A Walk in the WoRds

I recently came across a new term in the August issue of Detroit's Hour Magazine. The appropriateness of the timing of my newly acquired...

I recently drove one of my sons to a new camp in Ohio. We followed the directions to the main road for the camp but decided to look for a re...

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

This is a screen print from craigslist with an ad for a new type of internship (third ad from the top on Wednesday April 22nd). Recycling fo...

I just came across a list of retronyms for non-internet librarians from an Information Today contest. Here are the top ten submissions: 10. ...

This is a picture of the back of a key card from a recent stay at a ski resort. It is a bit hard to make out but just above the name of the ...

As I drove my boys to school this morning they informed me that today is National Pantsing Day . National what day? Pantsing is a new word o...

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

A favorite blog of mine documents unusual and creative words that are found across the web. Even the name of the blog ( Wordlustitude ) exem...

The ubiquitous coverage of Barack Obama's election (including insta-books, quickie documentaries, magazine covers and more) has been du...

Good old Reader's Digest - the October issue brought another fun, new word to my attention and morphology brought the word together - fa...

Heads up Word Spy. I noticed two new oxymorons in the September 15th Newsweek - Green McMansion : an environmentally friendly, large, opulen...

With all the new words that appear daily (portmanteau or otherwise) have you ever wondered how new words achieve dictionary-inclusion status...