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Monday, April 10, 2006

Found this on our word-of-the-day. Thought it was interesting.............

Ben Franklin once said, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." And the same goes for this week's words: nothing is certain but death and taxes, or at least a discussion of them. Don't worry, nobody dies and no one has to pay a tax to learn these words. Each of the words this week... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 8, 2006

How Linguists Think: I found this on our word-of-the-day e-mail...........

Guest Wordsmith Philip Gooden (pgoodenATgooden.ndo.co.uk) writes: Language gives a snub to borders in a way that is denied to any other human invention. There are no controls or checks to prevent words from crossing boundaries, there are no duties to be paid when phrases migrate from one culture to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 8, 2005

Class Four: Utilitarian Interjections

....................................................... backpedal! Used in the 1910's and 1920's to call for restraint. It grandfathered our current phrases: " Chill " or " Chill out ", or " steady ". Concrete reference is to the slowing or stopping of a bicycle. Dunn, 2005 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Class One: Exclamatory and other Emotive Response Interjections

.............................................. I declare! Southern-rural exclamation of astonishment; can be used as a greeting when encountering an old aquaintance. Dates back to the 16th Century in England. --Dunn, 2005 Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 3, 2005

Class Five: Utilitarian Interjections

..................................... Yadda-yadda! Fast-cut to the finish of a story, often connoting impationce on the part of the speaker with boring details; popularized by Seinfeld. --Dunn, 2005 Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 31, 2005

Class Two: Expletives and their Euphemisms

......................................................... Zounds! Ancient interjection existing in groups of intellectuals, was originally considered very blasphemus. Now it is a light-hearted exclamationn of surprise or vexation, deriving from the phrase Christ's Wounds...'S wounds...then zounds!... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Class Two: Expletives and their Euphemisms

............................................ d'oh! Expression of exasperation popularized by paterfamilias, Homer, in the animated sitcom, the Simpsons. It was not uncommon to hear " d'oh " many times in one episde as Homer was forever making a mess for himself, his family and the world, as an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2005

Class Five -- Commentarial Interjectons!

....................................................... excuuuuuuuse me! This form, with a number of "u's", is always an interjection, whereas its cousin, the polite "excuse me" is not. Originated by Steve Martin, this catchphrase has found longevity in situations where one is rudely questioned,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 27, 2005

Class Five: Commentarial Interjections

........................................... As if!...California comentarial popular among teens immortalized in the early '90's by the movie Clueless. First recorded as far back as 1905, this interjection is short for "as if it were true". Now mostly confined to the mall culture, or Southern... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 26, 2005

Class 4 Utilitarian Interjections

.............................................. schwing! This complimentary interjection suggests a sudden penile erection, when in the presence of or at the mention of a sexy woman. It was immortalized on Saturday Night Live! by Dana Carvey and Mike Myers, and later in the Wayne's World movies.... Sign in to see full entry.

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