Just for fun, here’s a vocabulary builder to chew upon. Weird Words from Michael Quinion’s fantastic World Wide Words. Today’s letter: ‘N’.
Namby-pamby; Nepenthes; Nescient; Nihilartikel; Nincompoop; Ninnyhammer; Nipperkin; Nostoc; Nubbing-cheat; Nugiperous; Nut-crack night; Nychthemeron.
Be a smarty pants. Sign up for the World Wide Words feed here.
This is so exciting, I can’t stand it…
When I’m too lazy to dig out the Chicago Manual, I turn to a bevy of online sites to help with word usage. Today, I found Grammar Girl (all hail!). She’s not only a sassy vixen but she simplifies all your most pressing grammar needs into memorable, usable, bites. I highly recommend you stop by and say hello.
You go Grammar Girl.
Get on with your bad self.
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Other helpful sites for the wordographer:
Washington State’s Common Errors in English
Princeton’s WordNet
and, when in doubt, get the Urban Dictionary out, y’alls.
Peace.
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