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  1. Broke down and got a Blackberry. Now suffering info-nausea.4:21 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry
  2. RT @VisualThesaurus: Word Routes nominated for Top 100 Language Blogs. Please vote! http://bit.ly/IJYNt1:54 PM Jul 8th from web
  3. Celebrate Independence Day with some grammatical history: "The United States Is... Or Are?" http://bit.ly/69eIN10:10 PM Jul 2nd from web
  4. RT @VisualThesaurus: Mark Peters (@wordlust) on the red-hot political euphemism "hiking the Appalachian trail." http://bit.ly/o2srM10:28 PM Jul 1st from web
  5. My own small tribute to MJ: exploring the origins of "Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa." http://bit.ly/jLEpg9:22 PM Jun 26th from web
  6. RT @VisualThesaurus: Visual Thesaurus editor Ben Zimmer has discovered the first use of "Ms." in print. http://bit.ly/18qixu8:23 AM Jun 23rd from web
  7. My BBC "million word" takedown now on PRI's "The World" (+ David Crystal: "the biggest load of chicken droppings..."): http://bit.ly/RDL5V10:39 PM Jun 12th from web
  8. Open Access Follies: "In this section, we discuss existing research into red-black trees, vacuum tubes, and courseware." http://bit.ly/kEGZo1:16 PM Jun 11th from web
  9. I take a break from debunking the Million Word Mischief to celebrate my own decimalized milestone. http://bit.ly/EADPj10:42 PM Jun 10th from web
  10. Yo, Houston Public Radio: the name's Zimmer, not Zimmerman! http://bit.ly/tO1RB8:50 AM Jun 10th from web
  11. BBC Radio 4 had me on to address the silly claim that the English language is adding its millionth word. http://bit.ly/2m5UvF8:17 AM Jun 10th from web
  12. RT @VisualThesaurus: Get into the Spelling Bee spirit with the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee. 2 mill words and counting. http://bit.ly/HGgDW2:46 PM May 26th from web
  13. RT @VisualThesaurus: Latest Word Routes column: Do you want McCafé in your cubiclé? http://www.visualthesaurus....11:57 AM May 21st from web
  14. RT @VisualThesaurus: BoingBoing features VT editor Ben Zimmer's post on words we love/hate. http://bit.ly/8ixR211:51 AM May 19th from web
  15. RT @VisualThesaurus: Albany Times Union quotes VT editor Ben Zimmer on words we love/hate: http://bit.ly/10uaWI9:29 AM May 18th from web
  16. The language of social media: What's not to like/unlike? http://www.visualthesaurus....10:19 PM May 6th from web
  17. looking forward to the "Dinner: Impossible" episode tonight (10 pm Eastern) -- filmed at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (#acpt).5:52 PM May 6th from web
  18. RT @VisualThesaurus: Try VocabGrabber! Automatically create lists of vocabulary from any text. http://www.visualthesaurus....8:24 AM May 5th from web
  19. RT @VisualThesaurus: VT editor Ben Zimmer on Charlotte NPR: What's happening to language in the electronic age? http://bit.ly/19JIQD8:25 AM May 4th from web
  20. Snowclone hybrid: "Swine flu is the new Susan Boyle of search terms." ("X is the new Y" + "X is the Y of Z") http://bit.ly/1G1un4:56 AM Apr 30th from web
  • Name bgzimmer
  • Location America's golden door
  • Web http://www.visual...
  • Bio He's on the menu, on the table, he's the knife and he's the waiter.
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