It’s #NationalVermouthDay! We delve into the fascinating history (and etymology) of this essential cocktail ingredient in our video about the Americano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFhs5jwuC4

Happy #Holi to those celebrating! It seems like our video on all the colour words would be an appropriate thing to watch for the occasion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08

Happy #PiDay! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo

Happy #InternationalWomansDay! While it may seem like a slightly odd way to mark this day, our video about “Chauvinism” explores some of the origins of misogyny and the early roots of feminism. https://youtu.be/iLuJ-BUSNcI

It’s #NationalGrammarDay! To celebrate, here’s a short video on the surprisingly glamorous history of teaching grammar. https://youtu.be/Z1MJd1RKSMA

It’s #MardiGras and #PancakeTuesday and #Carnival! This feast day is only one of the celebrations we discussed in our video Feast, all about the connections between food and seasonal festivals. https://youtu.be/rjydiYM4Nu8

Our video “Gospel” is also appropriate for the combination of #BlackHistoryMonth and #WomensHistoryMonth, with a focus on some of the amazing women of the early days of Soul, like Sister Rosetta Tharpe. https://youtu.be/K06AqhjjbdA

Lexicographer John Kelly has been digging into slang and trending words. He just wrapped up a new section for Merriam-Webster, and he’s joining #ThatWordChat to talk about it!

Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 4:30 p.m. EST
Sign up: bit.ly/ThatWordChat

Happy #NationalGuitarDay! The guitar is a fascinating instrument, both culturally and etymologically – and the story of its name tells us a lot about its history, as we explain in our video on “Guitar”. https://youtu.be/L_YmbcyYlPI

The development of Rock and Roll is only one of the many ways Black history is important to the story of the 20th century, and it’s a focus of our video on the music and its language. #BlackHistoryMonth

youtu.be/YXGubLQcnAg

Today we mark a sad anniversary, #TheDayTheMusicDied. If you'd like to learn more about the early history of rock & roll, an era which is often thought to have ended when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper died, our video on the topic is here: https://youtu.be/YXGubLQcnAg

Happy #NationalSerpentDay! Particularly special now that the year of the Snake has just started! Do you know how serpents are connected to herpes, of all things? Find out – along with a bunch of other reptilian etymologies – in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41gkIjQgs8

Today is, apparently, National Word Nerd Day.

What's your favorite underused word?

I like colloquial, which feels like such a formal word compared to its definition.

Did you know that to table something means different things in American English and British English?

Jim Slaughter and I talked about that and all kinds of other fascinating facts about the words we use in meetings.

Here are three more words that may not mean what you think they mean:

Bylaws
Minutes
Majority

Check out the whole interview!

Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/slaughter/transcript

Listen: https://pod.link/173429229

Watch: https://youtu.be/B3J0tEXzrdA

Did you know that today is #ChauvinDay? Find out who the day’s commemorating, and what it has to do with nationalism and sexism, in our video about the word “Chauvinism”. #UnexpectedEponyms #NicholasChauvinDay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLuJ-BUSNcI

#introduction Hey everyone! I’m a #genxer based in #phoenix #arizona who enjoys creating #digitalart & who also enjoys #crochet. I’m a #geek, #wordnerd, #introvert, #ActuallyOCD & #disabled.