joshedwards.com » On Language http://joshedwards.com Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 double-u, double-u, double-u http://joshedwards.com/2010/11/29/double-u-double-u-double-u/ http://joshedwards.com/2010/11/29/double-u-double-u-double-u/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:30:20 +0000 Josh http://joshedwards.com/?p=1461 This is from a few weeks ago, but I love word origins, here’s the etymology of the world wide web: “Web.”

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Plus I agree with Mr. Garner that blog is “the ugliest neologism of the last century”.

Check out: “Webinar.”

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