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Merriam-Webster Updates: New Wine in Old Bottles

posted on September 5, 2018 by Andy Hollandbeck

A line of empty, old-style beer bottles

The first time I saw the word fintech, one of the more than 840 new entries added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary earlier this week, I hoped it signaled that someone had finally figured out how to create sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. Alas, the word is only an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News, Vocabulary Tagged With: Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, New Words

Book Review: From Skedaddle to Selfie

posted on December 1, 2015 by Andy Hollandbeck

Word nerds (like yours truly) love to delve into the hows, whys, and whos of word coinages, coincidences, and evolutions, which makes Allan Metcalf's new book, From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations, irresistible. It gives readers a look at how different generations of Americans … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Book Reviews, Etymology, New Words, Vocabulary

This New Book Is Full of Bull

posted on October 27, 2015 by Andy Hollandbeck

Mark Peters's new book plopped onto bookstore shelves yesterday, and it's full of BS. Literally. Bullshit: A Lexicon explores the vocabulary of prattle, twaddle, and gobshite in all its forms. As the author states, "The lingo of bullshit is earthy, silly, bonkers, and fun. And (at the risk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Book Reviews, Dictionaries, Etymology, New Words, Slang, Vocabulary

Oh, we’ll have words

posted on September 4, 2015 by Matthew Crowley

Maybe you thought awesomesauce was some fabricated interjection, coined just for this endearingly goofy Discover Card commercial. Silly you. Awesomesauce led the herd of recently added words to the Oxford Dictionaries' online version. Quick! Someone bring smelling salts. A pack of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Dictionaries, New Words, News, Oxford, prescripivists, Print, Resources, Usage

The Copyeditor’s News Roundup, 08/27/15

posted on August 27, 2015 by Erin Brenner

“Macro Chat: Increasing Your Work Rate”: Macro writer Paul Beverkey shares some of his work habits and which macros he uses to make that work easier. (The Proofreader's Parlour) “How to Cite Online Maps in APA Style”: An example citation, plus an explanation of why you should do it this way. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News Round-up Tagged With: macros, New Words, News Roundup, Style, style guides, Tech Tip, Vocabulary

Weighing "Anchor Babies"

posted on August 21, 2015 by Andy Hollandbeck

Section I of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution states, in part, that "[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." When that amendment was ratified in 1868, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News Round-up Tagged With: Editing Web Content, immigration, New Words, News Style, politics, Usage, Vocabulary

Is New Election Vocabulary Racist or “Only” Sexist

posted on August 14, 2015 by Andy Hollandbeck

It surprised no one that last Thursday’s Republican presidential debate sent Twitter into a tizzy. While the sentiments if many of those tweets were the predictable mud-slinging, faulty logic, and one-sided rhetoric heard during every presidential election, one relatively new epithet was making the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News Round-up Tagged With: Election, epithets, Etymology, New Words, News, politics, Vocabulary

The Copyeditor’s News Roundup, 07/28/15

posted on July 28, 2015 by Erin Brenner

“How to Identify Profitable Clients: A Step-by-Step Guide”: Seven steps to identifying your best clients, plus a free worksheet for applying those steps. (tuts+) “Two Whoppers Junior, Please. With Hashes Brown on the Side”: The argument for attorney generals and other natural-sounding plurals. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, News Round-up Tagged With: Dictionaries, Freelancing, New Words, News Roundup, Usage

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