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Receive tweets about fresh editorial content on the newly redesigned Merriam-Webster.com, with features like Trend Watch and Word Well Used, which highlights interesting vocabulary effectively used by the world's leading news and entertainment publications. September 2010Summer Top TwentyIt was a long, hot summer – and one very rich in vocabulary! The most looked-up word all summer was a word that is not in the dictionary: refudiate, the malaprop used by former Gov. Sarah Palin on television and Twitter. The word caused much comment and provoked much research – putting the word repudiate in the Summer Top Twenty as well. Unsurprisingly, the Gulf oil spill and blockbuster films also provided some of the summer's biggest lookups. Word History of the Month: conundrummasters youngstown ohio first night youngstown prop rental in youngstown springsteen in dublin irelandlisa eaton bankruptcy youngstown oh chevrolet convocation center youngstown oh acrylic paint puttyjackie williams youngstown ohio youngstown florist direct v reciever promotionspacking peanuts youngstown ohio youngstown police employment regal cinema youngstown youngstown oh zip code plans 102 market street youngstown oh youngstown cultural arts center youngstown crab house orphan boy talk christ alive crosscafe capri youngstown ohio century 21 realty youngstown ohio econo lodge and youngstown ohio kenzie youngstown youngstown mooney high school in ohio websphere mscsyoungstown police reports copy youngstown ohio wkbn tv youngstown ohio youngstown newspaper winter assult cheatmeadow drive youngstown ny fuller multi purpose floor cleaner concentrateyoungstown the band daniel w schmidt ohio youngstown cosmetic dentist youngstown warren ohio oh motels youngstown ohio geek wikipedia the free encyclopediayoungstown vindicater youtube vbaduplicate bridge youngstown ohio baseball card shops in youngstown ohio youngstown ohio diocese youngstown yacht club hospitals youngstown ohio sam papa youngstown meatloafavailable jobs in downtown youngstown sloanyoungstown ohio crime increased minas painting armenian americanfamous hair youngstown ohio tin lizzy restaurant youngstown dado real estate youngstown florida ywca of youngstown lunch and lecture youngstown oho donation centers youngstown toyota custer state park and south dakotauniversity of youngstown youngstown illinois history alka seltzer in toiletyoungstown oh zipcode youngstown sports bar grille fun time rv outlet in weatherfordj siciliano youngstown bass find three floyds dark lordyoungstown ohio garage builders tinseltown youngstown acme bonds youngstown ohio youngstown ohio location cleveland scale youngstown ohio four seasons flea farm market youngstown scott f eldridgecommercial metal forming youngstown ohio team dirt youngstown ohio state youngstown football video download rt systems softwareyoungstown ohio fabric stores craigslist youngstown trucks youngstown attorney michael mogul youngstown pennsylvania 726 wick avenue youngstown turbotax mac editiondiamond home builders youngstown ohio victory christian center youngstown oh lagrange ga mall meetingyoungstown kitchens cats makeup tips broadway castyoungstown health department youngstown artists mill creek park youngstown ohio youngstown ohio newspapers riki tiki tavi cha chundraufo youngstown payday loan no checking youngstown ohio family developmentaljob in youngstown youngstown oh murder rate job openings in youngstown mike tyson tour youngstown ohio chevrolet theatre youngstown bill broderick youngstown ny youngstown cabinet vendors peace action youngstown ohio insulative brick australia styrofoamyoungstown road runners mcdonagh youngstown youngstown employment center youngstown newspapper The word conundrum is a perennial on the Top 20 list – including this summer's list. Many words that are among the most looked-up on a daily basis are abstract terms with classical roots (think integrity or ubiquitous). Conundrum would seem to fit right in with them. But does it? Something about the word is unsettling – enough for people to be constantly looking it up – and perhaps a bit mysterious.Notable and Quotable: D.H. LawrenceD.H. Lawrence was born September 11, 1885. Long troubled by ill health, the poet, critic, and novelist (Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Sons and Lovers) died at 44. Samples of his writing appear at some five dozen entries in the Unbridged, the more colorful of them included here. (When was the last time you encountered "everywhere" used as a noun?). Interested in seeing all the examples of a particular writer? Select the Collegiate or the Unabridged as your reference, click on Advanced Search, type in the surname of the writer in the Author Quoted box, and click on Search. From the Mail ServerThis month, editors heard from someone zealous about the need to add a new word to the lexicon, from another person looking for the rich story behind the word cheapskate, and from a set of correspondents eager to understand the rule that distinguishes vowels from consonants. Happy Birthday 1666The Great Fire of London began raging on September 2, 1666. By the time the fire ended three days later, St. Paul's Cathedral, more than 13,000 houses, and dozens of churches had been destroyed. A new London (with less wood) arose from the ashes. The year of the Great Fire also witnessed the first print appearance of 65 words in English that appear in the Collegiate Dictionary. 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Choose the Collegiate as your reference source and select Date from the pull-down menu. Type in the date and click on Search.Words in the NewsSarah Palin sent this message out on Twitter on July 18: "Ground Zero mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate." This sent refudiate to the top of the Top Twenty for the summer. Why the buzz? For starters, refudiate is not (yet) in the dictionary. Then there was the controversy over subsequent tweets from Gov. Palin, first changing refudiate to repudiate, and then defending her coinage, invoking Shakespeare: "English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!" Language watchers debated whether refudiate was a portmanteau or a malapropism. The blend is easy to figure out (refute or refuse + repudiate). But what's the story on malapropism? 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The word inception – which stresses the notion of commencing or beginning without any implication about cause – has an ancestor in capere, Latin for to take. Taking a minute to fool around with the Latin verb capere turns up more than three dozen other English words with capere in their background.Language LinksInterest in refudiate reminds us of the eggcorn. An eggcorn is a sort of "nonce folk etymology" coinage – a word coined through a logical reshaping of an unfamiliar word. For example, someone who has never seen the word acorn in print might well guess the word is eggcorn from its pronunciation. Eggcorns, unlike malapropisms, make sense. But unlike words coined through folk etymology, eggcorns are not recognized as "real" words. (For more on malapropisms and Folk Etymology, just click on those highlighted words in the previous sentence.) For a list of common eggcorns, check out the Eggcorn Database. The "About" section includes an explanation distinguishing eggcorns from folk etymology and mondegreens (some time ago Language Links featured links to collections of the related mondegreen). Back to Top |