Tag: words

Happy birthday to someone you never heard of, but really should know…

…painter and poet Josef Čapek, born on this date in 1887. Nope, I never heard of him either until today, but Scott Edelman explains why he matters: Because Josef was the older brother to Karel Čapek, the author of the 1921 play “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots),” in which the term “robot” was introduced. And contrary …

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"Give me your tired words, your poor words, your muddled paragraphs yearning to break free…"

It’s the Lake Superior State University 2007 List of Banished Words. My favorite: NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS — Heard in movie advertisements. Where can we see that, again? “How often do movies premiere in laundromats or other places besides theaters? I know that when I want to see a movie I think about going to …

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How’s your vocabulary?

Your Vocabulary Score: A+ Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary? (Via Books, Words, and Writing.)