blog posts 2015's word of the year is "autocorrect" Dec 31, 2014 1:00 am1039 views Noah Webster’s Word of the Year for 1828 was torture, too Dec 19, 2014 2:30 pm2269 views Post on Facebook, go directly to jail? Dec 3, 2014 4:00 pm1318 views Can you touch a fish? A fisherman says you can’t. Nov 5, 2014 12:00 am1572 views America’s War on Language Sep 3, 2014 6:30 pm45191 views The right to be forgotten Aug 24, 2014 10:30 pm1946 views Thanks to Facebook, “Like” just means, “Uh-huh” Aug 8, 2014 5:00 pm2427 views My birthday word is "gobbledygook," the perfect gift for a writer May 9, 2014 6:00 pm5128 views Humans hardwired to use the passive voice Apr 1, 2014 12:00 am3705 views Is there free Wi-Fi? The Web @25 Mar 11, 2014 12:30 pm827 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 3, 2014 2:30 pm3028 views Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns Feb 28, 2014 4:15 pm29806 views Nobody likes a whistleblower, wrayer, snitch, narker, denunciator, quadruplator, or emphanist Feb 23, 2014 5:45 pm3990 views Plain English: It’s the Law Feb 1, 2014 10:45 am2682 views On National Handwriting Day we celebrate handwriting because it’s no longer important Jan 23, 2014 7:11 pm1208 views Banning words for the new year Jan 19, 2014 12:21 pm1354 views The phrase of the year for 2013 is "invasion of privacy" Jan 2, 2014 10:30 am2040 views The Word of the Year for 2013 is "marriage" Dec 20, 2013 11:00 am1473 views High Times: Grimm's Law turns cannabis into hemp in four easy steps Dec 9, 2013 2:00 pm1845 views To Whom It May Concern: Today is National Letter Writing Day Dec 7, 2013 11:30 am1355 views A portrait of the selfie Nov 24, 2013 4:45 pm3677 views On the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's speech, will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up? Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm4586 views Will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up? Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm195 views Is "gay apparel" gay? Nov 1, 2013 9:00 pm46889 views On National Writing Day . . . . the NSA is tracking what you write Oct 20, 2013 4:00 pm858 views On Dictionary Day, take a banned word to lunch Oct 16, 2013 1:30 pm1225 views The March on Washington and the pre-digital age Aug 27, 2013 10:45 pm2410 views Literally has always been figurative Aug 23, 2013 9:00 pm28119 views Arizona's war on Spanish comes to campus Jul 23, 2013 10:00 am4170 views Defining marriage: a huge win for human rights and good news for lexicographers Jun 29, 2013 11:00 pm1562 views Siri, take a sonnet . . . (or, what if Shakespeare had a speech-to-text app on his quill pen?) Jun 25, 2013 10:45 pm1460 views An inconvenient tweet: it's against the law in England Jun 5, 2013 10:15 pm1087 views The highest dictionary in the land? The Supreme Court and the definition of "marriage" May 25, 2013 3:45 pm16666 views It's time to implement Massively Open Online Campus Administration May 3, 2013 6:45 pm3425 views [Your Name Here] University: Naming Rights for Sale Apr 29, 2013 11:15 pm1302 views The great language change hoax Apr 1, 2013 12:30 pm11881 views National Grammar Day in Wartime Mar 3, 2013 10:15 am3496 views Valentines for the author Feb 14, 2013 12:30 am991 views Bearing arms against a rabbit Jan 28, 2013 6:15 pm4763 views Banning laptops in the classroom Jan 14, 2013 7:15 pm10262 views The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag Dec 17, 2012 12:30 am1404 views Apple patents page-turning. What's next, the letter i? Nov 22, 2012 12:07 am2159 views What's black and white and read all over: the internet Nov 16, 2012 2:00 pm1350 views The e-reader over your shoulder Nov 10, 2012 6:45 pm2075 views Stunning revelation: Secret dictionary panel controls English language Sep 28, 2012 4:30 pm3143 views It's not National Typewriter Day Aug 28, 2012 12:00 pm3700 views Why we misread Jun 30, 2012 11:15 pm7014 views Grammar sticklers may have OCD Jun 24, 2012 6:30 pm270298 views Computers read so you don't have to Jun 10, 2012 1:15 pm2047 views Tweet level orange Apr 24, 2012 8:15 pm2818 views
