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September 2010creeping fig on wall drowning pool creeping death live creeping clover creeping pasture grass creeping hand creeping water plants creeping red fescue grass pictures of creeping phlox creeping jenny vine creeping thyme between flagstones is creeping myrtle salt tolerant creeping beggarweed florida creeping buttercup creeping jennie pictures of creeping charley creeping flox creeping lily houseplant creeping vines creeping charlie in missouri creeping wintergreen creeping towards normal august creeping native shrub fighting creeping charlie creeping solo lyrics creeping plant creeping barberry seeds creeping juniper creeping ground pine emerald blue creeping phlox creeping thyme seeds creeping sprinklers 1949 creeping phylox training creeping fig plant creeping thyme rock path creeping tumor sparganosis transplanting creeping phlox the creeping unknown scientific name for creeping juniper creeping hues creeping groundcover weed creeping red fescue seed creeping herbs creeping snapdragon Summer 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. (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. creeping red fescue heat drought what is creeping eruption creeping eruptions creeping charlie flower creeping plumbago buy creeping thyme ground cover creeping mazus plants info on creeping death bass solo creeping aid system deadhead creeping phlox creeping beggarweed creeping crawling weeds lustrous creeping red fescue creeping phlox pictures creeping plume thistle creeping oxalis variegated creeping euonymus creeping wild flowers of ohio creeping fig pest rodent creeping thyme plants seeds planting creeping phlox and landscaping fabric creeping charlie weed bareroot creeping raspberries creeping myrtle bible creeping thyme seed seeds lysimachia nummularia creeping jenny moneywort angelina creeping sedum creeping raspberry very short creeping plants durable creeping mazus creeping inflation creeping lily turf paper towels creeping creeping doors creeping poison weed ivy creeping into my garden how to kill creeping bentgrass creeping primrose white rtd trl creeping wave transducers creeping up the backdoor creeping rosemary creeping kudzu creeping primrose 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. 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. creeping red fescue seed endophyte free world war 2 slang creeping crud creeping tyme creeping charlies weed killer knights of the creeping serpent how to plant creeping phlox mulch creeping phlox creeping vines wall cover creeping in my soul lyrics creeping jenny vice granuals that will kill creeping charlie creeping phlox facts creeping blue wildflower fuzzy creeping blue phlox creeping late last night lyrics creeping charlie weed killer creeping mahonia repens seeds creeping fat creeping blueberries seeds creeping phlox subulata creeping crud waterperry blue creeping veronica pictures of creeping eruption creeping in my soul song propagating creeping phlox metallica creeping death lyrics creeping ben grass creeping charlie and picture buy creeping juniper plants creeping sedium house of creeping horror creeping jenny plant jointer knives creeping home remidies for creeping charlie creeping bellfower creeping charlie plant creeping phlox planting instructions creeping thyme white wild creeping vines how to kill creeping charlie what does creeping charlie look like creeping wintergreen ground cover creeping barrage 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 |
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