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Friday words #310

By mike_words | June 24, 2022
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A combination padlock

Locking down “-lock” terms

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Friday words #309

By mike_words | May 27, 2022
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An image from the book "The Sneetches and Other Stories." Sylvester McMonkey McBean drives his vehicle away, loaded with his Star-On and Star-Off machines and with piles of money.

getting fired up about “conflict entrepreneurs”

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Friday words #308

By mike_words | May 13, 2022
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seduced by “dark patterns”

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Friday words #307

By mike_words | April 29, 2022
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Toy set of a farm that includes a barn, a corral, and various animals like a cow, a horse, and a pig.

cultivating some background on “ranch” and “farm”

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Friday words #306

By mike_words | April 15, 2022
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Medieval portrait of the Venerable Bede with the words "halig beda" around his head.

revealing the source of “apocalypse”; ecclesiastical calques in Old English

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Friday words #305

By mike_words | April 8, 2022
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A magnifying glass and deerstalker hat on a desk, suggesting the stereotypical Sherlock Holmes accessories.

sleuthing out “to be sherlocked”

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Friday words #304

By mike_words | March 25, 2022
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A group of women working as "computers" in an office.

calculating the impact of “kilogirls”

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Friday words #303

By mike_words | March 18, 2022
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An Inuit anorak made of animal skin, exhibited on a mannequin, probably from a museum collection.

an expedition to discover Inuit words in English

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Friday words #302

By mike_words | March 11, 2022
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A set of patches from the US Army that show ranks from "private" (1 chevron) to "sergeant major" (6 chevrons).

capricious thoughts about “chevron”

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Friday words #301

By mike_words | March 4, 2022
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Acrobat balancing on a trapeze.

flying with the greatest of ease through “acrobat,” “trapeze,” and “leotard”

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