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Beautiful word of the day... from Benjaminbrum 405 days old

And by tomorrow, I actually meant today. Expedite is from the late medieval based on latin: expedītus And part of that meaning was to set the ...

Bad spelling 'should be accepted'? from Benjaminbrum 465 days old

[ ... ] misspelt words, which include "arguement" for "argument" and "twelth" for "twelfth". There's a right way to spell something and a wrong way. I ...

Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's?!!? from Benjaminbrum 704 days old

Author Terry Pratchett is suffering from a rare form of early Alzheimer's disease. Oh my gosh. Pratchett is 59 years old. I really like his books. He ...

Quote of the day.... from Benjaminbrum 716 days old

I've learned something interesting: if you give away ice cream, eventually a lot of people will complain about the flavors, and others will complain ...

Word of the year... from Benjaminbrum 723 days old

[ ... ] over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation. For other words that just missed it see: http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/locavore/

Nobel Prize for literature... from Benjaminbrum 766 days old

British writer Doris Lessing is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by the Swedish Academy. Tomorrow is the peace prize.

Word of the day from Benjaminbrum 768 days old

Word of the day today is: ossicusp -- which is a very rare term for the skin-covered horns on the head of a giraffe (or an okapi). How many times ...

Phrase of the day... from Benjaminbrum 769 days old

Now Denial- To tell oneself that the only time worth living in is the past and that the only time that may ever be interesting again is the future.

Neologism of the day... from Benjaminbrum 808 days old

Googlegänger 'the other person who shows up in Google search results when people search for you'.

Word of the day... from Benjaminbrum 811 days old

skilligalee Pronounced: “SKIL a guh LEE“ Skilligalee is a general term for the smallest unit a currency can be broken up into. The U.S. skilligalee ...