blog posts So how do dictionaries define marriage, anyway? Apr 29, 2015 4:45 pm9189 views What if printed books went by ebook rules? Apr 20, 2015 11:00 pm744 views Charlie Hebdo shows there’s always some speech that isn’t free Apr 5, 2015 4:15 pm911 views Arabic Pledge of Allegiance brings protests Mar 24, 2015 9:30 pm1622 views The internet of things? More like the internet of snitches. Mar 15, 2015 10:00 pm615 views "She" -- Chelsea Manning and the first-ever court-ordered pronoun Mar 6, 2015 4:15 pm620 views Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days? Mar 3, 2015 5:45 pm1620 views Don't make English official, ban it instead Feb 21, 2015 2:15 pm29907 views 2015's word of the year is "autocorrect" Dec 31, 2014 1:00 am1066 views Noah Webster’s Word of the Year for 1828 was torture, too Dec 19, 2014 2:30 pm2326 views Post on Facebook, go directly to jail? Dec 3, 2014 4:00 pm1526 views Can you touch a fish? A fisherman says you can’t. Nov 5, 2014 12:00 am1589 views America’s War on Language Sep 3, 2014 6:30 pm46313 views The right to be forgotten Aug 24, 2014 10:30 pm1986 views Thanks to Facebook, “Like” just means, “Uh-huh” Aug 8, 2014 5:00 pm2469 views My birthday word is "gobbledygook," the perfect gift for a writer May 9, 2014 6:00 pm5372 views Humans hardwired to use the passive voice Apr 1, 2014 12:00 am3781 views Is there free Wi-Fi? The Web @25 Mar 11, 2014 12:30 pm852 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 3, 2014 2:30 pm3086 views Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns Feb 28, 2014 4:15 pm33876 views Nobody likes a whistleblower, wrayer, snitch, narker, denunciator, quadruplator, or emphanist Feb 23, 2014 5:45 pm4169 views Plain English: It’s the Law Feb 1, 2014 10:45 am2748 views On National Handwriting Day we celebrate handwriting because it’s no longer important Jan 23, 2014 7:11 pm1226 views Banning words for the new year Jan 19, 2014 12:21 pm1394 views The phrase of the year for 2013 is "invasion of privacy" Jan 2, 2014 10:30 am2068 views The Word of the Year for 2013 is "marriage" Dec 20, 2013 11:00 am1513 views High Times: Grimm's Law turns cannabis into hemp in four easy steps Dec 9, 2013 2:00 pm1918 views To Whom It May Concern: Today is National Letter Writing Day Dec 7, 2013 11:30 am1382 views A portrait of the selfie Nov 24, 2013 4:45 pm3747 views On the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's speech, will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up? Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm4699 views Will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up? Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm213 views Is "gay apparel" gay? Nov 1, 2013 9:00 pm47763 views On National Writing Day . . . . the NSA is tracking what you write Oct 20, 2013 4:00 pm886 views On Dictionary Day, take a banned word to lunch Oct 16, 2013 1:30 pm1271 views The March on Washington and the pre-digital age Aug 27, 2013 10:45 pm2434 views Literally has always been figurative Aug 23, 2013 9:00 pm29305 views Arizona's war on Spanish comes to campus Jul 23, 2013 10:00 am4200 views Defining marriage: a huge win for human rights and good news for lexicographers Jun 29, 2013 11:00 pm1602 views Siri, take a sonnet . . . (or, what if Shakespeare had a speech-to-text app on his quill pen?) Jun 25, 2013 10:45 pm1502 views An inconvenient tweet: it's against the law in England Jun 5, 2013 10:15 pm1110 views The highest dictionary in the land? The Supreme Court and the definition of "marriage" May 25, 2013 3:45 pm16738 views It's time to implement Massively Open Online Campus Administration May 3, 2013 6:45 pm3442 views [Your Name Here] University: Naming Rights for Sale Apr 29, 2013 11:15 pm1325 views The great language change hoax Apr 1, 2013 12:30 pm11936 views National Grammar Day in Wartime Mar 3, 2013 10:15 am3569 views Valentines for the author Feb 14, 2013 12:30 am1011 views Bearing arms against a rabbit Jan 28, 2013 6:15 pm4814 views Banning laptops in the classroom Jan 14, 2013 7:15 pm10303 views The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag Dec 17, 2012 12:30 am1435 views Apple patents page-turning. What's next, the letter i? Nov 22, 2012 12:07 am2199 views
