Neologism

Merry Christmas From Colbert: Satire's Special Gift

Sophia A. McClennen | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Neologism, Stephen Colbert, Comedy and Satire, Truthiness, Pundits, Satire, Colbert Nation, The Colbert Report, Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert Satire, Video, TV News
Sophia A. McClennen

What is Colbert's greatest gift this holiday season? It's his satire -- and especially his way of using words -- puns, neologisms, wordplay, etc. to encourage his audience to think critically.

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Storytelling Needs a New Name

Scott Shrake | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Neologism, SM Shrake, Storytelling, The Moth, Apple, This American Life, Story League, Live Storytelling, Moth Storytelling, Arts News
Scott Shrake

The world's second-oldest profession has danced back into people's lives wearing spiffy new showbiz threads. It is fixing to claim its place next to acting, music and the visual arts. As soon as it gets a new name. Can you help?

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On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neologism, Etymology, Linguistics, Climate Skeptics, Sarah Palin, Politics, Cnn, Astrology, Climate Change, Etymologist, Refudiate, Word, Frank Luntz, Kristi Noem, Global Warming, William Shakespeare, Zodiac Signs, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.TheGreenGrok.com.For Friday a little, light, linguistics lesson. Breaking from TheGreenGrok formula of sharp, cutting-edge pieces...

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Cutting to the Chase

Robin Lakoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Semantics, English, Linguistics, Portmanteaus, Language, Acronyms, Truncations, Brangelina, Through-the-Looking-Glass, Neologism, Twitter, Humpty-Dumpty, Latin, Lewis Carroll, Words, Spanglish, Chinglish, English Language, Misspeaking, Healthy Living News
Robin Lakoff

It seems obvious that people create shortened forms to save time. And yet, most often, we don't save that much time and may run the risk of endangering intelligibility.

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