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December 05, 2008 09:49 AM EST (featured date: December 08, 2008) —   PRISON The word prison can be traced back to the Latin word prēnsiō, "the action or power of making an arrest."   This in turn is derived from the verb prehendere . . . more
December 08, 2008 04:19 PM EST (featured date: December 08, 2008) — If you love Southern Literature then the Conference on Southern Literature is a must-attend event.  The 2009 Conference is scheduled for April 2-4, 2009 and is the Arts & Education Council of . . . more
October 17, 2008 04:13 PM EDT (featured date: October 17, 2008) —   DEBT Unlike many of the silent letters found in Modern English, the b in debt has probably never been pronounced at any time since the word entered the English language.   When . . . more
July 02, 2008 02:20 PM EDT (featured date: July 02, 2008) —   SCHLOCK A good number of English words borrowed from Yiddish (a variety of German with an admixture of Hebrew and Slavic elements) are recognizably of foreign extraction because they begin . . . more
June 27, 2008 11:00 AM EDT (featured date: June 27, 2008) — TED The verb ted means "to spread newly cut hay to facilitate its drying."   Strangely for such an important agricultural term, the verb first appears in Middle English and does . . . more
June 25, 2008 02:52 PM EDT (featured date: June 25, 2008) —   EVOKE/INVOKE To evoke something is to draw out or call to mind a mental image, state of mind, or memory of something: actions can evoke mistrust, songs can evoke memories, a novel can . . . more
June 11, 2008 02:32 PM EDT (featured date: June 11, 2008) —   A DEFINE-A-THON is the new word game sensation created by the Editors of the American Heritage ® Dictionaries. Why are they taking us beyond the spelling bee? Because being able to SPELL . . . more
May 30, 2008 02:15 PM EDT (featured date: May 30, 2008) —   GRASS WIDOW The term grass widow cries out for explanation of what grass means and how grass widow came to have its varied though related senses.   Grass probably refers to . . . more
May 28, 2008 09:53 AM EDT (featured date: May 28, 2008) — KUDOS   Kudos is one of those words like congeries that look like plurals but are etymologically singular.   Acknowledging the Greek history of the term requires Kudos is [not . . . more
May 23, 2008 09:43 AM EDT (featured date: May 28, 2008) —   PAPARAZZI Judging by the credits, half the island found employment on the set, restoring houses, splicing cables and dressing the actors' hair.   Donkeys (increasingly rare in . . . more
May 07, 2008 10:20 AM EDT (featured date: May 07, 2008) — SVENGALI   Noun A person who manipulates or controls another for malicious purposes, especially by force of personality. ED: But in front of the jury they had it that Doris was a saint; . . . more
May 02, 2008 11:25 AM EDT (featured date: May 02, 2008) — VEGETABLE Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress" contains many striking phrases and images, but perhaps most puzzling to modern readers is this promise from the speaker to his . . . more
May 01, 2008 03:55 PM EDT (featured date: May 02, 2008) — Photographers who are interested in finding creative ways to take flower photos will want to read the article in Outdoor Photography entitled Be Abstract by Anne Laird. Be Abstract . . . more
May 01, 2008 11:14 AM EDT (featured date: May 01, 2008) — GOT/GOTTEN The notion that gotten is an illegitimate "nonword" has been around for over two hundred years and refuses to die.   The word itself is much older than the criticism . . . more
April 25, 2008 10:59 AM EDT (featured date: April 28, 2008) —   SCHOOL As children, some of us may have found school so tedious that we needed an occasional break just to relieve the boredom.   From the point of view of etymology, however, school . . . more
April 28, 2008 12:18 PM EDT (featured date: April 28, 2008) — This is a repost and update.  Now available in video and audio/mp3 formats. Living History Centennial Series Podcast This is the 100th Anniversary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. . . . more
April 18, 2008 01:58 PM EDT (featured date: April 18, 2008) — Knowing that I am passionate about film, a colleague who wants to someday make a documentary, asked me to recommend a book for him to read.  Rather than just recommend a book, I put together a list . . . more
April 04, 2008 11:26 AM EDT (featured date: April 04, 2008) —   HOLLER Holler can be a verb meaning "to yell or bellow."   But holler is also a regional American pronunciation of hollow.   One feature of Upper Southern . . . more
April 03, 2008 01:19 PM EDT (featured date: April 03, 2008) — Whether or not you are lucky enough to have a Whole Foods in your neighborhood, you can access information and advice from Whole Foods through their online podcasts.  Whole Foods offers podcasts . . . more
March 31, 2008 03:54 PM EDT (featured date: March 31, 2008) — To celebrate National Poetry Month Knopf sends out a poem a day by e-mail for 30 days. Each day during the month of April you will receive a poem from some of the best poets in the world including . . . more
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