Courtesy of Downton Soup: The Words of Downton Abbey, Season 3 As avid watchers of Downton Abbey, haven’t we all sat up, perked our ears and, scratching our heads, muttered: “Huh? What did Mrs. Hughes just say?” “What was Lord Grantham talking about?” Wordnik to the rescue! In her February 14 Wordnik Blog post, Angela […]
Word of the Year Redux
January 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Here is a round-up of the Word of the Year hoopla – good and bad, happy and sad – a final say of the words that you either like or that cause you to scratch your head and say, “huh?” We begin with the eagerly awaited announcement from the American Dialect Society. Its choice for […]
Word of the Year
December 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
It’s the end of the year and “best of lists” are everywhere. So why shouldn’t there be a “best word”? Perhaps it’s the word we used the most or talked about the most, looked up the most or thought about the most. Maybe it’s the word that defines us or the events of 2011 the […]
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