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  1. (not a) wotd: RT @janeciab: Questions for Wordnik CEO Erin McKean: http://bit.ly/WQTp5 (Thanks Jane and Tim!)about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
  2. @literalminded: verb-noun compounds are sometimes called "tosspots" e.g. scarecrow, pickpocket, blowhard, cutthroat, spoilsport, sawbones5:15 PM Jul 12th from TweetDeck
  3. wotd: RT @paulschreiber: "vegiquarian" (another word for pescatarian) — from Adam Werbach on KQED's Forum Thursday.12:55 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck
  4. RT @paulschreiber @jwdoom: Fundhandler, one who solicits donations to charitable organizations on the street. fr. "fund raising panhandler"4:18 PM Jul 8th from TweetDeck
  5. wotd: cacoethes: "an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action" (cue Sarah Palin) http://is.gd/1r7Sc7:29 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck
  6. RT @gnat: OH: "You've never seen so many arbitrary semicolons in your life." (unless you've seen these: http://is.gd/1p9p1 )1:34 PM Jul 6th from TweetDeck
  7. wotd (and lots of 'em): here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009... (thanks @markhurst!)1:20 PM Jul 6th from TweetDeck
  8. wotd (from Daniel Hunt) "I'd like to introduce a word: iditors ... editors who are idiots."7:00 PM Jul 5th from TweetDeck
  9. wotd: greenfield project: "a project which lacks any constraints imposed by prior networks." [wikipedia] thx @davewiner for the suggestion!6:58 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
  10. and a mistweet, too. See what I mean? :-P11:28 AM Jul 4th from txt
  11. Chipotle closed. Day just keeps on sucking.11:27 AM Jul 4th from txt
  12. (not a) wotd: words + birds = awesome: http://wordbirds.tumblr.com/3:32 PM Jul 1st from TweetDeck
  13. wotd: nichewhacked: getting forced into a niche because another product becomes dominant in your area or category. Thanks to @jstogdill!2:03 PM Jul 1st from TweetDeck
  14. wotd: squelette: an abandoned, incomplete high-rise; a building that is a ruin because it was never completed. http://is.gd/1cFCX8:41 PM Jun 24th from web
  15. @caterina: thanks for the shoutout! http://blog.hunch.com/?p=3874 (Hunch is *really* cool.)7:30 PM Jun 15th from twhirl
  16. wotd: hederigerent: "garlanded with ivy" http://www.wordnik.com/word...7:52 PM Jun 12th from twhirl
  17. [not a wotd]: Weird and Wonderful Words is #10 on the list of staff picks at Daily Lit! http://is.gd/XtKY10:04 AM Jun 10th from twhirl
  18. sorry for prior mistweet -- answering my sister, who sez: Did you know W&WW is in the top 10 books on Daily Lit?!?! http://is.gd/XtKY10:03 AM Jun 10th from twhirl
  19. no! That's awesome!10:02 AM Jun 10th from txt
  20. wotd: vroomtone: proposed "auxiliary sounds," like ringtones, for too-quiet electric cars, to be played to warn pedestrians and cyclists11:50 PM Jun 8th from twhirl