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September17

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“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” “…a grammatically valid sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.”

August23

Gallery of “Misused” Quotation Marks

Gallery of “Misused” Quotation Marks Repeat after me: I will not use quotation marks for emphasis. I will not use quotation marks for emphasis. I will not use quotation marks for emphasis. (Thanks, Mandy!)

August18

Urban Dictionary: prossibly

Urban Dictionary: prossibly “If an event is both possible and probable, save yourself some time and admit that its prossible.” I invented this word independently of whomever posted it on Urban Dictionary (though not necessarily before). It’s incredibly useful, but I use it to mean a state between possible and probable, i.e. less than probable, but more than just possible.

July1

Compendium of Lost Words

Compendium of Lost Words Words that have entries in the OED but have never been used online, e.g. “lubency,” “rogitate,” and “tremefy.” Challenge: Pick three Lost Words and try to introduce them into your everyday lexicon.

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