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  1. wotd: RT @cdixon: Definition: text laundering http://cdixon.tumblr.com/post/291832725/text-laundering (thx for the idea @terryangelos) about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck
  2. RT @GrantBarrett: My 2009 buzzwords article in the New York Times: http://bit.ly/buzz09 & on the NYT Ideas blog: http://bit.ly/buzzQA about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck
  3. I wrote this Sunday's On Language column for the NYT: http://bit.ly/6gxech (It's coming to you FROM THE FUTURE. Enjoy!) 2:54 PM Dec 18th from TweetDeck
  4. OED DYK?: Word added if it "has appeared continuously and frequently in print or online sources for at least a decade." http://bit.ly/8shopa 5:22 PM Dec 17th from TweetDeck
  5. RT @Fritinancy: New blog post: Words of the year 2009, from "app" to "zombie." http://bit.ly/8nofrH 10:16 AM Dec 15th from TweetDeck
  6. No handbagging! RT @wordnik: Words banned in the Irish Parliament, or rather, declared "unparliamentary." http://bit.ly/7soT7Y 9:37 PM Dec 14th from TweetDeck
  7. Meep! New column in the Boston Globe: http://bit.ly/86v8z7 8:59 AM Dec 13th from TweetDeck
  8. wotd: RT @philz42: RT @meaplet: Greatest thing learned today: the opposite of jumping the shark is "growing the beard." Like Riker! 12:39 PM Dec 11th from TweetDeck
  9. I can't believe I was the first person to look this word up on Wordnik ... and that it's not in any other dictionary! http://bit.ly/7dy5Un 6:04 PM Dec 10th from TweetDeck
  10. RT @markhurst: Redesigning letters of the alphabet, after a year of focus group testing- brilliant, from The Onion: http://bit.ly/7x5bhD 9:53 AM Dec 10th from TweetDeck
  11. RT @Wordie: This bookmarklet from @jadn is fantastic—one click, adds words from any web page to your Wordnik lists: http://bit.ly/684EBm 1:10 PM Dec 9th from TweetDeck
  12. wotd: scrubbing: removing incorrect or outdated information from an online article without disclosing it to readers http://bit.ly/5LtYyG 8:21 PM Dec 7th from TweetDeck
  13. Trust me, you want to read this. RT @markhurst: Uncle Mark Gift Guide & Almanac 2010 now available: http://bit.ly/5bTG7b 2:02 PM Dec 7th from TweetDeck
  14. wotd: "a 3 o'clock question" -- any dumb or self-answering question. "What time is the 3 o clock parade?" http://bit.ly/8TRcfO 12:50 PM Dec 7th from TweetDeck
  15. (not a wotd) great times so far from @lo5an and @filip: "grumpy-thirty" and "half past swoon" 1:19 PM Dec 6th from TweetDeck
  16. Looking for funny times of day for a future Boston Globe column ... e.g. Beer O'Clock, oh-drunk-thirty. Got a favorite? Let me know! 11:28 AM Dec 6th from TweetDeck
  17. wotd: Information temporal dilation: those near the singularity are perceived as having an altered rate of info output (via @anselm) 6:13 PM Dec 5th from TweetDeck
  18. Best sentence today: "There have been people who prided themselves on their ability to produce partial exophthalmos." http://bit.ly/5rzWzi 12:59 PM Dec 4th from TweetDeck
  19. wotd: chahut "In French there is a word for things that students do as a group to annoy their teachers." http://bit.ly/1vXnGi 6:57 AM Dec 3rd from TweetDeck
  20. RT @wordnik: A year in reading: this year's best books on language and history. http://bit.ly/4AxsOc 8:52 PM Dec 2nd from TweetDeck