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Things wordy, geeky, and webbyLinks: 2008-07-18
Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 10:09 AM |- Merriam-Webster releases new words to its Collegiate Dictionary including…
- Air quotes: My brother makes fun of me whenever I do this — which ain’t often.
- Edamame: What took so long?
- Fanboy
- Malware: Yuck, but at least we all know what its name is other than dirty rotten stinkin’ software.
- Mental health day: Gee, “I don’t feel well” doesn’t cut it anymore? Or is it a way around that so you don’t curse yourself? After all, “mental” doesn’t have to mean a cold.
- Texas Hold’em
- Webinar: Now maybe we’ll stop hearing the 20 variations of this.
- And for the most interesting one: mondegreen. Along the lines of a malaprop except in this case it’s when someone misheard something not the unintentional misuse of a word or phrase (pornography instead of photography).
- Making the Most of Tough Times: Never, ever become complacent.
- Copyblogger Tagline Clinic
- 21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky
- Copywriting: The 10 Magic Words
- 3 Steps to Successful Writing on the Web
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- 70 Amazing Business Cards
- Rice Field Art
- Kid safe browsers
- Fuel Savings Calculator
- Vaudeville Nation: I loved reading about vaudeville and catching TV programs about it. I still have an old tape from 1983 called Parade of Stars Playing the Palace. I wish it would come out on DVD as the tape is full of commercials and weather interruptions. Plus, the quality is going downhill.
- Take a Staycation as an alternative to pricey vacations.
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Meryl, thanks for the link and for stopping by! Much appreciated.
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