Delightful and Dubious Words in Book Reviews

Delightful and Dubious Words in Book Reviews

Are you an author desperately seeking the validation that a book review brings? I will be soon… stand by. We all conceive of a book review as a grade or a referee report that gets published and therefore publicized. We don’t want to embarrass our M.F.A....
The Origin and Sustainability of TGIF

The Origin and Sustainability of TGIF

#TGIF is a ubiquitous acronym, so much so that it’s earned its own hashtag. In the current social media-run milieu that means it’s high value, endemic to our culture. A hashtag is an anointment! The phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” was reportedly uttered...
The Wordsmithing of Others

The Wordsmithing of Others

From: Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) – I wanted to save these, so I copy-pasted. Disclaimer: this is not original content, though I wish it were… What words have you coined, I asked readers this week and their coinages poured in. Here’s a selection....