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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: conundrumThe 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. 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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. We can see the expanding worlds of science and discovery reflected in these words from fields such as astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Interested in seeing all 65 words that first appeared in print in 1666? Choose the Collegiate as your reference source and select Date from the pull-down menu. Type in the date and click on Search. even odd bit shift java ordering odd sized small shoes lovejoyjennifer odd pics odd dog behaviors footballer odd sized shoes odd deaths odd spain facts nsodd young adults area of an odd shape odd fellows seattle odd cognitive skills deficits masonic odd fellow odd scholarship odd motorcycle excessories arctic tent framesdallas weird or odd photos of odd plants in va roller rinks in michiganodd things in ind men with odd behaviors sam elliot clark collegefairly odd parents cartoons what is odd in english subject sports betting odd calypso coffeeodd embalming tables fuserodd total transformation whisperingodd and unusual products wholesale odd couple schuylkill digital content business trends 2007how to treat odd odd sports uk west virginia mansionsodd shaped living rooms odd size shower curtains odd jobs edmonton watch all fairly odd parents episodes fairly odd parents theme song remix fairly odd parents voices odd job hat fultoncolorado springs errand odd job who won survivor fans vs favoriteswatch fairly odd baby pokemon pearl odd keystone where to buy turbotaxjag odd man out videos of fairly odd parents burping national odd shoe odd art mpeg2odd wrench williams odd even algorithm face odd nicolas cage phyllis beaselyodd fellows theatre in buckfield me anemia symtoms radiation treatmentsodd dog behavior monty tech vocational school fitchburg maodd size wood frames odd wood splitters angeliquefairly odd parents just desserts origins of odd pricing odd cultures behavior calculate an odd number the odd midwest odd couple star jack photos and slideshows odd news unadilla trans ama winnerpot odd river db2 how to union odd tables midnight productions land of odd odd north american artifacts callerthe faily odd parents bryan dixon traffic fatality broward countyoutlook even odd pages odd moments all zero solve hydrochloricodd shaped bananas odd behaviors while sleeping golgi apparatus functionodd funny deer hunt stories romanticismodd behavioral guide outdoor canopies san diegonational odd shoe exchange samuel h eldridgeadidas all odd support for odd lao language keyboardinstall crown molding on odd angles 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? Just Foolin' AroundChristopher Nolan's hit movie Inception propelled the word inception to #2 on the Summer Top Twenty. 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. 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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 |