Thank you, tyler.hartleb, thank you for supplying the abbreviation I have needed my whole digital life: ‘LIMH‘. It stands for … Continued
Lucy Mangan is LIMH at this week’s new CollinsDictionary.com word submissions! Read Post »
T S Eliot once called April “the cruellest month”, but that’s pretty harsh for a month that begins with April
Instagram, Sahara Dust, and the Cambridge Factor – Trending Words April 2014 Read Post »
We get the technology we deserve. In the pipeline (or it may be already here – my toddler is ill,
Lucy Mangan is going on a ‘microadventure’. No ‘wackaging’ involved Read Post »
A user of this website recently left a comment asking why we had chosen to mark as ‘rejected’ a word
Some of the best words that never were Read Post »
March may be the first month of Spring, but there was no indication in the weather, or in the news
Super-G, Beer and Bingo – Trending Words in March 2014 Read Post »
So, it looks like there may be an English word for schadenfreude after all. According to WritersCramp, it’s ‘epicaricacy‘ and
Thank you so much, Colin T. McDonough, for submitting ‘komorebi‘. It’s a Japanese word that means “sunlight that filters through
Lucy Mangan considers ‘komorebi’, ‘sitzfleisch’, and the proper pronunciation of ‘dog’… Read Post »
Being a polyglot often stems from the chances that are afforded to us, but is also about taking those chances.
Life as a polyglot Read Post »
Sometimes I regret forsaking the life of regular income, pension contributions, paid leave, office banter, sexual intrigue and people bringing
Lucy Mangan takes on the new CollinsDictionary.com word submissions Read Post »
