devertebrated is totally better than stewardesses
devertebrated is totally better than stewardesses
ok, i'm totally in love with erin mckean. a great presenter on an interesting topic
the phrase terminological inexactitude seems useful
some pedant paradise from b3ta
wordie is awesome, even ignoring the clever strap
aaron found this [lovely piece of visualisation](http://loop.aiga.org/resources/loop/loop9/colorproject/gallery.html) - "33,000 words, grouped by meaning. Each word is given the average color of web images found when searching for that term."
word of the day is tittle.
mcsweeny's tackles the pirate interview very well (form 2000). mcsweeny's rocks so hard.
merriam-webster announces the top ten words of the year. number 1 is blog, ffs. 7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race.
word of the day is unkempt: not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
silly silly george - disambiguate is in the dictionary.
word of the week is saccharine - meaning sugary or containing saccharin. great stuff
word of the week is 'bacchanalia', which describes drunken revellery. i doubt i'll have the chance to use it this week though.
wow, what a weekend. wordmash time i think. elina, lea, brett, animethon, the cooler, spiderman 2, temperature sign, pink hallways, whyte ave, peter, vodka tonics, sushi, unripened netarines, kareoke, cosplay, hello kitty tv, pixie shoes, buses, the pedway, sofas in malls, killing baby whales, no pita bread, lightning, disobeidient children, more than the recommended amount of chins, talk, words, love.
the urdu alphabet seems to consist of many tiny variations on about 4 characters. i wonder is the latin alphabet looks similar to writers of urdu.
word of the day is 'supine'. i shall be working this into conversations at random tomorrow
a dip into upsideclown has left me obsessed again, so a pick of my favourites. the book's opening story, hecatomb by dan, and the closing of the book - neil's suburban gothic. but the best piece, by far, it matt's amazing ludo.
a discussion today involved use of the word quandry which reminded me of this excellent piece of fiction from whelk.
unicameral is definately my favourite word of the week. found a nice definition after i worked it into a conversation and had to explain myself.
This is the personal website of Cal Henderson, Slack co-founder & CTO.
I give occasional talks, write code and sometimes articles.
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