This is from a few weeks ago, but I love word origins, here’s the etymology of the world wide web: “Web.”
Posts Tagged ‘On Language’
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Monday, November 29th, 2010Portmanteaux
Thursday, March 11th, 2010This New York Times “On Language” column is from a couple of weeks ago, but it’s clever and educational and portmanteaus (portmanteaux?) are always fun.
Plus I agree with Mr. Garner that blog is “the ugliest neologism of the last century”.
Check out: “Webinar.”
