Posts by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AQJRYa0mZfRawpkASG by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2022-12-05T22:28:54Z
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Missed an opportunity to call it Hole Foods.#naming
(DIR) Post #AQus8Mv6VpTAQXKa12 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2022-12-24T01:19:00Z
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#FollowFriday To feel smarter I follow@Popehat @grammargirl @gretchenmcc @tim @alexismadrigal @craigsilverman @TimothyNoah @goldfarbneal @StevenBeschloss @stevesilberman @steveportigal @ChristinaBinkley @schrisomalis@mmasnick
(DIR) Post #ASoczjId1UxV2rRlaK by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T16:59:34Z
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My review of “The People's Tongue,” a new anthology of American literature from the 16th century to the present day. Tl;dr I loved it. https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2023/02/book-review-the-peoples-tongue.html
(DIR) Post #AVipdgxZvIMxtLDXFI by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-16T17:39:57Z
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When you see "zen" in a company or product name -- Zenify, Zendesk, Zenhub, Urban Zen, Zen Travel, Zen Brazilian Wax, Zentity, Hydra Zen, Organizational Zen, Piano Zen, Zen Movers, Zen Maids, etc., etc. -- what does it evoke? What are your associations with "zen"?
(DIR) Post #AVizq4sboZ6N5uRBw0 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-16T21:18:03Z
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@grammargirl @junecasagrande It's used *a lot* in tech branding.
(DIR) Post #AVkT1LFIOlP6rmjTAe by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-17T13:59:42Z
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New from me on @medium, inspired by Medium's "Project Zen": What's the sound of many "zens" in the marketplace? Thx to @jeridansky @grammargirl @junecasagrande for feedback! https://wordworking.medium.com/the-zen-of-everything-fd454d265d57?sk=f185a87680d16b1759ad5bb583638808
(DIR) Post #AVmZVspz3dPxmIl9CC by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T13:52:41Z
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Who is that fraud, anyway, and why is he pestering that poor dog?
(DIR) Post #AVnTCwLvMJu8bxF8U4 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-19T01:05:57Z
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This is the story, but the headline is from the print edition https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-05-16/hollywood-producer-fraud-kevin-spacey-david-duchovny-david-brown
(DIR) Post #AVp2quZl4kzmEmT98K by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-05-19T16:13:43Z
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If you're familiar with @medium and its claps-per-story system, how would you describe clapping?
(DIR) Post #AXGsL7aQYe91WzEtrk by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-07-02T01:18:21Z
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If you enjoyed @bgzimmer's column about the Ghostbusters origin of "toast" (as in "they're toast!"), wait till you hear about "bucket list." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bucket_list
(DIR) Post #AXGsL9rA7OieZT5IEC by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-07-02T01:20:34Z
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Here's a link to @bgzimmer's Wall St. Journal column: https://on.wsj.com/3Nn5ClI
(DIR) Post #AY1lR57UnTUD246Zcm by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T14:39:37Z
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Word of the week: Pink. As in Barbie Pink, an actual Pantone color. https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2023/07/word-of-the-week-pink.html
(DIR) Post #AYMotmhg8Optwvlno8 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-08-03T22:07:14Z
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@clive Love the concept. Hate the name. #shitmanteau
(DIR) Post #AYZ87Ajd6PRs3cfJfE by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-08-07T18:07:48Z
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Interested in an informed take on swearing, profanity, obscenities, and obscenicons? Follow @stronglang, newly arrived on Mastodon!
(DIR) Post #AYj2D8lIh7g5X0VbkW by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-08-14T14:16:22Z
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Word of the week is now on Substack! This week's #wotw is "sletter," which comes from the fertile linguistic imagination of style/culture publication Blackbird Spylane. Read and subscribe! https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-sletter
(DIR) Post #AZfIR7mYTQvSG5VVdw by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-09-11T17:55:55Z
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@grammargirl Thanks, Mignon!
(DIR) Post #AZkD3v3Y5twE9IN4Xg by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-09-14T00:07:22Z
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For most of the 20th century, the verb “to contact”—to communicate with—was considered “grotesque” and even scandalous. A true history: https://open.substack.com/pub/fritinancy/p/when-contact-was-contemptible
(DIR) Post #AZkD3xEbzjyYuBYw40 by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2023-09-14T00:09:55Z
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Also true: Subscriptions to my Substack are free! And there are no ads! https://fritinancy.substack.com/
(DIR) Post #AdcX3PStNchNG1WMoy by Fritinancy@mastodon.social
2024-01-07T21:18:03Z
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There was a lot of swearing at the American Dialect Society's word of the year vote on Friday, thanks in large part to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic and "enshittification." My summary for the @stronglang blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/the-sweary-wotys/ #woty #woty2023