No Taxation Without Taxonomy
It isn’t every day that the word “taxonomy” is used in a protest. However, thousands of scientists worldwide took to the streets to rail against […]
The Dystopian Genre
Presidential elections signal many changes ahead for a country but no one really knows what those changes may lead to. This can instill many […]
Don’t Get Tricked
This weekend we celebrated a day of pranks, jokes, and trickery. Some people go to outlandish and extravagant efforts to pull pranks on others, […]
Semantics Plays a Role
In my family, there are several names beginning with “M” and it is inevitable when my mother calls for one, she usually goes through […]
New Trending Words Added to Oxford
Three hundred words were recently added to OxfordDictionaries.com, which monitors current trends in the use of modern English. There appeared to be some trends […]
An Elite Group
The term “Copy editors” conjures up images of wire-framed bespectacled people hunched over their desks furiously scratching and swiping with their pencils (always pencils, never […]
Geeks by Another Name
The term geek has no gender specific connotations. Gender also has zero impact on the ways in which women interact with geek culture. However, geek culture […]
Dictionaries in the World of Social Media
The days of encyclopedias may have been ended by Google and other search engines, but dictionaries are standing the test of time. This interesting […]
Smarter Machines
I know, with a title like that the inner sci-fi geek in you just went, “whaaat?” Granted, artificial intelligence (AI) devices may be best known […]
Standards Across Subjects
Vocabulary standards are important, this we know. This is true regardless of the subject matter – be it medical coding or liquor. This interesting topic […]