Category Archives: dictionaries

  1. Obscure Sorrows, Crosswords, and Amyloids

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    July 28, 2016 by libroshombre

      A child of mine recently passed along the online Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows of neologisms, newly coined words, created …
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    Category: alzheimer's, brain, crosswords, dictionaries, libraries, neologisms, public libraries, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  2. Gobblefunk, Gold Cards, and Blind Boy Groot

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    June 15, 2016 by libroshombre

      Roald Dahl, creator of Willie Wonka and James and the Giant Peach, liked naming things so much that the …
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    Category: dictionaries, musicians, names, odd words, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  3. Obnubilate Zinio, Y’all

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    June 7, 2016 by libroshombre

      The words from TheAtlantic.com fell on my ears like manna in the desert: “How y’all doing? A greeting as …
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    Category: dialects, dictionaries, English language, grammar, libraries, magazines, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  4. Flowers, Fireflies, and Frequentatives

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    June 3, 2016 by libroshombre

    A recent visit to central Texas revealed that sensible rains have returned there after a half-decade of severe drought. The …
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    Category: dictionaries, English language, etymology, insects, public libraries, Uncategorized, word origins, words | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  5. Admiral Wrangell, Word-Lists, and Venery

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    August 24, 2015 by libroshombre

    Fishing in Alaska with Outside college buddies can be challenging for librarians, whom many people believe contain all knowledge when …
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    Category: dictionaries, placenames, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  6. Torturous Aphibologies, Poor Webster, and Scrooge McDuck’s Taxes

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    February 3, 2015 by libroshombre

    Judging by our national debate over the subject, “torture” is one of those terms whose meaning seems to depend on …
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    Category: dictionaries, parts of speech, punctuation, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  7. Old Wives Tales, Malarkey, and the OED

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    September 25, 2014 by libroshombre

    “Do Blue Sheets Bring Babies? The Truth Behind Old Wives’ Tales,” by Thomas Craughwell, was a Gulliver’s used-book purchase I …
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  8. Baron von Munchausen, Yip Harburg, and La Cava’s Bibliomotorcarro

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    April 17, 2014 by libroshombre

    Lone Star Ball is my favorite baseball blog, not only because it links to all the latest events surrounding the …
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