March 17, 2004

New Words and Phrases to mend! The Wordspy is dedicated to lexpionage or "the sleuthing of new words and phrases", and is a must for word freaks, writers, and those who relish the byways and new coinages of the English language. via Michael Quinion's World Wide Words newsletter, which also comes highly recommended.
posted by beeswacky 20 years ago
  • this is a fun link- good find!
  • What? no skeet skeet skeet?
  • Well, Mamma don't 'low no skeet shooting on the premises. And Mamma don't 'low no skat singing, either, it would seem, forky, alas.
  • Ah, beeswacky Once again, you make me swoon! Great link
  • It's not complete: "igry" is missing.
  • I've been on the mailing list for about nine months now. New words get sent out Tues. through Fri.
  • broccoflower (BRAWK.uh.flow.ur) n. A cross between broccoli and cauliflower. Also: brocco-flower. Now that's what I call a Frankenstein vegetable.
  • This is wonderful! Thanks beeswacky.
  • Michael Quinion of World Wide Word fame, is now doing a column for The Telegraoh. And one of the items in the first one is "How the Bee Got His Knees". Heh. Via woods lot