Notices by Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin) tagged words
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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2020 02:54:13 EST 
Joshua Judson Rosen
As I get older I'm finding that my definition of "kids" keeps changing... and I become increasingly aware of the #context sensitivity when people use #words like "kid". -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2017 22:07:50 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
@chimo, I don't think I realised you were Canadian until you referenced "eavestroughs". #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 02-Jun-2017 02:26:45 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
Wondering whether the irony in this phrase was lost on the people using it: «Many . . drafters have adopted the “shall-less” style. . . You should do the same.» http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/shallmust.cfm #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Oct-2016 21:38:58 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
Trying to determine whether "dramatic/comedic affect" or "drmatic/comedic effect" is the phrase I want, WWW and dictionaries are both surprisingly unhelpful; but the triplet of examples near the end of this page is great: "I pause for dramatic effect. She paused for dramatic affect. Nothing dramatic has happened." #accidental #poetry? #words https://www.foboko.com/sentence-dictionary/english/dramatic -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Oct-2016 21:36:06 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
Trying to determine whether "dramatic/comedic affect" or "drmatic/comedic effect" is the phrase I want, WWW and dictionaries are both surprisingly unhelpful; but I the triplet of examples near the end of this page is great: "I pause for dramatic effect. She paused for dramatic affect. Nothing dramatic has happened." #accidental #poetry? #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2014 11:09:48 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
How does one know whether #words are proper #names in #German? -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2014 09:12:49 EST
Joshua Judson Rosen
!TIL that there is no "e" at the tail end of "endorphin", despite it being a #portmanteau of "endogenous morphine". #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2014 08:29:09 EST
Joshua Judson Rosen
#q “These #words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED.” http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4882 -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2013 12:56:05 EST
Joshua Judson Rosen
"absense": lack of sense where it should be. #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2013 16:25:09 EST
Joshua Judson Rosen
#q "We call it in English prouerbe, the cart before the horse, the Greeks call it Histeron proteron, we name it the #Preposterous." http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4178 #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen
Online Etymology Dictionary
This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English.
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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Nov-2012 15:40:07 EST
Joshua Judson Rosen
What's the noun form of "ambient"? Apparently it's "circumfusion": http://status.hackerposse.com/url/2145 #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 16-May-2012 21:14:35 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
"SUCKS" (adj., technical): Seriously Undermines Capacity to Keep Shipping. #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 07-May-2012 09:13:26 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
One man's devious plot is another's systematic plan: http://status.hackerposse.com/url/327 #words -
Joshua Judson Rosen
On The Media - Word Watch: Hacker
Possibly the best mainstream-media treatment of `hackers' I've seen (or heard, since it's radio). It's still sort-of... terrible, though.
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Joshua Judson Rosen
Fun With Words: Collective Nouns
Nice collection of collectives. I'm pretty sure I disagree with the entry for "possum", though....
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