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Goodies from The Word Spy
Merlin Mann | Oct 3 2005
Word Spy is a fun site to track neologisms and jargon. I’ve dug it for for a long time but only occasionally remember to drop by for updates. I’m always delighted when I do. Found a few yesterday you might enjoy:
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 So it must be 'mode...Submitted by Kara McNair (not verified) on October 3, 2005 - 5:40am.
So it must be ‘mode confusion’ then when I’m annoyed that I can’t cut & paste the phone number from my address book to the telephone? Or when I try to use the phone’s mute to mute the TV? (sadly, I have scads more examples - I must have mode dyslexia…) »
Word Spy apparently has an...Submitted by w (not verified) on October 3, 2005 - 5:43am.
Word Spy apparently has an RSS feed, http://www.wordspy.com/rss.xml Unfortunately, all of the entries in the feed are from June 2004. »
"electric-can-opener question" - never heard...Submitted by ashby (not verified) on October 3, 2005 - 9:52am.
“electric-can-opener question” - never heard that before, but a perfect category. I wonder if there is a list of such items, actually. You know, like, on the internets. »
Very amusing. I need...Submitted by Aaron Stanton (not verified) on October 3, 2005 - 5:43pm.
Very amusing. I need to go check that out. Thanks! »
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