Literally every modern dictionary includes this definition
Green’s Dictionary of Slang
‘Quite simply the best historical dictionary of English slang there is, ever has been […] or is ever likely to be’ — Journal of English Language and Linguistics
Online Etymology Dictionary
The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms.
Descriptions Aren’t Prescriptions
When we look at a representation of reality, we can choose to either see it as descriptive, meaning it tells us what the world is currently like, or as prescriptive, meaning it tells us how the world should be. Descriptions teach us, but they also give us room to innovate. Prescriptions can get us stuck. One place this tension shows up is in language.
EsDictionary - The EsDeeKid Translator
English Language Arts Standards » History/Social Studies » Grade 11-12 » 4 | Common Core State Standards Initiative
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
Formulaic language
Formulaic language (previously known as automatic speech or embolalia) is a linguistic term for verbal expressions that are fixed in form, often non-literal in meaning, with attitudinal nuances, and closely related to communicative-pragmatic context.[1]
How the Blog Broke the Web
I first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and long before irony stretched its legs and unbuttoned its flan
1973 Implementation of Wordle was Published by DEC
While some have traced Wordle to Lingo, a game show that started in 1987, they’ve missed an earlier implementation: WORD was published in 101 Computer Games by Digital Equipment Corp. in 1973 and l…
An AT Proto lexicon currently under consideration and development
An AT Proto lexicon currently under consideration and development · GitHub
James Vincent on Twitter / X
at what point does the concept of a technopriesthood move beyond mere metaphor? i would argue, yes, when we're able to test the relative capacity of different books of the bible to improve virtue-reasoning benchmarks https://t.co/SHqOzhGcnH— James Vincent (@jjvincent) May 7, 2026
The Grid: A Lecture on Cybotron and Techno-Vernacular Expressionism by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
Pluralistic: The enshittification multiverse (27 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
It's official: you have my consent and enthusiastic blessing to apply "enshittification" to things that aren't digital platforms! Semantic drift is good, actually:
Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
Saw on Mastodon that Firefox updated their "terms and use" yesterday and mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firef… Per archive.org this isn't present in older (Feb 9) versions of the text. W…what *is* this? This is more like a clause you'd find on a website than a piece of software you run on your computer.
This generated some discussion so I want to expand on it a bit The context is that standard.site doesn't currently have any lexicons for the actual content. The idea is that the document content is covered by leaflet, offprint, pckt, or other lexicons. But...
P(aul) Frazee
You shouldn’t use lexicons that don’t actually exist
