Puzzlemaster John Chaneski remixes the news by anagramming one word in each headline. For starters, which word is an anagram in New Deal in Honeybee Deaths? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fix The Headlines Word Quiz” You’re...
Grant has compiled his ninth annual words-of-the-year piece for The New York Times Sunday Review section. Among these gems is the verb doxing, as in documenting someone’s life and share it on the web. What were your picks for the words of 2012? This...
only meatball in the rice n.— «So many Jew fro’s at the party that for once, it was hard to spot Alex in the crowd….except that he’s usually the only “meatball in the rice.”» —“Gawker / Lifehacker party” by justinwstephens Flickr Mar. 13, 2007...
cray-cray
adj.— «When we got back a few hours later those two lines were gone, and Gawker went a little cray-cray.» —“Agape at Jared Paul Stern’s Gawker” by Garth Johnson Gothamist (New York City) Apr. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
crackne
n.— «She was wearing dark, oversize diesel clothes, a ’do rag, and her face was very pale and full of crackne.» —“A Very Special Gawker Stalker: Natasha Lyonne Still Exists!” Gawker Jan. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
listicle n.— «I’ve decided to default to one of the magazine world’s last great lame clichés—lists. Lists as articles. Listicles. (I feel dirty even saying it.) Consider this my homage to sappy service journalism.» —“The Daily Listicle: Corn...