Word Nerds

THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: This word gets a thumbs-up
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September 17, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Imprimatur Pronounced “im-pra-MA-tur,” the word was originally a...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Is it something, or just like something?
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September 10, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Metaphor/Simile Both metaphors and similes are closely related...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Camera, more than just a selfie machine
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September 3, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Camera Photography, once limited to travel, vacations and...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: If the glove don’t fit, redefine it
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August 27, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Gloves The age of COVID has renewed society’s...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: The story of the pollywog
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August 20, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Pollywog A pollywog (also spelled polliwog) is the...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Looking at clouds, from both sides now
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August 13, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Cloud Today “cloud computing” refers to data that...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Misuse of ‘enervate’ is not invigorating
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August 6, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Enervate Many people find a summer hot spell...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Do we really need to be more loquacious?
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July 30, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Loquacious You might be familiar with a certain...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: The death pledge many people happily take
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July 23, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Mortgage You might think twice about taking on...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: ‘Khaki,’ just part of our multi-cultural vocabulary
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July 16, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Khaki Khaki is a Hindustani word meaning “dust”...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Halcyon days have feathers
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July 9, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Halcyon July ushers in the halcyon days of...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Purple, from snail to royalty to meh
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July 2, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Purple The color purple, coveted throughout history, is...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: What do you see in ‘pareidolia’?
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June 25, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Pareidolia Pareidolia is the human tendency to find...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: Uniting the sun, tires, atom bombs and all the ships at sea
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June 18, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Radio Sun, tires, atom bombs and wireless transmissions...
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THE AMATEUR WORD NERD: ‘Bride’ carries a lot of baggage
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June 11, 2022
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Bride June, the month named for Juno, the...
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