This is the first post I started to write without a word in mind. It had to be about the coronavirus and COVID-19, of course — the situation is so overwhelmingly pervasive that this post started writing itself in my mind without even waiting for a word to come along. So I went ahead and …
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Hygge
When I first learned about the fire at the Notre Dame cathedral on Monday, my word for the week had already been chosen and this post partially written. As the news updates about the incident began pouring in, I considered choosing different word, a French one that could somehow capture all the feelings surrounding the …
Ćutati
Sometimes it seems like the world can't stop talking. In English, we have so many words to describe the ways people speak that we're often taught in school to avoid the word "said" at all costs, in favor of the dozens of more colorful speech tags we have at our disposal. (We're usually later reprimanded …
Veiller
Waiting up until midnight to welcome in the new year has become something of a tradition for me. There's something distinctly special about whiling away the last few hours of the old year with a small group of friends, picking at snacks and games to keep everyone awake until the ball drops in the tiny …
Verbomania 