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Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:18 0 Comments 0 Likes
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Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:39 2 Comments 1 Like
Of the 100 terms most searched this year on UrbanDictionary.com, Aaron Peckham, the website's founder, says approximately 80 have been consistently popular year after year. But 20 are newly fashionable in 2012. Words like, derp, yolo, brony and romnesia made the cut
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/12/test-your-vernacular-the-most-popular-slang-of-2012.html
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:32 1 Comment 1 Like
The 2012 elections also made for a bountiful harvest of new political expressions. So let’s close the year by taking a look at some of its lexical highlights.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/opinion/sunday/the-words-and-expressions-of-2012.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:29 1 Comment 1 Like
New from Larry Ferlazzo :: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/11/15/the-best-words-of-the-year-features-for-2012/
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 22:55 5 Comments 5 Likes
English is a wonderful language with some of the strangest pronunciation rules and words that come from many other languages. This is a list of 20 weird English words.
1. Erinaceous
Like a hedgehog
2. Lamprophony
Loudness and clarity of voice
3. Depone
To testify under oath
4. Finnimbrun
A trinket or knick-knack
5. floccinaucinihilipilification
Estimation that something is valueless.
Proper pronunciation based on…
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Hello Frank, how have you been?
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