blog posts The War on Pronouns Apr 4, 2023 10:45 am2758 views Don’t blame the new French pronoun on Americans Dec 12, 2021 11:15 am4941 views Corpus linguistics, public meaning, and the Second Amendment Jul 20, 2021 1:45 pm4605 views It’s National Grammar Day, so stop grammar shaming Mar 3, 2021 9:15 pm4334 views Heer, hiser, himer: Pronouns in the news, 1912 edition Jul 25, 2020 1:30 pm2027 views Verbing pronouns Apr 20, 2020 10:00 am2266 views In the event of moon disaster, and other speeches our presidents never gave Jul 17, 2019 10:00 am3711 views Nonbinary pronouns are older than you think Oct 13, 2018 5:15 pm69125 views A Brief History of Singular 'they' Jul 30, 2018 12:15 pm44306 views Thon was Word of the Year in 1884 Jan 5, 2018 12:30 pm11137 views The Frozen Trucker v. The Bolognese Bloodletter: Why we read law sensibly, not literally Mar 23, 2017 9:00 pm5654 views You lie: Dictionaries find truth in a post-truth world Jan 25, 2017 1:45 am2095 views Politics and the English Language: 2016 Primary Edition Apr 1, 2016 12:15 am3689 views On the birthday of the (legal) generic masculine, let's declare it legally dead Feb 24, 2016 1:00 pm5027 views It’s the birthday of a pronoun: heer, himer, hiser, born OTD in 1912 Jan 5, 2016 3:30 pm3594 views The politics of "he." Literally. Dec 25, 2015 1:15 pm7907 views Things are looking up :) -- It's Dictionary Day Oct 16, 2015 12:00 pm1424 views Marriage equality, guns, health care, and the myth of judicial objectivity Jun 29, 2015 1:15 am556 views So how do dictionaries define marriage, anyway? Apr 29, 2015 4:45 pm9189 views My birthday word is "gobbledygook," the perfect gift for a writer May 9, 2014 6:00 pm5372 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 3, 2014 2:30 pm3086 views The Word of the Year for 2013 is "marriage" Dec 20, 2013 11:00 am1513 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 Apple patents page-turning. What's next, the letter i? Nov 22, 2012 12:07 am2199 views The top language stories of 2011 Dec 19, 2011 6:15 pm2831 views Defining "anchor baby" Dec 9, 2011 6:15 pm2256 views Happy birthday OK: the world's most-popular word turns 172 Mar 22, 2011 6:30 pm8185 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 2, 2011 11:00 pm15764 views Cyber-laugh: everything old is new again, haha Feb 27, 2011 11:30 pm4071 views When news breaks, people look it up in the dictionary Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm3022 views AT&T says it's a person under the law and should enjoy the right to personal privacy. What's wrong with this picture? Jan 22, 2011 11:00 am3310 views The government does not control your grammar Jan 19, 2011 6:45 pm27331 views Top ten language stories of 2010 Dec 29, 2010 7:00 pm8791 views President sends Americans to the dictionary Dec 11, 2010 4:30 pm3652 views " :) when you say that, pardner" -- the tweet police are watching Nov 13, 2010 10:30 pm6770 views Facebook says, "All your face are belong to us." Aug 27, 2010 10:15 pm5721 views Dr. Laura's n-word and the First Amendment Aug 22, 2010 2:15 pm3200 views Who owns American English? GM recalls every Chevy ever made, then says "Never mind." Jun 10, 2010 11:30 pm2407 views Who cares about National Grammar Day? Or is it whom? Mar 3, 2010 6:00 pm8117 views Webster's banned for too much sex Jan 25, 2010 8:00 pm16299 views The 2009 word of the year is "teabag," but the word of the decade has to be "wingnut" Nov 18, 2009 6:30 pm4271 views Whatever is, you know, the word that Americans hate most Oct 12, 2009 10:15 pm7856 views A 300th birthday card for Samuel Johnson, the great English lexicographer Sep 13, 2009 1:35 am3154 views The Elements of Style turns 50. If you're celebrating, make sure to use the active voice Apr 2, 2009 12:00 am1518 views Without a net: Judges tell jurors with smart phones, "No surfing allowed" Mar 18, 2009 2:00 pm845 views Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition Oct 29, 2008 11:15 pm899 views A million English words, or only 600,000? Either way, it's a language packed with more words than you'll ever need Jul 8, 2008 9:30 pm8295 views Happy Birthday, Henry Fowler: inventor of that/which rule is 150 today Mar 8, 2008 12:11 am5692 views
