2007 All About Eaves Nov. 2007 William Shakespeare, Attorney-at-Law Dec. 2007 Meet John Doe Jan. 2008 Food, Felonies, and Fun Feb. 2008 Poetic Justice Mar. 2008 Taxing Vocabulary April 2008 Amalia Gnanadesikan Postcards from Babel Essay Title Date Of Mangoes, Curry, and Catamarans May 2004 All the Rivers Around Here Are Dutch June 2004 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe July 2004 On Withstanding Werewolves Sept. 2004 The Man Who Died of Thirst in the Dessert Oct. 2004 On Learning to Read Nov. 2004 Turtles All the Way Down Jan. 2005 A Grimm Tale Feb. 2005 Conversations with the Dead Mar. 2005 Travels of an Eggplant May 2005 The Way We Talk Anymore June 2005 Are We Related? July 2005 Words Are Not Enough Sept. 2005 Mouths of Babes Oct. 2005 Change and Decay: Confessions of a Descriptive Linguist Dec. 2005 Language: Going to the Dogs? Jan. 2006 Design Your Own Language April 2006 For Your Ears Only June 2006 The Sound of One Hand Clapping Jan. 2007 Where Are You From? Apr. 2007 The Three Little Pigs Learn Latin Sept. 2007 Mark Halpern The Critical Reader Essay Title Date The Meaning of Postmodernism in an Age of Terrorism July 2002 Must We Burn Roget?; Elliott on Imperialism Aug. 2002 The Meaning of Objectivity: Part 1 Nov. 2002 The Meaning of Objectivity: Part 2 Dec. 2002 Orwell Suffers the Death of a Thousand Cuts Feb. 2003 Our Friends, the Paradox and the Problem Mar. 2003 "It's Safe to Predict ..." — Yes, Unfortunately April 2003 An Ode to Science: Bird Thou Never Wert May 2003 O, What a Noble Mind Is Here O'erthrown: Posner on Plagiarism June 2003 Professor Trudgill Is Puzzled July 2003 Birds of a Feather: On Hating "Hate" Aug. 2003 Erin McKean and Robert Hartwell Fiske on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Sept. 2003 Replies to Michael Glazer, David Wilton, and Bob McHenry Oct. 2003 Two Worrisome Thoughts Nov. 2003 A Sipid List That Will Live in Famy: Unrecorded Positives Formed from Unbalanced Negatives Feb. 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part I April 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part II May 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part III June 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part IV July 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part V Aug. 2004 Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part VI Sept. 2004 Key Words of Our Time: Fuzzy Logic Nov. 2004 Key Words of Our Time: Order of Magnitude Dec. 2004 Key Words of Our Time: Curling up with a Good Dimension Jan. 2005 When a Species Needs a Pal Mar. 2005 Three Reflections on American Humanistic Scholarship May 2005 Just a Few Rotten Apples, or Duffy's Dopiness June 2005 As for Killing, Our Servants Will Do That for Us Sept. 2005 Critical Terms: Taxes — Do We Hate the Word or the Thing? Nov. 2005 A Descriptivist Manifesto: Geoffrey Pullum Sets Us All Straight July 2006 Richard Posner, Expert on Plagiarism, Fails to Copy from Someone When It Counts Feb. 2007 On the Internet, Everyone Is a Dog: A Review Apr. 2007 The Trojan Laptop Jan. 2008 The Root of Political Correctness Feb. 2008 Carey Harrison Harrison's Corner Essay Title Date May Days May 2005 Dog-Days June 2005 Hey-Days July 2005 Away-Days Aug. 2005 Oy-weh! Days Sept. 2005 Gray Days Oct. 2005 Hurrah-Days Nov. 2005 Outré-Days Dec. 2005 Pass/Fail Days Jan. 2006 The Pigeons on the Grass, Alas Mar. 2006 Dipthongs in the Wind April 2006 Prose, Not Hoes May 2006 Duffy and Quinn June 2006 Tongues on the Bench July 2006 Twice in Trouble? Aug. 2006 When the Past Was Strong Sept. 2006 News from the Front, Once More Nov. 2006 Anyone for Rhinoceri? Dec. 2006 Present-Tense Proust Project Jan. 2007 Recently, in the Cretaceous Feb. 2007 College English in the Classroom Mar. 2007 However Is for Wimps Apr. 2007 Au Revoir, Philistines May 2007 Gnome Sane? July 2007 Historic Days Aug. 2007 Millions Dead Sept. 2007 Rise of the Nothings Oct. 2007 The Last Words You'll Ever Hear Nov. 2007 Shakespeare's Sonnets Dec. 2007 Breaking the Codes Jan. 2008 "SV" Disease — Is There a Cure? Feb. 2008 Enter the Universal Buttock Mar. 2008 Connecting to the Web April 2008 David Isaacson Vogue Words and Buzz Phrases Essay Title Date Don't Give Me Attitude Jan. 2007 Face Time and Human Interface Feb. 2007 Excremental Choices Mar. 2007 Get a Life Apr. 2007 Are You Still Working on That? May 2007 Multitasking June 2007 Awesome July 2007 Uptalk Aug. 2007 Whatever Sept. 2007 Don't Quit Your Day Job Oct. 2007 Judgmental Nov. 2007 Who "Is" We? Dec. 2007 My Bad Jan. 2008 Elitist Feb. 2008 Sharing Mar. 2008 Doctoring Language April 2008 John Kilgore Shibboleths Essay Title Date Fooling the Gender Genie Jan. 2004 Love and Biology: A Valentine's Essay Feb. 2004 Of Babes and Babel May 2004 Marriage in Wonderland Sept. 2004 Comp 101 Oct. 2004 Translations from the British Nov. 2004 Frisking the Governor's Daughter: On Puns Jan. 2005 Little House in the Culture Wars April 2005 The Uses of Euphony July 2005 Crossing the Jordan: Four Meditations on Usage — Parts 1 and 2 Sept. 2005 Crossing the Jordan: Four Meditations on Usage — Part 3 Oct. 2005 Crossing the Jordan: Four Meditations on Usage — Part 4 Nov. 2005 Dispatches from Pronoun Hell Jan. 2006 Humpty-Dumpty in Lake Woebegon: On Grades and Grade Inflation Feb. 2006 Expressive Solecism June 2006 Notes from the Department of Redundancy Department Aug. 2006 The Gypsy Canon: Idioms and Catchphrases Nov. 2006 Zombie Metaphors Mar. 2007 In Praise of Inattention Aug. 2007 War and Self-Deception Oct. 2007 Yuma Blues Feb. 2008 Shooting Stars Mar. 2008 Kevin Mims The Common Reader Essay Title Date Chapter One: Notes on the Inscription Affliction Jan. 2006 Chapter Two: A Call for a Punctuation Reformation Feb. 2006 Chapter Three: The Trouble with Trilogies, and Other Musings Mar. 2006 Chapter Four: Language Lessons from Another World April 2006 Chapter Five: Victoria's Secret Language May 2006 Chapter Six: Touching the Net June 2006 Chapter Seven: The Language of Low Finance Aug. 2006 Chapter Eight: On Zoos and Refuges Oct. 2006 Chapter Nine: Big Dick and the Micrometer Man: Catchphrases from the Cubicles Nov. 2006 Chapter Ten: Requiem for a Chain Store Dec. 2006 Chapter Eleven: The Sacred and the Profane: Advice on Storytelling Jan. 2007 Chapter Twelve: The Jumping Man Feb. 2007 The Elemerts of Styl Mar. 2007 The Freelancer's Dilemma Apr. 2007 The Adjustor, the Vestige, and the King of Cashews May 2007 Cubicle Days June 2007 The Adventures of Steve Stryker: A Tale of the Writing Life July 2007 The Adventures of Steve Stryker: A Tale of the Writing Life — Part II Aug. 2007 The Adventures of Steve Stryker: A Tale of the Writing Life — Part III Sept. 2007 Spiral Man Oct. 2007 Chinese Whispers Nov. 2007 Them's Crying Words: "You was my brother" and Other Lines That Evoke Tears, Chills, and Sobs Dec. 2007 Captain Shiner, Sheryl Cacciatore, the Phantom Shopper, and the Thief of Dreams Jan. 2008 Kokopelli: A Tale of the Writing Life Feb. 2008 How to KISSASS Mar. 2008 Granny's Memory Book April 2008 Clark Elder Morrow The Elder Statesman Essay Title Date Operation Spin This June 2002 Planetmates July 2002 Allegory: The Land of Hope and Glory Aug. 2002 Mr. Goldentongue Sept. 2002 The Proud and the Pitiful Oct. 2002 Crash of the Titans Nov. 2002 Movies, Masks, and Music Dec. 2002 Of Apes and Apprentices Jan. 2003 Oliver Wendell Who? Feb. 2003 A Philosophical Dialogue Between Nature and Supernature Mar. 2003 A Bit of Lit Crit for a Brit Flit Hit April 2003 A Fable May 2003 Three Studies in Style June 2003 Snarking the Wire Weenies July 2003 Cheesed Off at the Chowderheads Aug. 2003 The Bawd and the Ballerina Sept. 2003 My Life as an Owl, Part Uno Oct. 2003 My Life as an Owl, Part Dos Nov. 2003 Child's Play with Words Dec. 2003 A Queen, Not a Goddess Jan. 2004 The Forgotten Prophet Feb. 2004 Why the Early Sixties Was Better Than the Late Sixties Mar. 2004 Professor Sobersides on "Funny Words" April 2004 How Not to Write Broadway Lyrics May 2004 Oscar Wilde Meets the Cartoon Network June 2004 The Voices of Reason July 2004 Quick! Name That Threat! Aug. 2004 A Gimcrack Glossary Sept. 2004 The Lost Art of the Jeremiad Oct. 2004 What I Learned in Sin City Nov. 2004 Concerning Taste There Can Be Dispute Dec. 2004 English Romantic Poets and ... Hollywood? Jan. 2005 An Absurdly Brief History of English Prose Style Feb. 2005 Titbits from the Tanakh Mar. 2005 On Wit April 2005 Isocrates v. Joshua: Divergent Ideals of Education in Ancient Greece and Israel May 2005 Being Pithy June 2005 The Secret Lives of Letters July 2005 Are Writers Overrated? Aug. 2005 Let's Build a Poem Sept. 2005 Characters of Color Oct. 2005 Fairy Tales, Fables, and Christmas Dec. 2005 To "Era" Is Human Jan. 2006 Someone You Should Know Feb. 2006 Yestercentury Mar. 2006 Blueskying in Lotusland April 2006 Bawdy: Lifting the Skirt on a Neglected Genre May 2006 Childhood in Literature June 2006 Thoughts on a National Language Dec. 2006 Every Word a Poem Jan. 2007 A Traipse Through Johnson's Dictionary Feb. 2007 Excuse Me, But All Your Efforts Are Useless Apr. 2007 Self-Esteem vs. Self-Respect May 2007 Let Shakespeare Be Shakespeare June 2007 Deconstruction = Destruction July 2007 A Retro Look at Faculties Sept. 2007 The "Rot" of Henry James Oct. 2007 GripeFest 2007 Nov. 2007 Prayer as Literature Dec. 2007 Snake-Oiling the Critics Jan. 2008 WFB RIP Mar. 2008 Chris Orlet The Last Word Essay Title Date Proverbs Reconsidered Sept. 2002 What's so Funny? Oct. 2002 Gibrisch Spoken Here Dec. 2002 Circling the Wagons Jan. 2003 The Vocabulary of Democracy Feb. 2003 Quoth the Maven April 2003 Purloined Letters June 2003 That Endless Refrain Aug. 2003 The Gloomiest Trade Oct. 2003 From Down Home to Decadence Nov. 2003 Too Wretched for Words Dec. 2003 When Euphemisms Die Feb. 2004 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quantum Physics April 2004 The Man Who Taught Americans to Laugh June 2004 Fatal Language Errors
