Site of the Day for Friday, April 2, 2004 Word Spy Today's site by author and word hunter Paul McFedries, tracks the newest additions of words and phrases to the popular lexicon. If Gentle Subscribers have been wondering how such terms as "echo bubble", "hiving" and "bridezilla" have crept into the language, this site has the answers. "Welcome to Word Spy! This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources." - from the website This site, combining wit and erudition, features a new word or phrase each day, with definitions and an attributed quotation to place it in context. In the "Read More" link to each entry, further citations are provided along with an illuminating annotation. A browse through the archived date index, going back to 1996, reveals hundreds of words and phrases, such as the instantly forgettable "alcopop", which enjoy only a brief moment in the sun of everyday language, to those which have become permanent additions, like "biometrics". There's also a "Top 100" as measured by page views at the site. Thanks to subscriber D.F.A. for this suggestion. Slip over to the site to check out the latest words and phrases making the fashionable rounds at: http://wordspy.com/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.