[sotd] April 2, 2004 [Word Spy]
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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
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