wikipedia, combining two of my favorite things — grammatical definitions + venn diagrams. also? pretty thankful i still have friends who are willing to be seen with me.
Posts Tagged ‘lexican!’
or, how two nerdy things add up to a super geeky one.
Posted in 2010, tagged nerdy, lexican! on 30 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
on vocabaulary.
Posted in 2010, tagged lexican!, quotes, word snobbery on 29 June 2010 | 1 Comment »
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” – attribution of quote still in question, but ain’t [...]
know your idioms! lesson two. or three?
Posted in 2010, tagged lexican!, nerdy, word snobbery on 14 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
contenders: “make do” vs. “make due” It’s “make do”, not “make due”. If i have to “make do”, that means I will get by with whatever less than ideal materials i possess. If i have to “make due”, I am literally making a requirement for something to be turned in to me, and this requires both [...]
how i feel about it sometimes: english teacher edition
Posted in 2009, tagged how i feel about it sometimes, lexican! on 5 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
who am i? both. i am both of these characters, usually simultaneously.
verbiage.
Posted in 2009, tagged cringeworthy, lexican!, word snobbery on 22 August 2009 | 4 Comments »
aaaand, we’re back with another word nerd lesson, this time concerning word choice. i’ve seen this offender a multitude of times, and it just crossed my path via twitter. no free passes for twitter, just because you are limiting letters does not mean you choose the wrong word. especially when said person is an english [...]
know your idioms! or, idiomatic for the people.
Posted in 2009, tagged lexican!, teaching, word snobbery on 13 August 2009 | 4 Comments »
hey, if it’s the hardest lesson for english language learners (i.e. those for whom english is a second, third, fourth language) to learn, it is understandable how many people get them confused, particularly now that we write much more on a daily basis for a wider audience, ala internet machine. it happens to be both [...]
regarding the writing of two research papers by monday.
Posted in 2009, tagged lexican!, school on 14 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i have a paper due tomorrow, and one due monday. then my semester is over. however, i’ve managed to write only one word in the past few hours: torpor 1 a: a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility. * * * * how apt. i see that these next few [...]
homonyms.
Posted in 2008, tagged lexican! on 26 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it’s a shame that self-flagellation sounds so much like self-flatulation, which is not actually a word, but sounds too close to the word flatulence for people to not hear it and want to start giggling. because one of those word-phrases could be used with regularity in my life as precisely describing a scenario in which [...]
a recent conversation on urban relationships.
Posted in 2009, tagged lexican!, pop goes the culture, the boy on 26 April 2009 | 3 Comments »
boy: so i hung out with [redacted name of new guy friend] again today. he’s really cool. me: the one you went on your mandate with? boy: [sigh] yes. we get along really well. me: i’m glad you love your new bff. boy: seriously we’re going to call him that? me: yes. i mean, i’m [...]
