Showing posts with label compound words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compound words. Show all posts
Monday, October 26, 2009

Word Formation - An Ill-Formed Word in Newsweek

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There is an article in the October 26th issue of Newsweek about a tablet computer that is supposedly in the works at Apple. The article titl...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Newsweek Magazine's Weird Word Choice

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The September 21st issue of Newsweek magazine includes an article titled "Born to be Big". Following is the opening sentence of th...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What is a Word Nanny?

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The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's right to fine television networks for, "the unpl...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Obama Accused of Promoting the Genericide of one Compound Word (Blackberry) while Inspiring a new Compound Word (Blackberry President)

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Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 5:41 PM on Newsweek.com Thanks to Obama, BlackBerry Becomes the Next Kleenex The above headline is com...
Monday, October 20, 2008

NCAA Football: Armchair Quarterbacks and Sidewalk Alumni

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As we are in the midst of NCAA football season, I can't think of a better time to bring up the compound word sidewalk alumni . Though s...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Exocentric Compound Word of the Day

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Sofa Spud : an alliterative version of couch potato. Seen in the Fall 2008 issue of Birmingham Magazine.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Along with Zippers, Kleenex and Speedo Fall Prey to Genericide

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The June 30th Newsweek had an article about Speedo's LZR suit. If you have not heard about it yet, it is the suit that is helping swimme...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Green Collars and Linguistic Templates

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One of the areas I have focused on in my studies of linguistics is compound words, so when I recently came across the compound word green co...